Latest Florida News
RSS-
VIDEO Edgewater burglar caught on camera
EDGEWATER -- Police have turned to Facebook to help catch a burglar caught on camera breaking into an Edgewater home. Surveillance video of the home, posted Wednesday on ...
-
Behind the camera Jurors worry about sequestration in George Zimmerman trial
George Zimmerman trial. Our courtroom reporter saw all 40 jurors in one room for the first time. They sat in three long rows together. We realized that some of the jurors were questioned before the judge made her decision to sequester them for the trial. One of the jurors, a young woman, had to ask what sequestration means. As the judge and attorney explained it, you saw the look on their ...
-
Summertime swimming can invite amoeba danger
Amoebas can be found in bodies of fresh water, like lakes or rivers. Experts suggest wearing a nose plug if you go swimming, holding your nose or keeping your head above ...
More Florida News
RSS-
Woo Hoo Universal shows off new Simpsons expansion
Orlando -- For the first time since the new Simpson-themed expansion opened, Universal Orlando was finally ready to let our cameras in (just one day before Transformers: The Ride - 3D opens.) Wednesday morning, we toured the streets, the shops, and the restaurants we'd only seen as animated - until now. Springfield is anchored by the mega-attraction, The Simpsons Ride, and allows guests ...
-
Authorities OH woman buried mother cashed checks
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say an Ohio woman who buried her mother in her yard and cashed the dead woman's Social Security checks for 14 years has been sentenced to 30 days in ...
-
Holtz Childrens Hospital Hosts Game 6 Viewing Party
Heat fans are everywhere, including here at Holtz Children's Hospital, and about a dozen kids like 12-year-old Raymond Jimenez were feeling White Hot on Wednesday afternoon's NBA finals watch ...
-
Driver in Fiery 2005 Crash Back in Court for Resentencing
Flavio Santisteban is back in court after his original 36-year sentence for vehicular manslaughter was overturned when a Broward judge cited jewish tradition in his sentencing. NBC 6's Hank Tester ...
-
Highland Beach woman jailed again for practicing medicine
Highland Beach woman in jail again, authorities say.Sheri Goldman's probation was set to expire on Dec. 4, 2014 for practicing medicine without a license after ...
-
Hillsborough County approves incentives for Amazon
TAMPA, Fla. -- Hillsborough County is giving financial incentives to Internet retailer Amazon.com to build a distribution center.County commissioners unanimously approved the package at a meeting Wednesday.Officials say the 1-million-square-foot, $200 million warehouse in Ruskin will create about 1,000 jobs. The Tampa Bay Times ( http://goo.gl/DDnpQ) reports that Amazon would get rebates from ...
-
OfficeMax Office Depot pit Ill. v. Fla. for HQ
In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, OfficeMax CEO Ravi Saligram, right, and Illinois Sen. Tom Cullerton, D-Villa Park, left, make their pitch asking the state of Illinois for tax breaks to keep the company's headquarters in-state after the office supply chain's merger with Office Depot Inc., during a Senate Executive Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, ...
-
Colo. voter citizenship checks yield few responses
DENVER -- The latest round of letters questioning the citizenship of some Colorado registered voters has 63 out of 298 people affirming their right to vote, and most recipients are ignoring the May letters altogether.The letters are part of an ongoing effort by Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler to address what he says is a risk for voter fraud. Gessler's office provided the ...
-
Conservative study lauds university system pans admin costs
A conservative Florida think tank commends Florida's university system for offering an affordable and quality higher education for students during a deep economic downturn and state budget ...
-
Cornerstones Ghost Crab competing in Tacoma
Cornerstone Academy's varsity robotics team is competing with students from around the world in Washington state this week at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center's International Remotely Operated Vehicle ...
-
School district to forgo private companies pay teachers to tutor struggling students
Alachua County Public Schools will stop using private tutoring companies as part of a federal initiative to improve learning at low-performing schools, and instead will pay teachers to provide after-school ...
