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Shooting victim Anthony Borges and his father Royer Borges arrive at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 for the guilty plea of the killer. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shooting.

‘One step closer to justice.’ Parkland shooter’s guilty plea ushers in the next phase — life or death?

October 20, 2021 at 5:08 p.m.

The Parkland school shooter is a convicted killer now. The families of the victims, as a rule, do not speak his name. And when he finally addressed them, it was...

Un perro policía del Alguacil de Broward ataca a Jaysharee Bennette, de 27 años, quien era sospechoso de conducir un automóvil con una placa robada. El perro policía apretó el muslo de Bennette cuando supuestamente huyó de los oficiales.

‘No era necesario haber utilizado perros’

June 14, 2021 at 11:36 a.m.

Pavon Davis se encogió detrás de un pino caído, con el corazón acelerado. Los afilados dientes de un perro policía entrenado se acercaban. Davis, de 18 años, y sus amigos...

A kid runs and seagulls fly at Anglin's Fishing Pier on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019 in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea.

As Dorian approaches, Floridians gawk, surf, drink — and go running

September 3, 2019 at 2:35 p.m.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — On a windy pier in Deerfield Beach on Monday morning, it was hard to tell that a monster hurricane was a little over a hundred miles...

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, left, speaks while meeting with law enforcement officers at Broward County Sheriff's Office in Pompano Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, following Wednesday's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sheriff Scott Israel dumped over Parkland shooting failures; new sheriff is Gregory Tony

August 24, 2019 at 3:14 a.m.

Gov. Ron DeSantis removed Broward Sheriff Scott Israel from office Friday, replacing him after 10 months of turmoil spawned by the slaughter of 17 staff and students in Parkland. The...

Hide, deny, spin, threaten: How the school district tried to mask failures that led to Parkland shooting

August 24, 2019 at 3:09 a.m.

Immediately after 17 people were murdered inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the school district launched a persistent effort to keep people from finding out what went wrong. For months,...

A letter sent to Nikolas Cruz in prison.

Fan mail for Parkland shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz flowing into Florida jail

August 22, 2019 at 3:20 a.m.

Nikolas Cruz, the man accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school last month, is getting stacks of fan mail and love letters sent to the Broward County...

Jason Wang, center, holds a picture of his brother, Peter, along with his younger brother, Alex, after Peter's funeral in Coral Springs, Fla., on Feb. 20, 2018.

West Point posthumously admits Parkland shooting victim, two other JROTC members receive Medals of Heroism

August 22, 2019 at 2:51 a.m.

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is posthumously admitting Florida school shooting victim Peter Wang, who dreamed of attending the prestigious academy. Wang could have been in the Class...

Struggling Panthers ask for public cash

June 18, 2018 at 10:34 a.m.

The Florida Panthers professional hockey team says it's losing more than $20 million a year and needs more public funds to survive. The struggling team is asking for a rewrite...

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