Florida

Florida takes step toward the catching of goliath grouper

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A divided board of Florida game...

COVID-19 pet boom has veterinarians backlogged, burned out

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — During the gloomiest stretches of the pandemic, Dr. Diona Krahn's veterinary clinic has been a puppy fest, overrun with new...

Florida man charged with killing toddler’s missing mother

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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A man long suspected in the disappearance of a woman whose toddler was found wandering alone in the parking lot of...

Sheriff: Florida man arrested after remains found in yard

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MILTON, Fla. — A Florida man faces homicide charges after investigators following up on a tip about a missing woman found human remains buried...

Police: Woman posed as student to promote Instagram page

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MIAMI — A 28-year-old woman who wanted to promote her Instagram page attempted to blend in with students at a Miami-area high school, police...

US schools fight to keep students amid fear of dropout surge

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and...

One Good Thing: 98-year-old hosts virtual woman’s group

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BOCA RATON, Fla. — When the coronavirus pandemic shut down the Levis Jewish Community Center last year, 98-year-old Trudy Berlin sprang into action to...

Police: Dunkin’ customer, 77, fatally punched by employee

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TAMPA, Fla. — Police said a Dunkin’ store employee fatally punched a 77-year-old customer in Florida after the employee said the man repeatedly used...

Indicted Florida school superintendent gets $740K severance

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The indicted superintendent of the Florida school district where a massacre happened three years ago will leave his job under...

Arizona GOP passes election bill opposed by business leaders

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PHOENIX — Arizona Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to make it easier to purge thousands of people from a list of voters who automatically get...