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Bestselling author Wes Moore won the Democratic primary for Maryland governor on Friday, setting up a general election contest against Republican Dan Cox, a hard-line conservative endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Moore, the author of the book “The Other Wes Moore” and the former CEO...

The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it's taking emergency action to save giant sequoias by speeding up projects that could start within weeks to clear underbrush to protect the world’s largest trees from the increasing threat of wildfires. The move to bypass some environmental review could...

Teachers’ unions in South Florida oppose the state’s new effort to have fewer requirements for U.S. military veterans and their spouses to work in public schools. Anna Fusco, the president of the Broward Teachers Union, and Karla Hernandez-Mats, the president of the United Teachers of Dade...

The family of the man who fatally shot three people at a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall said Friday that they had no inkling that he was capable of the violence. In a statement released through their attorney, Jeffrey and Justin Sapirman, the father and brother, respectively, of gunman...

Nova Southeastern University welcomed high school students from all over the country for an innovative six-day summer camp in Davie. NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty and staff designed and organized the AIM-High curriculum as an interactive immersion into the diversity of the...

Plantation Fire Rescue personnel took a child injured on Friday from Plantation to the Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. Officer Chavez Grant, a spokesman for the Plantation Police Department, said the five-year-old child was in stable condition. Officers were investigating how...

A judge in Virginia on Friday denied efforts to keep documents sealed in the case of a man with alleged neo-Nazi sympathies who is accused of killing his girlfriend’s parents. The ruling follows motions by The Washington Post and The Associated Press to access the records, citing the public’s...

With their debate in the history books, the two Democratic candidates for Florida governor, Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried, were back on the campaign trail Friday. And for Crist, the trail led to Overtown, where he met with a group called “Young Professionals for Crist.” On Friday, Crist was in...

A Colorado man who had been charged in the presumed death of his missing wife has pleaded guilty to forgery for casting her 2020 election ballot for then-President Donald Trump. Barry Morphew pleaded guilty Thursday and was fined and assessed court costs of $600, The Denver Post reported. He...

Miami-Dade’s State Attorney said Friday it’s taken almost 22 years to bring a man accused in the 2000 killing of his ex-girlfriend in a Miami bar to be returned to Florida. Walter Saul Perez was indicted by a Miami-Dade grand jury on Nov. 28, 2018, on one count of first-degree murder, one count...

World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon announced Friday he is retiring amid an investigation into alleged misconduct involving the flamboyant showman who turned a small wrestling company into a worldwide entertainment business. In a brief statement issued by WWE, McMahon said he...

A federal judge on Friday sided with two former Minneapolis police officers who were convicted of violating George Floyd's civil rights, ruling that the guidelines for their sentences will be calculated in a way that could mean substantially less prison time for them. U.S. District Judge Paul...

Friday marked the third day of Christopher Krickovich’s trial. The former Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy is facing charges for his interaction with a 15-year-old boy about three years ago in Tamarac. A witness’s video shows Krickovich pushing Delucca Rolle’s head into the pavement and punching...

R. Kelly’s manager was convicted Friday of making a phone threat that gunfire was about to occur at a crowded Manhattan theater preparing to show a documentary about the singer’s sexual abuse of women and girls. The jury convicted Donnell Russell of threatening physical harm through interstate...

Residents of a south Broward mobile home park at the center of an eviction dispute between its tenants and its owners will get more time to leave and increased compensation under a deal brokered by Broward County. Local 10 News has been following the saga at the Lakeside Park Estates in...

A study by researchers at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center is revealing a way of improving outcomes for patients with recurring prostate cancer. The international trial led by Dr. Alan Pollack, Professor of Oncology with the University of Miami-Miller based center, examined the...

The state of Georgia and local governments are giving $1.8 billion in tax breaks and other incentives to Hyundai Motor Group in exchange for the automaker building its first U.S. plant dedicated to electric vehicles near Savannah, according to the signed agreement disclosed Friday. The deal...

Turns out, Jan. 6 was more than just the day when a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. It was the culmination, but also the start, of an enduring challenge for American democracy. The House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021 has shown how the deadly Capitol attack was sparked months earlier on...

Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the U.S., health officials said Friday. One is a toddler in California and the other an infant who is not a U.S. resident, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The children were described as being in good health and...

Rolling Loud kicked off on Friday afternoon in Miami Gardens with a long lineup that includes Kid Cudi, Future, Kendrick Lamar, Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, and Lil Baby. The organizers of the international hip-hop music festival set up a network of stages at the Hard Rock Stadium property, at...