Progressive groups are launching an effort to reconnect with Latino voters to regain support in places where President Donald Trump has made inroads.

Airports around the country are saying they won’t play a video with a message from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on operations to screen travelers.

Matthew Caldwell is stepping down as the business operations president of the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers and accepting a 10-year deal as CEO of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx.

A Florida man has been executed for the kidnap and killing of a woman abducted from an insurance office in 1982.

Rodrigo De Paul has enjoyed years of playing alongside Lionel Messi for Argentina’s national team, but the star midfielder said that for a long time, he’s dreamed of playing on the same club with his good friend.

Champagne was swilled and spilled, cigars were smoked and the Stanley Cup was hoisted a few more times, all with about 400,000 people watching.

The Florida Panthers are one win on home ice away from repeating as Stanley Cup champions.

The Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Final for the third straight year.

The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration after reports emerged about a potential $400 million purchase.

The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for tar balls that began showing up on Florida beaches over the weekend.

More world leaders are confirming they have been invited to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

A military veteran who choked an agitated New York subway rider and was acquitted of homicide this week has been invited by Vice President-elect JD Vance to join Donald Trump’s suite at the Army-Navy football game on Saturday.

A Florida prosecutor says he will seek to vacate as many as 2,600 convictions of people who bought crack cocaine manufactured by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office between 1988 and 1990.

Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.

Gerardo “Tata” Martino, who guided Inter Miami to the best regular season record in Major League Soccer history this season, is resigning as coach of the club.

Lionel Messi’s first MLS Cup playoff match with Inter Miami will be on Oct. 25.

The puck went into the corner, to the left of Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, with 14 seconds left in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Lionel Messi will not play Saturday when Inter Miami visits Chicago, meaning he will have at least two more weeks to continue recovering from an ankle injury.

Although more rain could trigger additional isolated Florida flooding on Friday, forecasters say the strong, persistent storms that dumped up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) in southern parts of the state appear to have passed.

Amine Bassi scored the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute, Héctor Herrera also scored a goal, and the Houston Dynamo beat Real Salt Lake 2-0 in Game 1 of the best-of-three first-round MLS Cup Playoffs series.

A South Florida jury awarded $800,000 in damages to a little girl who received second-degree burns when a hot Chicken McNugget fell on her leg as her mother pulled away from the drive-thru of a McDonald’s restaurant.

A jury in Florida says McDonald’s and a franchise holder are fault after a hot Chicken McNugget from a Happy Meal fell on a little girl’s leg and caused second-degree burns.

A flight to Florida from Cuba was forced to turn back after it struck birds that caused an engine to catch fire and fill the cabin with smoke.

The mass shooting at a Texas elementary school have invaded jury selection at the penalty trial of Florida’s campus killer.

Tropical Depression Grace is drenching Haiti, dumping up to 15 inches of rain on a quake-damaged landscape as thousands of people huddle in fields and search for survivors.

The cruise line industry is making a comeback after the first ship with paying passengers on board set sail from a U.S. port in more than a year.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A party-ending curfew imposed after fights, gunfire, property destruction and dangerous stampedes broke out among huge crowds of people in Miami Beach could extend through the end of spring break. AdMiami Beach Police said more than 1,000 people have been arrested this spring break season, with about 80 guns seized. The iconic Clevelander South Beach bar next door had to suspend all food and beverage operations. But Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber rejected the claim that anyone has been targeted for their race. They pointed to the handful of arrests in Fort Lauderdale, which has raised its hotel rates and promoted a “family friendly” spring break.

Residents clear debris from a flooded street in the Driftwood Acres Mobile Home Park, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Davie, Fla. Tropical Storm Eta was squatting off western Cuba on Tuesday after drifting away from South Florida, where it unleashed a deluge that flooded entire neighborhoods and covered the floors of some homes and businesses. Subsequently, a tropical storm warning was issued for the same general area. The storm has been in the Gulf of Mexico since crossing over South Florida on Sunday. Ron DeSantis issued an expanded emergency declaration to include 13 counties along or near the Gulf coast, adding them to South Florida counties.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Thursday after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly shows him paying for massage parlor sex. The recordings, which have not been made public, are the only known evidence the men paid for sex. Prosecutors decided this week not to appeal to the Florida Supreme Court, saying a loss there could have “broader, negative implications” on future law enforcement investigations beyond the Kraft case. Aronberg said that because of a civil lawsuit filed against his office over the case, the recordings are still evidence. Police say the recordings show Kraft and other men engaging in sex acts with women and paying them.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The U.S. Navy is investigating an incident in which dogs attacked a Colin Kaepernick stand-in during a K-9 demonstration during a 2019 fundraiser at the Navy SEAL Museum in Florida. The Navy said in a statement posted on Twitter that officials became aware of the video on Sunday. The videos show four dogs attacking a man, who is wearing a red Kaepernick football jersey over heavily padded gear as people stand nearby watching. The Navy SEAL Museum is located in Fort Pierce, Florida, which is north of West Palm Beach on the state's Atlantic Coast. ___This story corrects the style in the references to the Navy SEAL Museum.

"My heart, my heart." They said it was just a matter of time because he was losing so much oxygen, Hicks said. He just went into cardiac arrest and he slipped away. He passed away at Florida Medical Center. One minute, I hear shes fine, shes stable the next thing I hear, her kidneys are failing.Loved ones tell Local 10 that the 23-year-old passed away 11 days after her brother; both testing positive for Covid-19. "We never thought in a million years that a virus would come and take out two of our loved ones within 11 days," cousin Darisha Scott said.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Police officers captured an unlikely suspect bouncing through a Florida neighborhood Thursday morning. After receiving a call about a kangaroo running loose, Fort Lauderdale police officers managed to capture him and place him in a squad car. Anthony Macias, who claims to be the kangaroo's owner, told the Sun Sentinel he had been hoping to bring his pet, Jack, home, but police told him the animal won't be returned, because Fort Lauderdale isn't zoned for kangaroos. I was taking out the recycle bin, and I didnt shut the gate all the way, Macias said. Macias said he got Jack about four months ago from a Davie man who was moving and did not want the animal anymore.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) Four U.S. states Arizona, California, Florida and Texas reported a combined 25,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases Thursday as the infection curve rose in 40 of the 50 states heading into the July Fourth holiday weekend. With the number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide climbing past 50,000, an alarming 36 states saw an increase in the percentage of tests coming back positive for the virus. What weve seen is a very disturbing week, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the governments top infectious-disease expert, said in a livestream with the American Medical Association. Fauci warned that if people dont start complying, were going to be in some serious difficulty.The U.S. recorded 51,200 new confirmed cases Wednesday, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. Nebraska and South Dakota were the only states outside the Northeast with a downward trend in cases.