Mar 07 Fired Florida police officer found guilty of killing Corey Jones By Terry Spencer, Associated Press Nouman Raja faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years for the death of Corey Jones. Continue reading
Feb 28 Patriots owner Robert Kraft pleads not guilty to prostitution charges By Associated Press New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has pleaded not guilty to two counts of misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution in a Florida case, according to court documents released Thursday. Continue reading
Feb 14 A year after Parkland massacre, 17 victims remembered By Terry Spencer, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Feb 03 Venezuela crisis resonates loudly in battleground Florida By Gary Fineout, Associated Press As Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro clings to power, many of the loudest American voices urging on the Trump administration in its campaign to push Maduro out are concentrated in one place: Florida. Continue reading
Jan 25 Florida's ethics commission says Gillum may have broken the law By Gary Fineout, Associated Press The state's ethics commission voted in a closed-door meeting Friday that there is enough evidence to show that Gillum accepted gifts from lobbyists during his time as Tallahassee's mayor. Continue reading
Jan 24 Police describe execution-style killings inside Florida bank By Terry Spencer, Associated Press Sebring police Chief Karl Hoglund said there's no indication Zephen Xaver intended to rob the bank, and no apparent connection among him, the bank or the victims. Continue reading
Jan 18 How Americans are stepping up during the shutdown By Jamie Leventhal, Lorna Baldwin Four stories about people and organizations making a difference for their communities and furloughed workers. Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 6:35 Shutdown takes a bite out of business in South Florida By John Yang, Leah Nagy, Lorna Baldwin The gates are open at the Everglades National Park, but with no one to collect entry fees, business is drying up. The partial government shutdown couldn't come at a worse time for the region, which depends on tourists and is… Continue watching
Jan 11 Florida pardons 4 black men accused of 1949 rape By Brendan Farrington, Associated Press After a dramatic, hourlong meeting that recalled events from nearly seven decades ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's three-member Cabinet granted posthumous pardons Friday to four African-American men accused of raping a white woman in a 1949 case… Continue reading
Jan 08 Registering to vote brings out emotions among Florida felons By Joshua Replogle and Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press 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. Continue reading