Florida death penalty system is unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (AP) – Florida’s unique system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional because it gives too much power to judges, and not enough to …
Girl Arrested In Boy’s Stabbing Death
LAUDERHILL – Police say a teenage girl, whose name has not been released, has been taken into custody after another teen was found stabbed in …
Brady and Patriots head into the playoffs
MIAMI GARDENS – When an achy Tom Brady had finished fending off questions about the New England Patriots’ desultory regular-season finale, he stepped gingerly off …
Around South Florida
Palm Beach County CASE SETTLED A $250,000 settlement has been reached in the Fiddie Mae Hollis wrongful death lawsuit. Hollis, a mother of five, was …
Dr. Robert Hayling, Florida civil rights leader, dies at 86
FORT LAUDERDALE – Dr. Robert B. Hayling, a dentist and influential civil rights activist in Florida during the 1960s, has died. He was 86. Hayling …
Elizabeth City State chancellor announces resignation
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Elizabeth City State University Chancellor Stacey Franklin Jones has announced plans to resign from the positon effective Dec. 31. A statement …
Union: Bonus program discriminates against some teachers
TALLAHASSEE – The union that represents Florida’s classroom teachers on Monday filed a complaint with state and federal agencies that contends a new bonus program …
Man shot and killed by deputies was armed robbery victim
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A Greenville County man shot and killed after he fired a shot at officers who kicked down his apartment door was …
NASA: Spacewalk needed to move stalled rail car
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) – Two Americans aboard the International Space Station are gearing up for a spacewalk early next week to free a stalled rail …
Justices rule in favor of medical marijuana ballot measure
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a constitutional measure legalizing marijuana for medical purposes can be placed on the ballot for next …