A rescue helicopter that was experiencing mechanical trouble caught fire and crashed into an apartment building in Pompano Beach, Fla., on Monday morning, killing two people and injuring four others, the authorities said. The Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue helicopter was en route to provide medical assistance to a mother and daughter who had been a…
A former chemistry student is facing multiple felony charges after a neighbor said he caught him on camera using a vial and syringe to insert an unknown substance through his condominium apartment’s door in Tampa, Fla. Xuming Li, who was enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the University of South Florida, had been making noise…
Florida is bracing for Tropical Storm Idalia, which formed on Sunday and could strengthen to a hurricane in the next two to three days, forecasters said. Idalia, the latest named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, also threatens to bring heavy rains to Georgia and the Carolinas, forecasters said. Jamie Rhome, deputy director of…
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida suspended the top state prosecutor in Orlando on Wednesday, accusing her of incompetence and neglect of duty for what he characterized as lenience against violent criminals. The move was the governor’s latest aggressive use of executive power against local officials of the opposing political party. Mr. DeSantis suspended Monique H.…
Residents of a suburb outside of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., don’t quite know what to do about their new neighbors: dozens of domesticated rabbits, and counting. An estimated 75 rabbits have made their home on Jenada Isles, a small community of about 80 households within the suburb of Wilton Manors, after a former resident moved away…
As a registered voter in Palm Beach County, Fla., Bette Anne Starkey knows there is a possibility she could be chosen to serve on a jury in the federal criminal case against former President Donald J. Trump. But even though she is a two-time Trump voter, she cannot really say how she would lean as…
A group of Latin American migrants aboard a chartered private plane landed at a small airport in Sacramento on Monday, the second such planeload in three days to arrive in California’s capital city from an airfield in New Mexico. The group of 20 migrants — 16 from Venezuela, two from Colombia, one from Nicaragua and…
At least nine people were wounded when gunfire erupted on Monday between two groups near a beach in Hollywood, Fla., in a shooting that sent dozens of panicked beachgoers fleeing or ducking for cover on Monday evening, officials said. Deanna Bettineschi, a spokeswoman for the Hollywood Police Department, said at a news conference on Monday…
Hours after filing federal paperwork declaring that he was running for president — and shortly before his plan for a Twitter livestream to launch his campaign went haywire — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a Florida elections bill that cleared a potential hurdle. Florida’s so-called resign-to-run statute could have compelled Mr. DeSantis to resign after he…
The News The Florida Legislature passed a bill on Tuesday that would shield the travel records of Gov. Ron DeSantis and other top elected officials from public view, a significant change to the state’s vaunted sunshine laws as Mr. DeSantis explores a potential presidential campaign. Why It Matters: Who’s paying, and who else is flying?…