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Florida showed deadly dominance in a recently compiled list of the most dangerous beaches in the U.S.

A man is being credited with saving a woman's life after she fainted aboard a JetBlue flight from New York to Florida. A passenger on the flight said the man was a trained EMT.

A man is being credited with saving a woman's life after she fainted aboard a JetBlue flight from New York to Florida. A passenger on the flight said the man was a trained EMT.

A 12-year-old boy made a big catch while on vacation in Florida.

Manatee deaths dropped in 2022 from a record high the year before, but Florida wildlife officials said Wednesday that chronic starvation caused by water pollution remains a major concern.

Manatee deaths dropped in 2022 from a record high the year before, but Florida wildlife officials say chronic starvation caused by water pollution remains a major concern.

A group of University of Florida medical-school faculty members challenged controversial guidance by state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on COVID-19 vaccinations, but a university official said Wednesday the guidance is outside the scope of Ladapo’s work with the school.

Three women wearing skin-tight outfits asked the Fort Lauderdale City Commission to dedicate a quarter-million dollars to building a sex dungeon for "doms" and "subs."

What does Christmas in South Florida look like? Well, there’s no snow, that’s for sure.

Only in South Florida.

A man who went home with two women he met at a Fort Lauderdale bar woke up alone to find his $25,000 Rolex watch missing, deputies said.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Fort Lauderdale.

A Fort Lauderdale woman was killed after being hit by a vehicle in Flagler County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Manatees that are dying by the hundreds mainly from pollution-caused starvation in Florida should once again be listed as an endangered species.

After previously sailing this year out of Fort Lauderdale and Europe, Royal Caribbean says its fifth ship in its Oasis class will now call Port Canaveral home for at least the next two years.

Lettuce will be on the menu again this year for Florida manatees in an effort to slow the starvation deaths of the beloved marine mammals.

The United States women lost again, falling 2-1 to Germany on Thursday night for their first three-game skid since 1993 and first home defeat in more than five years.

A judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sentenced Nikolas Cruz to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.

A 10-year-old Florida girl escaped two kidnapping attempts last week according to Fort Lauderdale police, and part of her flight was caught on home security video.

A 10-year-old Florida girl escaped two kidnapping attempts last week according to Fort Lauderdale police, and part of her flight was caught on home security video.

These unsettling sights were caught on camera in Lauderhill.

Spirit Airlines shareholders are approving a $3.8 billion sale of the company to JetBlue Airways.

Some families of the 17 people killed in the Parkland school shooting expressed their anger, sadness and shock by the jury’s recommendation Thursday that confessed shooter Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole instead of death, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV.

A jury in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday recommended that Nikolas Cruz be sentenced to life in prison for killing 17 people in the mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The unanimous verdict from the 12-member jury came on the second day of deliberations. Cruz, 24, was 19 years old when he used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle to carry out the attack at his former school. According to the Associated Press , it was the deadliest mass shooting that has ever gone to trial in the United States. The suspect in the 2019 massacre of 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, is currently awaiting trial.

A woman went to Bonita Springs, Florida, to celebrate her 40th birthday with her family, but instead they had to ride out Hurricane Ian.

Peter Antonacci, an attorney and lifelong Florida public servant who recently was head of the new statewide election crimes unit, has passed away.

A missing child alert was issued for a 3-year-old Florida boy who was last seen in Fort Lauderdale, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

A Florida man is facing charges that he left dead animals three times at a memorial for the 17 victims of the Parkland high school massacre.

Alex Holder had full access to the entire Trump clan, including Don Jr., in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, and would later testify before the select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended four Broward school board members after a grand jury report accused them of “deceit, malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty and incompetence” and recommended their removal from office, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV.

Investigative documents show all three of the Orange County residents accused of illegally voting in the 2020 elections, this week, thought their right to vote had been restored.

The boxes of ammo were discovered in Fort Lauderdale.

A restaurant customer in Fort Lauderdale has died of a bacterial infection after eating raw oysters.

Lamborghini Urus Stock photo of a Lamborghini Urus in Paris, France, on Sept.15, 2019. Authorities in South Florida have located the mystery driver who fled the scene of a Sunday, July 24, 2022, crash after his airborne Lamborghini SUV landed on the roof of a Fort Lauderdale duplex, slid to the ground and burst into flames. (Art Konovalov/Getty Images)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities in South Florida have located the mystery driver who fled the scene of a Sunday afternoon crash after his airborne Lamborghini SUV landed on the roof of a Fort Lauderdale duplex, slid to the ground and burst into flames. >> Read more trending newsSurveillance video captured the moment the rented 2021 Lamborghini Urus traveling at a high rate of speed ran through a stop sign and was T-boned by a Nissan SUV, WSVN-TV reported. “He got up and he ran off with no shoes on, with just socks on,” Middleton told the TV station.

