Health Apr 02 2 cruise ships arrive in Florida after days of negotiations The Zaandam and a sister ship sent to help it, the Rotterdam, were both given permission to disembark passengers at Port Everglades after days of negotiation with local officials who feared it would divert needed resources from a region that…
Health Mar 31 Florida docking plan in the works for ill-fated cruise ships Coast Guard Capt. Jo-Ann Burdian told the Broward County Commission that if a unified command of state, local and federal officials can't unanimously agree on what to do with the people on the ships now headed to Florida, then they'll…
Economy Feb 11 Farmers worry Florida bill will worsen labor scarcity Legislation that would require private companies in Florida to verify each new hire's eligibility to work in the U.S. is worrying farmers in the agriculture-rich state.
Politics Dec 30 Seeking Latinos’ support in Florida, Democrats fight socialist tag President Donald Trump and his allies have been hammering Democrats as leftists and anti-capitalists — knowing such labels call up images of corruption and poverty.
Nation Oct 11 Trump ramps up deportations to Cuba Since the end of the Obama administration, the number of Cubans deported from the U.S. has increased more than tenfold to more than 800 in the past year.
World Sep 11 Bahamian girl taken into U.S. custody after fleeing storm damage with godmother, family says U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Wednesday that officials "made multiple attempts" to contact her family after the child arrived in West Palm Beach with a person who was not a relative. The child's mother told a…
Nation Aug 30 WATCH: Florida preps for an ‘absolute monster’ Hurricane Dorian The storm is expected to strengthen into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane and slam into the U.S. on Monday somewhere between the Florida Keys and southern Georgia.
Nation Aug 29 Florida braces for Hurricane Dorian The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Dorian was expected to strengthen into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane over the next two days.
Nation Feb 14 A year after Parkland massacre, 17 victims remembered The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre a year ago renewed the national debate on guns and school safety, turned some victims' parents and surviving students into political activists and at least temporarily ended the local sheriff's career.
Nation Jan 08 Registering to vote brings out emotions among Florida felons The normally humdrum bureaucracy of registering to vote brought tears to the eyes of some Floridians on Tuesday when most felons regained their right to vote under a state constitutional amendment.