An 11-year-old girl was horrifically killed in a Florida lake when she was thrown from a boat and then struck by its propeller, officials said. Brooke Mejeur was one of three kids with two adults on a 20-foot pontoon boat on Lake Osborne in Palm Beach County on Saturday when the bow suddenly dropped, according...

Speaking this week to a local NBC affiliate in Florida, where voters are set to decide Tuesday on a constitutional amendment that would legalize marijuana for adults, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) said that legalization in his stateone of the first two in the U.S. to adopt the reformas been an overwhelming success. Polis told […]The post

Latest election 2024 news and results from the Orlando Sentinel staff, offering updates on local, state and national races.

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Patrick Mahomes delivered a gritty effort while playing through an ankle injury, throwing three touchdown passes to keep the Kansas City Chiefs undefeated with a 30-24 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The attack is said to have taken place in Ormond-by-the-Sea, Florida, with the victim leaving behind a trail of blood after running down a road to wave down a deputy on Wednesday night

Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes issued a warning about DeAndre Hopkins after his two-touchdown effort against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.The post Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Issues Warning to NFL About WR DeAndre Hopkins appeared first on Heavy....

More than 82 million voters took advantage of early voting as Election Day kicks off. The number is slightly more than half the total turnout in the presidential election in 2020, The Associated Press reported. Just one week ago, data from the University of Florida's election tracker showed that more than 51 million had already...

Nov. 5—When you're in a jam band, you can't just come out and run through your standard set on Halloween. You need up to your game, and that's what Goose did last week in St. Petersburg, Fla. "We brought back our Netflix-and-chill kind of thing," says keyboardist and guitarist Peter Anspach. Goose opened with set with the spooky "Stranger Things" theme and entertained the Goose flock with a ...

The National Hurricane Center forecasts Tropical Storm Rafael to grow into the season's 11th hurricane on Tuesday as it moves toward Cuba with winds and storm surge expected to only sideswipe Florida as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico.

It’s election day: School board seats, superintendent jobs, tax issues in 20 counties and a constitutional amendment that would require school board candidates to declare their party affiliation join the presidential and Senate races and more on the ballot today in Florida. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and from 8 a.m....

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfields reaction to the overtime coin toss in the Kansas City Chiefs defeat said everything about his feelings

The First Academy, which was bounced out of the state football playoffs and fined $36,000 by the Florida High School Athletic Association for rules violations last week, is appealing those decisions in a Tuesday morning meeting with the FHSAAs five-person Infractions Committee.

Skylar Zander is knocking doors for Corey Simon and talking up Erika Booth, Chad Johnson, Rachel Plakon and Susan Plasencia.The post AFP-Florida confident grassroots strength will win key legislative seats appeared first on

Investors continue to see a Trump trend. What will voters decide?The post Presidential Election prediction markets show break to Donald Trump on election eve appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government..

Amendment 3 could end a 10-year debate on weed in the Sunshine State.The post After the most expensive ballot campaign in the country, Florida voters will decide whether to legalize recreational pot appeared fi...

The Justice Department announced last week that it's deploying election monitors in86 jurisdictions across 27 stateson Election Day.

Maker Faire Orlando, Maitland Rotary Art Festival, EDC Orlando and two different live music events are among Central Florida happenings Nov. 8-10.

Ballot measures in Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota could open the states up to manufacture and sell medical or recreational marijuana. Each ballot measure is the result of citizen-led petition drives.

Here are South Florida's top stories for Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.