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The increasingly heated primary contest between Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried got even hotter Thursday as the two met for their only debate before Florida’s Democratic voters decide who they’ll choose to challenge Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The 58-minute exchange was often contentious. Advertisement “Look, we both want to beat Ron DeSantis, but I have been doing it for four years as your only statewide elected Democrat. So you have a choice. We can keep losing or we can try... Read More

By Associated Press Staff Associated Press Jul 22, 2022 at 8:05 pm The House Jan. 6 committee is headed back to prime time for its eighth hearing — potentially the final time this summer that lawmakers will lay out evidence about the U.S. Capitol insurrection and President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Thursday’s hearing is expected to focus on what Trump was doing in the White House as the violence unfolded on Jan. 6, 2021. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an... Read More

A police sergeant with more than two decades on the force is now facing battery and assault charges months after he grabbed a female officer by the throat and wielded pepper spray during a heated arrest in Sunrise. A Sunrise Police Department spokesperson confirmed in an email Thursday that an arrest warrant was issued for Sgt. Christopher Pullease. Advertisement He is facing charges of battery on an officer, tampering with evidence, assault on an officer and assault on a civilian male,... Read More

POMPANO BEACH — A Broward Sheriff’s Office drive-through gun buyback program scheduled for Saturday in Pompano Beach has the potential to earn $150 in gift cards for those who bring in weapons, officials said. The Broward Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the City of Pompano Beach, said the event, which takes place from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the E. Pat Larkins Center at 520 Martin Luther King Blvd., is designed to collect and keep unwanted firearms off the... Read More

After the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018, the gunman bought a drink at a Subway and then headed to McDonald’s, where he tried to catch a ride with a student who was waiting for his mother. The actions of confessed gunman Nikolas Cruz in the minutes after the mass shooting were described in detail by multiple witnesses on Thursday in the penalty trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Advertisement Surveillance videos from the... Read More

Exactly one month after a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and weeks before testimony began in the trial of the confessed Parkland gunman, Congress passed substantial gun legislation for the first time since 1994, funneling money toward school safety and mental health resources. The law shores up background checks on gun buyers under 21, bolsters red-flag laws to confiscate guns from potentially dangerous individuals, and prevents domestic violence offenders from purchasing... Read More

Here are updates from Day 31 in the sentencing trial of confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, 23; a jury will decide if he will be executed or sentenced to life in prison without parole. He pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Gut-wrenching testimony: Students and teachers described the loud chaos, confusion and fear as they testified about watching their... Read More

As outrage rises over the country’s sluggish monkeypox response, Florida exemplifies how the virus is spreading at a worrisome speed. With more than 208 confirmed and probable cases in the state, the Florida Department of Health is only now getting Jynneos monkeypox vaccines out to the communities most affected and education on transmission and treatment is sorely lacking. Advertisement In Washington, politicians are lambasting the delayed and overly complicated U.S. rollout of... Read More

South Florida hasn’t experienced the searing, record-establishing heat many other parts of the world have experienced this summer. But it’s still been oppressively hot and humid, such as last week when the “feels like” temperatures were between 105 and 110 degrees. The average July temperature for South Florida is is the low 90s, and that’s where the temperature has been recently. Advertisement However, the average July “feels like” temperature, the combination of air... Read More

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was a scene of confusion — was it a drill? Was it not a drill? It was a scene of fear on Feb. 14, 2018, of students trying to predict and stay out of the line of fire. It was a scene of tragedy and loss. Advertisement Survivors of the Parkland mass shooting continued sharing at times dispassionate, at times emotional, recollections of the day they were shot, or watched their classmates get killed, in testimony on the third day of the penalty trial... Read More