Kathy Laskowski

A proposed constitutional amendment allowing for recreational marijuana in Florida will appear on November’s ballot and must be approved by 60% of the state’s voters in order to pass.

A new case of measles has been confirmed in Florida, bringing the 2024 case count of the highly infectious disease in the state up to 11 out of a total of 64 cases in the United States.

Many inmates who are condemned to Florida’s death row outlive the judges who send them there. Here are some of the longest-serving inmates on death row.

Dry, breezy weather and hazardous marine conditions will continue into the weekend across South Florida, although a chance of showers and thunderstorms will start to build on Sunday.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel is now accepting applications for paid summer internships for 2024 in news, entertainment and sports reporting, multimedia/interactives or data reporting, and photo/v…

Post-tropical storm Philippe is moving toward eastern New England and Atlantic Canada. Off the coast of Africa, a tropical wave could potentially develop more in the eastern Atlantic.

Students from 11 high schools in Broward and Palm Beach counties entered the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s annual journalism contest. Here are the 2023 winners.

Real-world experience from Day 1 is what interns can expect when they join the award-winning South Florida Sun Sentinel newsroom staff. Interns instantly become valued staff members in one of the n…

Tropical Storm Ian was at near-hurricane strength early Monday on its approach toward Cuba as most of Florida continued to brace for the uncertain path of the intensifying storm. As of 2 a.m. Monda…

Tropical Storm Ian continued to intensify as it approached Cuba late Sunday while a tropical storm watch went into effect for the lower Keys But most of Florida continued to brace for the uncertain…

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School era una escena de confusión: ¿era un simulacro? ¿No era un simulacro? El escenario de terror el 14 de febrero de 2018, de estudiantes que i…

The trial for confessed mass shooter Nikolas Cruz is a rare event, since most accused mass killers don’t reach a courtroom. The pre-trial jury selection and motion hearings started in April, …

A former Broward County charter school president has been found guilty of embezzling nearly $400,000 by diverting school funds to pay for such items as a car and her rent. Jimika Williams was convi…

Here are the updated statistics on COVID-19 in Florida including new cases, deaths, hospitalizations, testing positivity and hospital capacity. Florida reported 6,904 new coronavirus cases and increased its death count by five on Tuesday.

Here are the updated statistics on COVID-19 in Florida including new cases, deaths, hospitalizations, testing positivity and hospital capacity. Florida reported 9,806 new cases Saturday, bringing the daily average to 10,971, and increased its death toll by eight.

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(Find the answers at the end of the quiz.) 1. The largest wildfire currently in the United States, burning in southern Oregon and started by a lightning strike, is one of the blazes responsible for…

(Find the answers at the end of the quiz.) 1. The largest wildfire currently in the United States, burning in southern Oregon and started by a lightning strike, is one of the blazes responsible for…

Think you are all caught up with the news? Test your knowledge of current events with the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s news quiz, from the week of July 4, 2021.

Think you are all caught up with the news? Test your knowledge of current events with the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s news quiz, from the week of June 27, 2021.