Dying Manatees Florida FILE - A group of manatees are pictured in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Dec. 28, 2010. Fewer manatee deaths have been recorded so far this year in Florida compared to the record-setting numbers in 2021 but wildlife officials cautioned, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, that chronic starvation remains a dire and ongoing threat to the marine mammals. Between Jan. 1 and July 15, about 631 manatee deaths have been confirmed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The five-year average of manatee deaths in that time frame is 481. I'd like to think that it did,” said Tom Reinert, a regional director for the wildlife commission.

Fewer manatee deaths have been recorded so far this year in Florida compared to 2021 but wildlife officials caution that chronic starvation remains a dire and ongoing threat to the marine mammals.

School Shooting Florida During testimony, family members emotionally exit the courtroom on the first day of the sentencing trial for convicted Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Judicial Complex in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Monday, July 18, 2022. The 12 jurors and 10 alternates stared intently at their video screens. One juror looked at the screen, looked up at Cruz with his eyes wide and then returned to the video. The jurors heard testimony from Christopher McKenna, who was a freshman at the time of the shooting, Feb. 14, 2018. Feis went in, and would join the students McKenna had greeted in the hallway among Cruz’s victims.

Rapper Kodak Black was arrested in South Florida on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance. The rapper, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was booked Friday into jail in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he awaits a bond hearing. The Florida Highway Patrol said in a release that troopers pulled Black over because he was driving a purple SUV with window tints that appeared darker than the legal limit.

The conference connected the prominent Republicans with DeSantis donors and conservative media figures.

Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool) (Amy Beth Bennett)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida judge has refused to delay the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 shooting at a high school where 17 people were killed. Read: City of Orlando releases apology after controversial Fourth of July statementCruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to murdering 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Read: Texas school shooting: Chief Pete Arredondo resigns from Uvalde City CouncilThe sentencing trial is expected to last about four months. Read: Girl seriously injured in shark attack on Florida beachThe Associated Press contributed to this article.

A Florida judge has refused to delay the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 shooting at a high school in which 17 people were killed.

Having a case of the Mondays? This ought to help.

Ron DeSantis committed more money this week to Alzheimer’s disease research. WATCH: DeSantis signs new immigration bill in Florida with focus on smuggling, human traffickingDeSantis held a news conference at Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale, where he signed an Alzheimer’s funding bill into law. The law requires the Florida Department of Health to educate health care practitioners about Alzheimer’s disease. Photos: DeSantis signs bill supporting and funding Alzheimer’s research in FloridaExpand Autoplay Image 1 of 5 DeSantis signs bill supporting and funding Alzheimer’s research in Florida“Supporting Floridians suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia is an important part of supporting our seniors,” DeSantis said. “From day one, Governor DeSantis has been dedicated to ensuring Florida is a place where citizens can live well and age well.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday held a news conference at Broward Health Sports Medicine in Fort Lauderdale.

Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar says it's packing up its headquarters from its longtime home state of Illinois and heading to Texas.

Alternative rockers Blue October this week announced dates for a fall North American tour, and one of only three Florida shows is in Orlando. The...

The remains of a Florida teenager who went missing nearly 50 years ago have been identified through advanced DNA technology.

A protester who suffered eye damage when a rubber bullet fired by a Fort Lauderdale police officer struck her in the face is suing the city.

A co-owner of the Boston Celtics is donating $2 million toward protecting the Florida manatees and their habitat following two seasons of record-breaking manatee mortalities in the state.

The owner of a Fort Lauderdale food boat is promising to rebuild after his vessel sank on Mother’s Day while workers were still on board.

A floating restaurant known for its alligator delicacies sank Sunday afternoon on the Fort Lauderdale Intracoastal Waterway — but the crew abandoned the watercraft unharmed, its owner told the Miami Herald.

"I'm devastated of course, but my crew got out safely and nobody got hurt," the boat's owner wrote on Facebook, adding that the boat sank in "just 4 feet of water."

"I'm devastated of course, but my crew got out safely and nobody got hurt," the boat's owner wrote on Facebook, adding that the boat sank in "just 4 feet of water."

Restaurant sinks: A floating restaurant sank in picturesque waters of the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday. (Thepalmer/iStock )FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The owner of a popular floating restaurant in South Florida had that sinking feeling on Mother’s Day. Jay’s Sand Bar Food Boat, which cruises the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale and also sells food to other boaters, sank on Sunday, the Sun-Sentinel reported. None of the patrons were injured since the boat sank in shallow waters, according to the newspaper. “She flipped, total loss, everyone’s OK,” Lycke wrote in a Facebook post Sunday afternoon.