-
Blackburn Howard reach an agreement
Gainesville City Manager Russ Blackburn and Equal Opportunity Director Cecil Howard have reached an agreement that restores Howard’s ability to approve or reject a form generated in the city’s hiring and promotion ...
-
Miami-Dade Department of Public Works Employee Charged with Accepting Bribes from Contractor
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announce the filing of a criminal complaint charging defendant George Brown, 50, of Hollywood, Florida, with accepting bribes in connection with programs receiving federal funds, in violation of Title 18, ...
-
2012 Sustainability Report commitment impacts Florida
2012 Sustainability Report , AT&T reports sustainability projects have saved the company more than $151 million in annualized energy savings since 2010; and nearly 1.3 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) - the equivalent to the electricity use of 136,340 homes in one year. I thought this worth to mentioning as there are some significant green/economic sustainability projects on the part of ...
-
Dreyfoos Bodies 2 Dead Bodies Found in Florida School
Dreyfoos School of the Arts was the scene of the horrific find, and as of yet the circumstances of the deaths have not been revealed.Authorities have said that two bodies were found at the school. Also Palm Beach County School District spokesman Jason Shockley confirmed a school custodian was one of the two found.The bodies were discovered at about 6.30 a.m. local time by employees at the ...
-
Jurors quizzed about neighborhood watch
SANFORD, Fla. - Attorneys quizzed a whittled-down group of prospective jurors Wednesday in the Trayvon Martin case, asking if any were neighborhood watch volunteers like the teen's shooter and reminding them the trial would be different from what they've seen on shows like ...
-
11-Year-Old Girl To Get New Power Wheelchair From South Florida Foundation
The Darrell Gwynn Foundation is donating the chair to Magela Morejon of Hialeah on Friday at Casa Larios, located at 5859 SW 73 Street in South Miami, according to an email statement from the ...
-
Dania Beach man charged with possessing child pornography
Dania Beach man was charged with 25 counts of possession of child pornography videos that showed children, some younger than 13, engaging in sexual acts with each other and adults, a Broward Sheriff's complaint affidavit says.Andres Moreno, 37, was arrested Tuesday after a BSO detective said an investigation of an Internet file-sharing network led to an Internet account at Moreno's ...
-
St. Petersburg man charged in Office Depot computer theft
ST. PETERSBURG -- An Office Depot employee on Tuesday was charged with stealing six laptops from the office supply store. Police say that on May 11, Yusuf Omar Jibrael, 18, left the Office Depot at 1950 Tyrone Blvd. with six laptops, valued at about $3,600. Police arrested Jibrael at his home at 2230 Trelaine Drive and charged him with grand theft. The laptops were discovered missing during ...
-
South Florida fans prove to be doubters miss Heats OT finish | Video
MIAMI— South Florida is known for great beaches, warm weather, and lots of beautiful people. But when it comes to sports, our fans have a bad rap. Local teams are used to playing in near half-empty stadiums and arenas if they aren't winning, and even the ...
-
Miami Seaquarium Locates LeBron’s “Headband”
MIAMI, FL – JUNE 18: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat posts-up against Tony Parker #9 of the San Antonio Spurs during Game Six of the 2013 NBA Finals on June 18, 2013 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty ...
-
PREVIEW-NBA-Miami San Antonio Prepare for Ultimate Test
MIAMI ...
Florida Focus
-
Florida's Exploration Park keeps state ahead
NASA’s new Space Life Sciences Lab and the adjacent Exploration Park, which is still under development, are testaments to Florida’s ongoing leadership in the exploration and understanding of space travel and the world beyond Earth’s stratosphere.
Florida has long been at the forefront of space travel internationally, it is here, at Cape Canaveral, that NASA’s shuttles take to the skies headed for the moon, or, more commonly, the International Space Station. Read more
News from around our Network
