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Vice President Kamala Harris flew to South Florida on Monday to talk up a $1 billion Biden Administration program to help deal with the growing intensity of hurricanes, wildfires, extreme heat and other disasters that threaten communities nationwide. Her arrival came hours after the White House announced a national funding plan that would benefit all 50 states, as well as Washington, D.C. and three territories including Puerto Rico. Advertisement At the same time, a new long-term... Read More

Editor’s note: Daily coverage of the Parkland trial is being provided to all readers as a public service. The penalty phase trial of the Parkland gunman picked up Monday where it left off last week, with graphic testimony about the damage done by the weapon he used to stalk the hallways of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Advertisement Former Associate Broward Medical Examiner Terrill L. Tops testified about the injuries sustained by Luke Hoyer, one of the first victims of... Read More

Orlando Police say they are still searching for a suspect who shot seven people in downtown Orlando early Sunday morning after a large fight broke out, the latest in a string of violent incidents that have plagued the city’s core over the past year. Sunday’s shooting took place near Wall Street Plaza and Orange Avenue just after 2 a.m., when bars and clubs in the area were closing. Advertisement Six victims were transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center, and another one person... Read More

A Broward sheriff’s deputy who was acquitted in the controversial takedown of a Black teenager should be returned to his job, the union argued in a letter Sunday to the sheriff. Last week a jury acquitted former Deputy Christopher Krickovich, who was charged with battery of DeLucca Rolle, a 15-year-old high school football player. Advertisement The arrest, witnessed by about 200 teenagers and circulated on social media, took on racial overtones and allegations of police brutality.... Read More

Drivers passing through 17 intersections in Hollywood and Dania Beach should expect delays and more train horns than usual, Brightline announced Sunday, as the rail company prepares for the opening of a station farther south. Work began on Sunday and will continue around the clock until 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. Advertisement The rail company is improving crossing signals — the lights and gates that warn drivers a train is coming. The work is necessary for the addition of a Brightline... Read More

One man was killed and another was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver on southbound Interstate 95 in Broward County early Sunday. The tragedy unfolded just after 3 a.m. near the Hallandale Beach Boulevard exit, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Advertisement A 34-year-old Miami man was driving a box truck and ran out of gas — a mishap that turned fatal. He pulled the truck over on the side of I-95, and he and his two passengers went to a gas station, got gas and brought... Read More

Rand Hoch, the founder of the gay-rights group Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, is asking Palm Beach County and Boca Raton to repeal their bans on so-called “conversion therapy” for youths grappling with their sexuality. It’s the latest move in a yearslong saga — with the Human Rights Council now aiming to make the legal battle moot to stop it from going all the way up to the Supreme Court. Advertisement Hoch’s request comes after a federal appeals court recently... Read More

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has become the most prominent Florida opponent of a proposed federal law that would safeguard the right to same-sex marriage. LGBTQ+ married couples, community leaders and political allies say the law is needed in case the U.S. Supreme Court reverses its ruling that the ability of gay and lesbian couples to marry is protected by the Constitution. The day after all four South Florida Republicans in the U.S. House voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage legislation,... Read More

Some residents who’ve enjoyed voting in person inside their gated communities will now have to travel to cast their ballots. One of those communities, right within the gated community of Sunrise Lakes Phase IV, has since been moved about a mile away, infuriating the people who live there. “It’s a senior community and there are a lot of people who can’t get around,” said resident Loretta Young, 80. “They like to do their voting in person. If they have to get transportation... Read More

A Florida man running for a state house seat may be doing so in violation of state law because he unregistered as a voter in a fit of rage around the time of President Biden’s inauguration. “My vote means nothing. Cancel my registration,” wrote Kristopher Stark on a voter removal request, according to the Orlando Sentinel. “You and this system are a joke. Thank you communists.” Advertisement Stark is now running for Florida House District 37, which includes parts of northern... Read More