Earns-Southwest FILE - A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 takes off, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Southwest Airlines is reporting a loss of $278 million in the first quarter, Thursday, April 28, 2022, but says it will be profitable the rest of 2022. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (Wilfredo Lee)DALLAS — (AP) — Southwest Airlines lost $278 million in the first quarter but said Thursday that it expects to be profitable for the rest of the year because of surging demand for travel. The nationwide increase in COVID-19 cases this winter spoiled the first quarter — Southwest was hit by high employee sick calls and canceled more than 6,300 flights in January alone, according to figures from tracking service FlightAware. Analysts predicted a loss of 30 cents per share on revenue of $4.67 billion, according to a FactSet survey. Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. rose 2% to close at $46.90, up 9.5% in 2022.

Southwest Airlines is reporting a loss of $278 million in the first quarter but says it will be profitable the rest of 2022.

South Florida's real estate inventory has declined rapidly over the past five years, but luxury homes are selling for bigger sums than ever before.

Mike Tyson had had enough.

Haskins was attempting to cross Interstate 595′s westbound lanes when he died April 9, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The unprecedented, experimental program to feed starving manatees in Florida is ending but the greater issue is the polluted water that causes the marine mammals to run out of their natural seagrass forage.

A shirtless man was caught on camera pummeling a senior — and ordering his dog to attack him — in robbrey attempt at a Fort Lauderdale ATM, police said.

A Fort Lauderdale personal injury attorney has been hit with an emergency suspension from the Florida Bar after, security video and witnesses say she drove her Kia into four people on a sidewalk outside The Fresh Market, according to Stuart police.

Florida transit bus shooting: 2 dead, 2 hospitalized in Fort Lauderdale; suspect in custody Stock photo of police lights. Two people have died and two others are in the hospital after gunfire erupted on a bus in South Florida, authorities said. (Vmargineanu/Getty Images/iStockphoto)ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida will provide $5,000 bonuses - among other incentives - to recruit new in-state law enforcement officers and current out-of-state officers under a bill signed by Republican Gov. The new law will also provide scholarships to cover tuition, fees and up to $1,000 in expenses for trainees in a law enforcement academy, as well as $1,000 in training costs for officers who relocate to Florida. It will also raise the base salary for every sheriff by $5,000 and make vouchers available so officers’ children can attend private school.

Several flights flying into Orlando International Airport were canceled or delayed Thursday evening due to Florida storms, according to Southwest Airlines.

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Airline pulls back on flights to warm-weather destinations like Florida, which it added to meet demand during the pandemic.

A Fort Lauderdale man was pronounced dead after he was found unconscious Friday night in a car that was stopped in a median on State Road 408, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Southwest-Fares FILE - In this April 20, 2021 file photo, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane takes off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Southwest Airlines is adding a new, fourth fare category to try to boost revenue. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File) (Wilfredo Lee)DALLAS — (AP) — Southwest Airlines will add a fourth fare category as part of changes designed to attract more business travelers and boost revenue. The new fare level will be priced higher than Southwest's cheapest tickets but below the airline's top two fare categories. Southwest executives think this will fill the large price gap between the cheapest fares, called Wanna Get Away, and more-expensive tickets. Southwest will also add early-boarding privileges to the next priciest fare, called Anytime, to avoid cannibalizing sales of full-price tickets.

Southwest Airlines is adding a new, fourth fare category to try to boost revenue.

The number of first responders committing suicide continues to rise, according to leaders of the first comprehensive statewide task force representing firefighters, EMS, law enforcement, corrections, training and behavioral health services across Florida.

One thing wildlife officials have learned during the winter experimental feeding program to help manatees avoid starvation is that if you feed them, they will come.

Officials say two people were killed and two others were wounded during a shooting on a South Florida commuter bus.

Florida transit bus shooting: 2 dead, 2 hospitalized in Fort Lauderdale; suspect in custody Stock photo of police lights. The driver heard gunfire aboard the bus and drove toward the Fort Lauderdale Police Department station on the same street, authorities said. “The suspected shooter is in custody at the time,” Fort Lauderdale police tweeted shortly before 4:30 p.m. EDT. The bus came to a stop in the parking lot of the Fort Lauderdale Police Dept. — Fort Lauderdale Police (@ftlauderdalepd) March 17, 2022Three people involved in the related car crash also were treated for injuries at the scene, authorities said.

