Man on bike dies after being shot several times

Several suspects are at large after they fatally shot a man who was riding his bicycle in Pembroke Park early Sunday morning, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. The shooting happened shortly before 3 a.m. in the 4800 block of Hallandale Beach Boulevard. After the suspects shot him multiple times, the man ran into a business nearby where paramedics found him, the Sheriff’s Office said. Advertisement He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. His name is being withheld under... Read More

Fight club at a middle school? That’s what police accuse a Florida teacher of running

A Florida teacher was managing a real-life fight club in her classroom, police say. Now, she faces years behind bars. Angel Drew Footman, of Tallahassee, was arrested Wednesday and charged … Click to Continue » ... Read More

‘I’m desperate’: Miami woman with Alzheimer’s has been missing for days, son says

Miami police on Monday are asking for the public’s help to find an 84-year-old woman who has been missing for several days. Edis Lopez Collazo, who has Alzheimer’s, disappeared from … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A new face on TV this storm season. Meet the director of the National Hurricane Center

Storm watchers, meaning just about everyone in Florida, will recognize a new face leading briefings from the National Hurricane Center this coming season: It’ll be the new director, Mike Brennan. … Click to Continue » ... Read More

After years-long saga, county will take over hundreds of Miami Beach affordable units

In Miami Beach, where housing costs have skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic and affordable units are scarce, a struggling nonprofit that controls more than a dozen low-income and elderly housing … Click to Continue » ... Read More

‘Go scorch earth’: Angry over school rezoning, Coral Springs considers cutting Parkland from fire-rescue service

CORAL SPRINGS — Coral Springs leaders — who are furious over a pending school boundary vote involving Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland — say they are ready to send a message to their neighbors to the north. Coral Springs city commissioners are mulling the idea of severing ties with Parkland, including a plan to “revisit” its contract to no longer provide fire and paramedic services to Parkland. It also may consider refusing to allow Stoneman Douglas students to park their... Read More

Myanmar Sentences Baptist Leader to 6 Years in Prison

UPDATED: Supporters say the charges against Hkalam Samson, an outspoken critic of the junta’s human rights abuses, are politically motivated. Update (April 10): On Good Friday, Myanmar’s military junta sentenced Hkalam Samson, the former head of the Kachin Baptist Convention, to six years in prison on charges of terrorism, unlawful association, and inciting opposition. Hkalam denies the charges, which international rights groups and the Kachin diaspora believe to be politically... Read More

A Miami man skipped the country after selling fraudulent residency filings for immigrants

What do you do when you’ve been busted selling fraudulent applications for immigrants trying to become permanent U.S. residents? Doral’s Mario Henry Garcia, a U.S. citizen, grabbed Peruvian travel documents … Click to Continue » ... Read More

At least 4 killed in shooting at downtown Louisville building, police say

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A shooting Monday at a bank in downtown Louisville killed at least four people and wounded at least eight others, police said. The suspected lone shooter was also dead. Louisville Metro Police Department Deputy Chief Paul Humphrey told reporters officers who arrived on the scene “encountered active gunshots still being fired inside the location at that time.” Advertisement Officers exchanged gunfire with the shooter, who appeared to be a former employee of the... Read More