South Florida Congressman Jared Moskowitz said in a statement Friday that a man who was recently arrested in South Florida had his name on a “target list” and that there was a “potential plot on (his) life.”
Lt. Michael Druzbik, a Margate Police spokesperson, said he could not confirm or release any details about any alleged specific threats to the congressman. But the department responded to a request for information about Moskowitz’s post with a release about the Nov. 2 arrest of John Lapinski, 41, of Margate.
There is no specific mention of a list or of Moskowitz in the probable cause affidavit...
A little boy who unintentionally shot himself in Tamarac in late September was playing on a computer while in the care of his uncle, who kept his gun unsecured and loaded on the computer desk, according to an arrest warrant.
The boy, 6-year-old Odaine Hall, died. His uncle Carika Hall, 25, was arrested Wednesday in connection with his death, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
Hall was watching Odaine and Odaine’s 5-year-old brother on the afternoon of Sept. 30 at his apartment in Tamarac, the arrest warrant said. Hall told deputies after the shooting that he and his 5-year-old nephew were sitting...
By MEG KINNARD
WASHINGTON (AP) — With her selection as President-elect Donald Trump ‘s incoming White House chief of staff, veteran Florida political strategist Susie Wiles moves from a largely behind-the-scenes role of campaign co-chair to the high-profile position of the president’s closest adviser and counsel.
She’s been in political circles for years. But who is Wiles, the operative set to be the first woman to step into the powerful role of White House chief of staff?
She has decades of experience, most of it in Florida
The daughter of NFL player and sportscaster Pat Summerall, Wiles worked...
A newly released report on Orlando’s deadly Halloween mass shooting indicates that one of the two victims was shot during a confrontation between the alleged shooter and a witness, rather than being targeted during the incident.
The Thursday release of the arrest affidavit for accused gunman Jaylen Edgar offered little indication of what led up to the mayhem that wounded seven people in addition to killing two. But it tells a chilling tale of how the carnage unfolded.
Moments after shooting 25-year-old Tyrek Hill — a tow truck driver who was his first victim — in the face around 1 a.m. Friday,...
By AYANNA ALEXANDER, ALI SWENSON and GARY FIELDS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies.
The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording.
Some instructed the recipient to show up at an address at a particular time “with your belongings,” while others didn’t...
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House majority hung in the balance Wednesday, teetering between Republican control that would usher in a new era of unified GOP governance in Washington or a flip to Democrats as a last line of resistance to a Trump second-term White House agenda.
A few individual seats, or even a single one, will determine the outcome. Final tallies will take a while, likely pushing the decision into next week — or beyond.
After Republicans swept into the majority in the U.S. Senate by picking up seats in West Virginia, Ohio and Montana, House...
Fort Lauderdale’s sometimes nasty election cycle saw political rivals attacking incumbents, railing against overdevelopment, broken sewer pipes and nightmarish gridlock.
They promised change. But on Tuesday, three out of the four incumbents declared victory.
Dean Trantalis, an attorney elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale six years ago, won a third and final term.
Incumbents John Herbst and Steve Glassman won their commission races for the District 1 and 2 seats. And Ben Sorensen, a former commissioner who stepped down in 2022 to run for Congress, easily knocked out incumbent Warren Sturman for...
Palm Beach County will keep its mayor and welcome two new faces to the county commission.
Current Democratic mayor Maria Sachs led the way in the polls Tuesday night with 795 of 799 precincts reporting as of 9:30 p.m., defeating her Republican opponent John Fischer.
Sachs will continue representing District 5 on the commission, which encompasses West Boca and West Delray. She ran again to continue the projects she said she began during her first term.
Sachs said her priorities heading into another mayoral term will be affordable and workforce housing, smart development and alleviating the cost...
Democrat Alexcia Cox and Republican Sam Stern were locked in a tight race for Palm Beach State Attorney Tuesday night, with early and absentee voting results giving Cox a head start and Stern closing the gap to within a percentage point with most of the Election Day votes tallied.
The race was destined to defy easy prediction. While Democrats hold a registration advantage in the county, Republicans have recently shown the ability to carry a majority. Gov. Ron DeSantis defeated Democratic challenger Charlie Crist in Palm Beach two years ago.
This year, with Palm Beach resident Donald Trump at...
State Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman, R-Highland Beach, won a second term Tuesday in Florida’s House District 91 race. She defeated Democratic candidate Jay Shooster.
District 91 represents a large swatch of southern Palm Beach County, including Boca Raton, Highland Beach and reaching farther west toward West Boca.
In questionnaires provided to the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s Editorial Board, Gossett-Seidman said the three most important issues facing the legislative district are “inflation, traffic congestion and infrastructure failures, and property tax and property rental tax reform.”
Gossett-Seidman,...