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Portrait of Mitch Arbelaez and his daughter Jayden in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Banned from the Florida hospital room where her mother lay dying of COVID-19, Jayden Arbelaez pitched an idea to construction employees working nearby. The workers gave the 17-year-old a yellow vest, boots, a helmet and a ladder to climb onto a section of roof so she could look through the window and see her mother, Michelle Arbelaez, alive one last time. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough) FLGM102 FLGM102

October 13, 2021 at 8:07 am

COVID-19 hospital visitor rules: Families want more access

Families of COVID-19 patients are asking hospitals to rethink visitor policies a year and a half into the pandemic that has killed 700,000 people in...

October 12, 2021 at 9:56 am

Miami’s top cop flames out after acrimonious 6-month stint

The man once billed as the Michael Jordan and Tom Brady of policing ended up being “not the right fit” for the city of Miami

September 28, 2021 at 7:42 am

In Cuban Miami, police chief’s reform agenda hits tight spot

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez praised Art Acevedo as “America’s best chief” when he recruited him to lead Miami’s police force just six months ago

This Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, photo, shows a Suffolk County Police Department missing person poster for Gabby Petito posted in Jakson, Wyo. Petito, 22, vanished while on a cross-country trip in a converted camper van with her boyfriend. Authorities say a body discovered Sunday, Sept. 19 in Wyoming, is believed to be Petito. (AP Photo/Amber Baesler) LA715 LA715

September 21, 2021 at 9:40 am

Gabby Petito story boosted by social media, true-crime craze VIEW

While expressing sympathy for Gabby Petito, who is now confirmed dead, some have detected what they see as a racial double standard, complaining that the...

September 16, 2021 at 2:32 pm

Florida surpasses 50K COVID deaths after battling delta wave VIEW

Health officials say the state of Florida has surpassed 50,000 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began

September 4, 2021 at 5:25 am

Florida grapples with COVID-19’s deadliest phase yet

Florida is in the grip of its deadliest wave of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, a disaster driven by the highly contagious delta variant

September 2, 2021 at 4:46 pm

Data shows Florida’s latest COVID surge the deadliest yet

Florida is reporting its deadliest peak since the pandemic began, surpassing previous coronavirus surges in the state

August 27, 2021 at 4:30 pm

COVID-19 deaths straining some Florida hospital morgues VIEW

One of Florida’s largest health networks is seeing the capacity of its hospital morgues strained amid a spike in seriously ill COVID-19 patients and a...

August 20, 2021 at 12:17 pm

Florida orders school boards to relax mask rules or risk pay VIEW

Florida officials are threatening to withhold funds equal to the salaries of school board members if school districts in two counties don’t immediately do away...

August 18, 2021 at 10:21 am

Big Florida school districts defy governor over mask mandate

Hillsborough and Miami-Dade counties have become the third and fourth school districts in Florida to adopt stricter mask mandates, a day after school boards in...