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NOAA hurricane forecast predicts busy 2020 season

May 21, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

The federal government's hurricane season forecast, released Thursday, predicts an above-average season, offering little hope of a break from strong storms in an already challenging year. The forecast from the...

Tropical Storm Alberto, a storm that formed in late May, in the the Gulf of Mexico.

Official start to hurricane season could move to May as early storms become more frequent

May 15, 2020 at 12:49 p.m.

The official start of hurricane season may get shifted into May in coming years, after several consecutive seasons produced storms prior to the current opening date of June 1. A...

Hurricane Wilma in 2005 lashes Pembroke Pines.

South Florida prepares for unique hurricane season

May 12, 2020 at 10:58 a.m.

If Florida experiences the misfortune of a hurricane on top of an epidemic this year, the encounter will be unlike any previous confrontation with the powerful storms. If you lose...

Passengers from the Caribbean Princess wait for ground transportation at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.

Cruise lines coddled as passengers were left at mercy of coronavirus

February 11, 2021 at 1:51 p.m.

As cruise passengers returned to Fort Lauderdale and boarded planes for home, they remained in the dark about their possible exposure to coronavirus because state and federal officials failed to...

This undated photo provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows CDC's laboratory test kit for the new coronavirus.

Coronavirus in Florida: CDC confirms two Florida cases

March 2, 2020 at 2:36 p.m.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control confirmed Monday that two Florida residents had contracted the disease caused by coranavirus. The state of Florida had listed them as "presumptive positive" cases,...

Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution in Jupiter

August 24, 2019 at 3:18 a.m.

Robert Kraft, owner of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, faces charges of soliciting another to commit prostitution after an investigation into a day spa in a northern Palm...

Michael J. Brennan, branch chief, Hurricane Specialist Unit, at the National Hurricane Center

The world has never seen a Category 6 hurricane. But the day may be coming.

August 22, 2019 at 4:30 a.m.

As a ferocious hurricane bears down on South Florida, water managers desperately lower canals in anticipation of 4 feet of rain. Everyone east of Dixie Highway is ordered evacuated, for...

Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz walks back in court in front of The Broward County Public Defender's office urged Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer for a hearing to move forward the death penalty case Friday afternoon, April 27, 2018, in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. Standing to the left of Cruz is his attorney Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill.
The hearing is expected to deal with several procedural issues possibly including setting an initial trial date and Cruz's public defender possibly ask to waive Florida's speedy trial rule. The rule generally requires that a felony defendant go to trial within 175 days of arrest unless it's waived.
Cruz, 19, is charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the February 14, 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl.
Cruz's attorney has said he would plead guilty if guaranteed life without parole, but prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Taimy Alvarez, Sun-Sentinel/POOL

Newly released surveillance videos show deputy’s response during Parkland school shooting

August 22, 2019 at 3:09 a.m.

—Newly released surveillance videos show that actions of former school deputy Scot Peterson outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School while Nikolas Cruz was killing 17 students and staff. Peterson, the...

Former deputy says why he didn’t go inside Stoneman Douglas during school shooting

August 22, 2019 at 2:58 a.m.

The school deputy who drew national condemnation for failing to confront the Stoneman Douglas shooter fought back Monday, arguing that his decision to not enter the building was made not...

A six-foot crocodile rests along Hollywood Beach near Johnson Street after first being spottted near the Dania Beach pier. After several attempts, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officers captured the reptile just south of Magaritaville. The American crocodile has federal protection as a threatened species and is likely to be relocated to its natural habitat.

Crocodiles making a resurgence in Florida, showing up in unexpected places

August 22, 2019 at 2:33 a.m.

The dark shape in a West Delray canal looked like a pair of truck tires. As Robert Recupito drove his golf cart closer, he could make out a bumpy gray...

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