Fort Lauderdale bus shooting A suspected shooter is in custody after Fort Lauderdale police say four people were shot on a bus. (ABC)FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A suspected shooter is in custody after Fort Lauderdale police say four people were injured in a shooting on a bus. Officers said the bus stopped in the parking lot of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, but police were not involved in the shooting. Police said as a result of the shooting, a car crash happened nearby, injuring three people who were treated on the scene. #FLPD The suspected shooter is in custody at this time.

Federal officials have confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the families of most of those killed and wounded in a 2018 Florida high school massacre over the FBI’s failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack.

A former restaurant worker at a Fort Lauderdale restaurant shot a current employee, then turned back to shoot him a second time, according to an arrest report

It happened in an Airbnb in the Fort Lauderdale area. One of the six students was in critical condition. Authorities said four apparently ingested fentanyl-laced cocaine and the other two were affected when they tried to perform CPR.

It happened in an Airbnb in the Fort Lauderdale area.

Six people overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl and were hospitalized in Fort Lauderdale while on spring break.

The ship departed Friday from Fort Lauderdale on a 7-day voyage to the Caribbean. It will visit Labadee and Nassau, among other destinations.

Police say a pilot who appeared to be drunk was removed from the cockpit of a JetBlue flight as it was about to take off from Buffalo, New York.

The pilot was passing through airport security when a Transportation Security Administration officer noticed he was acting drunk and he was given a breathalyzer test.

Officials with the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority said tests showed Clifton had a blood alcohol content of .17%.

A Fort Lauderdale motorcyclist involved in a Melbourne crash last month died from his injuries Wednesday, police said.

Fighting Evolution Wrestling celebrated Black History Month for the second consecutive year with Say It Loud 2 on Feb. 11-12, 2022 at the Grand Hotel in Fort Lauderdale.

A Fort Lauderdale motorcyclist was seriously injured in a Melbourne crash Tuesday night, according to the police department.

As bad as this year’s manatee deaths seem, for the moment, at least, last year was way worse.

Malika Mitchell-Stewart filed a racial discrimination lawsuit claiming employees at a JPMorgan Chase bank accused her of fraud when she tried to deposit a $16,000 check.

A Delta Air Lines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta hit some turbulence Tuesday night.

Earns Southwest Airlines FILE - In this April 20, 2021 file photo, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane takes off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Thanks to strong passenger traffic over the winter holidays, Southwest Airlines is reporting a $68 million profit for the fourth quarter. Southwest said Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022 it was the airline's first profit without federal pandemic aid since late 2019. Labor and fuel costs jumped in the fourth quarter, when Southwest boosted pay for employees to pick up extra work. Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. were little changed nearly two hours before the start of regular trading Thursday.

(Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File) (Joe Cavaretta)Monoclonal antibody treatment sites will be closed until further notice following the Food and Drug Administration’s abrupt decision to remove its emergency use authorization for two monoclonal antibodies, the Florida Department of Health said late Monday. State officials said the FDA “without any advanced notice” revised emergency use for bamlanivimab/etesevimab and REGEN-COV. The revised emergency use does not allow providers to administer the treatments within the United States. As a result of the @US_FDA's abrupt decision to remove the EUAs for two monoclonal antibodies, monoclonal antibody treatment sites will be closed until further notice. “This indefensible edict takes treatment out of the hands of medical professionals and will cost some Americans their lives.

(Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File) (Joe Cavaretta)WASHINGTON — (AP) — COVID-19 antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly should no longer be used because they don't work against the omicron variant that now accounts for nearly all U.S. infections, U.S. health regulators said Monday. The regulatory move was expected because both drugmakers had said the infusion drugs are less able to target omicron due to its mutations. An antibody drug from GlaxoSmithKline that remains effective also is in short supply. The same guidelines from the National Institutes of Health panel recommend against continued use of Lilly and Regeneron’s antibody drugs due to their reduced effectiveness against omicron. The study predates the omicron variant but, like other antivirals, remdesivir is expected to maintain its performance against the latest variant.

Fire officials said the dock had apparent signs of decay and that they were investigating further, AP reported.

Two people were injured at a Florida dockside restaurant Friday after a portion of the dock collapsed into the water.

Wildlife officials in Volusia County said Friday they are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to participate in upcoming Manatee Watch events in February.

Florida reported 1,101 manatee deaths in 2021, marking the highest number of deaths in a single year.

Broward County is well underway with restoring this old landmark — at 644 S. Andrews Ave., situated just south of a Publix supermarket — to its former splendor in the city’s downtown.

Police say a 16-year-old South Florida high school student was arrested after authorities found a loaded firearm in a small bag.

Normally giving food to wild animals is considered off limits.

A training session designed to teach Fort Lauderdale city employees the best ways to survive in an active shooter situation is on hold after a worker was injured.