South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- ‘Lie, cheat and steal’ is Democrats’ description of Trump in TV ad airing in South Florida
Thursday - 10/29/2020 - 06:00 AMThe Democratic Party making a withering assault on President Donald Trump in a TV ad that starts airing Thursday in South Florida. The Democratic National Committee said the 60-second ad is part of a six-figure ad buy in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale TV market that begins airing five days before Election Day and on a day when Trump, an inveterate TV watcher, might see it himself while he is in the region.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State may order students back to classrooms in January
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 05:56 PMState officials say a decision will be made within a few weeks about whether parents will be allowed to keep their children at home after January.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida’s elections chief works to avoid becoming household name in 2020 vote count
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 10:24 AMFlorida Secretary of State Laurel Lee has an IQ fitting of the challenge ahead of her — ensure that the presidential election in Florida runs smoothly and doesn’t become a punchline yet again for the nation’s comedians.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Time’s up to mail your ballot. Drop it off instead.
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 06:30 AMIf you have a mail ballot, it’s too late to use the U.S. Postal Service to deliver it to the elections office. Drop it off instead.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tammy Jackson, whose ordeal giving birth alone in Broward jail cell inspired change in state law, dies, report says
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 11:36 PMTammy Jackson, the inmate who gave birth alone in a Broward jail cell in April 2019, has died. Her story led to the Tammy Jackson Act, enacted earlier this year to protect the health of pregnant women in jails.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New videos in ‘King of Dance’ killing show what the robbers did before the shooting
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 12:11 PMFort Lauderdale police say they have tracked down more video of the killers who gunned down a young man known as “the King of Dance," giving a better view of the car they were in as well as more insight into their movements that night outside a closed Walgreens.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Five arrested after carjacking in Hollywood, then chase and crash in Fort Lauderdale, police say
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 04:30 PMFive arrested following Range Rover suspected carjacking in Hollywood and chase and crash in Fort Lauderdale.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - One week before Election Day, Florida poll shows Biden with 50% and Trump at 48%
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 09:54 AMDemocrat Joe Biden has the support of 50% of likely Florida voters in a public opinion poll released Tuesday, 2 percentage points ahead of President Donald Trump, who has with 48%.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Gas is cheaper than it’s been in years. The pandemic could make prices fall even lower.
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 04:41 PMThe COVID-19 pandemic figures heavily into the tumble of gas prices. Drivers in South Florida are not commuting to school or work as much as they used to. They are also putting off long road trips.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Who is Peter Antonacci, the Republican in charge of presidential voting in overwhelmingly Democratic Broward County?
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 07:30 AMWhen Peter Antonacci, the longtime associate of former Gov. Rick Scott, was sent in to run elections in Broward, the most Democratic county in Florida, some Democrats were concerned. Was he a Republican plant that would come in and skew the 2020 presidential election in a way that would help Donald Trump win Florida?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Suspicious email promises gun permits ‘in as little as 30 minutes’
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 04:03 PMThe email — with a subject line saying “Your Concealed Carry License in the Mail” — appears to be a scam to entice people to click on suspicious web links.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former candidate sues Broward public defender over firing
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 06:37 PMFormer Assistant Broward Public Defender Ruby Green accused Public Defender Howard Finkelstein of violating her First Amendment rights by firing her by e-mail the day after she lost the primary election to replace him.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida man charged with hacking into voter database and changing DeSantis' home address
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 03:27 PMFlorida officials had stepped up their security measures after elections offices in at least two counties were accessed by Russian hackers in 2016, but state and federal officials said there was no evidence the hackers altered any voter data.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Obamacare lawsuit threatens health care coverage for 2 million Floridians, and maybe millions more
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 07:55 AMNo matter who wins the presidential election, health care coverage for nearly 2 million Floridians will be in jeopardy if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Labor union, business lobby pour in big bucks to support or fight $15 minimum wage on ballot
