Teenagers Recorded a Drowning Man and Laughed

By NIRAJ CHOKSHI July 21, 2017 The video was shocking in Florida, where shocking videos seem like a genre. A group of teenagers laughed and watched as a man struggled in the water of a pond. The man drowned, and his body was not found for days. The five...

Hit by Lightning: Tales From Survivors

Hit by Lightning: Tales From Survivors By LIZETTE ALVAREZ July 18, 2017 By LIZETTE ALVAREZ July 18, 2017 PONCE INLET, Fla. — It was a drizzly, dark January morning but James Church grabbed his fishing pole and tackle box anyway, hopped in his...

Transgender Students Turn to Courts as Government Support Erodes

A case in point is a Florida student who sued his school board last month after his mother said the federal authorities stopped investigating his complaint.

U.S. Takes Ex-Leader of Panama Into Custody for Possible Extradition

Ricardo Martinelli was detained by United States marshals, raising the likelihood that he could be sent home to face charges of corruption and illegal spying.

Florida Apologizes for ‘Gross Injustices’ to Four Black Men, Decades Later

By JACEY FORTIN April 27, 2017 More than a half-century after a violent, dramatic criminal case in Central Florida earned national attention, the State Senate passed a resolution Thursday apologizing to the families of four black men who were “victims...

Florida State Senator Resigns After Using Racial Slur in Tirade

By MATTHEW HAAG April 21, 2017 A Florida state senator who unleashed an expletive-laden rant over drinks with two other lawmakers this week, uttering a racial slur for black people and other vulgarities, resigned from his position on Friday. State Senator...