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Call it a reverse speed trap. Someone tried to thwart Florida deputies’ efforts to catch speeding drivers in southwest Florida — and it worked. On Facebook, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies had set up a “speed enforcement operation’’ in Golden Gate Estates in Naples after receiving requests by area residents. When the deputies realized no one was speeding, they were puzzled. “Traffic was steady, so why had they identified just one driver who was traveling... Read More

When Milton González realized thousands of his fellow Nicaraguans were being forced to flee their country and take refuge in neighboring Costa Rica in 2018, he felt an urge to … Click to Continue » ... Read More

This is a story of deaths foretold. Almost three years after a drunk and high José Fernández plowed his powerboat into one of the Government Cut jetties and died along … Click to Continue » ... Read More

When the 9-year-old boy told his mother he had homework he didn’t do, she began throwing things at him, according to police. Then, cops say she took a metal meat … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Therapists supported the use of violent video games by the teen who later killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. They also agreed that he should get a punching bag, and they did not oppose his having an airsoft gun. Those are among the details that emerged in court Tuesday about strategies that therapists supposedly used to redirect Nikolas Cruz’s aggressive tendencies — outlets that lawyers argued actually inflamed, rather than reduced, his penchant for... Read More

Two weeks after Election Day, Coral Gables has filled its final open commission seat. In the runoff for the Group IV commission seat, first-time candidate Jorge Fors Jr. defeated former … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Florida’s highest court ruled Tuesday Gov. Ron De Santis acted lawfully when he suspended former Sheriff Scott Israel over his department’s handling of two mass shootings during his tenure: in … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Broward prosecutors won’t file charges against the 15-year-old student whose head was slammed against the pavement in a forceful off-campus arrest. A cellphone video of the teen’s arrest sparked outrage across the country. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Delucca “Lucca” Rolle, a student at J.P. Taravella High School, will not face any charge just hours after they met him and one of his attorneys, Sue-Ann Robinson. The Broward Sheriff’s Office had accused Rolle of aggravated assault... Read More

Broward prosecutors won’t file any charges against the 15-year-old student whose head was slammed against the pavement in a forceful off-campus arrest. A cellphone video of the teen’s arrest sparked outrage across the country. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Delucca “Lucca” Rolle, a student at J.P. Taravella High School, will not face any charge just hours after they met him and one of his attorneys, Sue-Ann Robinson. The Broward Sheriff’s Office had accused Rolle of aggravated... Read More

Broward prosecutors won’t file any charges against the 15-year-old student whose head was slammed against the pavement in a forceful off-campus arrest. A cellphone video of the teen’s arrest sparked outrage across the country. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Delucca “Lucca” Rolle, a student at J.P. Taravella High School, wouldn’t face any charge just hours after they met him and one of his attorneys, Sue-Ann Robinson. The Broward Sheriff’s Office had accused Rolle of aggravated... Read More