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 10:06 AMAs Florida voters weigh a list of proposed constitutional amendments, backers and opponents have poured money in recent weeks into battles over raising Florida’s minimum wage and revamping the primary-election system.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Donald Trump may be Mar-a-Lago bound for Republican fundraiser
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 12:53 PMPresident Donald Trump may be a surprise guest Thursday evening for Republicans gathering for a fundraising dinner at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach. There’s no official word, but there are some clues.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida’s Seminole Tribe wins fight to reclaim ancestors and artifacts
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 08:00 AMFor decades, Florida’s Seminole Tribe has been fighting to reclaim their ancestors who were stolen from burial sites across the state during the height of colonialism in North America. Now the Seminoles will have the opportunity to reclaim their ancestors and bring them home, thanks to an updated policy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Driver who hit, killed cyclist was drunk and had cocaine, marijuana in system, investigators say
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 11:25 AMBicyclist Victor Rafael Morel, 33, of West Palm Beach, was struck and killed and now Richard Michael Bachor, 51, of Palm Springs, is charged with DUI manslaughter, court records show.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida man bulldozes Biden campaign signs with stolen rig, police say
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 06:13 PMA 26-year-old man has been accused of stealing a bulldozer from a Florida construction site and knocking down neighborhood campaign signs for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, according to authorities and homeowners.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - MAP: Here’s the latest forecast track of Hurricane Zeta
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 09:08 AMHere is the latest forecast path of Tropical Zeta, which is expect to become a hurricane Monday. The storm is forecast to enter the Gulf of Mexico and approach the northern U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Florida Supreme Court tosses challenge to single primary amendment
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 02:28 PMThe Florida Supreme court dismissed a lawsuit on Wednesday that sought to nullify a proposed constitutional amendment that would open primaries to all voters regardless of party affiliation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Black and Hispanic voters more likely to have ballots rejected
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 06:54 PMThe disparity in flagged ballots has the effect, some experts say, of suppressing minority votes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - COVID-19 in Florida: State on pace to top 800,000 cases this week
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 03:19 PMIt’s the fourth time in the last seven days that the state has reported at least 4,000 new COVID-19 cases. That level wasn’t hit during the entire month of September.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Despite Trump’s call, the army of poll watchers in South Florida is on Biden’s side
Wednesday - 10/28/2020 - 08:57 AMPresident Donald Trump urged his supporters to form an "army" of poll watchers on Election Day. In South Florida, though, most of the eyes and ears inside polling places will be reporting to the Joe Biden campaign.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- ‘I am not a Holocaust denier,’ ex-principal says in ‘sincere apology’ posted on YouTube | Video
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 10:03 PMThe principal who made controversial comments about the Holocaust posted an apology for his remarks on YouTube. The fate of William Latson, the former principal at Spanish River High in Boca Raton, is still in limbo until Nov.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Florida again tops 4,000 new cases of COVID-19
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 03:54 PMIt’s the third time in the past six days that Florida officials announced at least 4,000 more people had tested positive for the coronavirus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama accuses Trump of ‘incompetence’ at Orlando rally for Biden
Tuesday - 10/27/2020 - 05:13 PMFormer President Barack Obama is set to be in Orlando today to campaign for Joe Biden, a week before the Nov. 3 election.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - First lady Melania Trump to vote in Palm Beach on Election Day, spokeswoman says
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 04:18 PMFirst lady Melania Trump — a registered Palm Beach County voter — will cast her ballot in person on Election Day, her spokeswoman confirmed on Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hurricane Zeta forms along a track toward storm-weary U.S. Gulf coast
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 05:04 PMHurricane Zeta formed on Monday southwest of Cuba and is expected to be the latest system to strike the storm-weary U.S. Gulf coast.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrats way ahead in Florida voting, but Republicans closing the gap as Biden and Trump both push supporters to the polls
Monday - 10/26/2020 - 11:33 AMAfter a full week of in person early voting in all of Florida’s major counties, Democrats remain significantly ahead — but Republicans are closing the gap. As of Monday morning, 2.6 million Democrats had voted by mail or at early voting centers, about 354,654 more than the Republican total of 2.2 million.
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