The rip current danger on South Florida beaches has been raised to high after a week that saw almost a dozen people nearly drown due to dangers rip currents.
They are household names. Affleck. Nicholson. Clooney. Shilpa Shetty. Never heard of the last name? That's because she's a star not in Hollywood but in Bollywood, the nickname for the heart of the film industry in India. That industry is
The U.S. Department of Transportation released its study of the nation's airliners and their on-time performance, and it found Jet Blue's daily, last flight out of Newark International Airport in New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale/Hollwyood Airport was the worst.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced the expansion of a jobs training program in Latin America after he and Latin singer Ricky Martin attended the opening day of the Inter-American Development Bank's annual meeting on Friday at the Miami Beach Convention
Police sealed off a Northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood into the early hours of Friday Morning after a robbery intervention detail got into a confrontation with what police call armed men, resulting in an exchange of gunfire late Thursday night. Nobody was
It was a fortunate coincidence for Republican presidential candidate John McCain this week that major parts of his life happened to take place in a state that's considered crucial for him to win in November.
JetBlue's evening flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Fort Lauderdale had the worst single on-time performance in February. That's according to data from the U.S. Transportation Department released Thursday. The flight to South Florida arrived an average of 69 minutes
Two Polk County Harley-Davidson dealerships will host a poker run Saturday to benefit the Sunshine Foundation Dream Village in Davenport. The motorcycle poker run kicks off at 10 a.m. from either of two locations: 4202 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland, and
The board of directors of the L.B. Brown House Museum in Bartow will hold its annual meeting Saturday at noon at the museum, 470 S. Second Ave. Robert Brown, the sole surviving son of Lawrence and Annie Belle Brown, is
There won't be a rehearing on a judge's ruling seeking to halt a proposed 272-acre residential development in northwest Bartow. Chief Circuit Judge David Langford has denied a request by nine Bartow residents represented by Bartow lawyer John Frost, who
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, producing an estimated $10 million jackpot for the next drawing, lottery officials said Thursday. Sixty-one tickets matched five numbers to win $5,044.50 each; 4,016 tickets matched four numbers for $62 each; and
An article on page B1 on Thursday incorrectly said there are 11 officers on the Lakeland Police Department's Pursuit Review Board. The correct makeup of the board is 11 officers and a legal counsel.
MIAMI | A 20-year-old with a cache of weapons, including four AK-47s, was arrested after threatening to re-enact a Virginia-Tech style massacre over the Internet, authorities said Thursday.
ORLANDO | The former Iraq war contractor accused of trying to take bomb components on an airplane had a history of mental illness and was distraught over his mother's 2005 murder, said a lawyer representing his family in the case.
A couple was arrested Thursday after they rammed an unmarked patrol car, hit a deputy with an SUV and used a 5-year-old girl as a human shield when deputies attempted a traffic stop for suspected narcotics, the Sheriff's Office said.
