Jupiter's council advanced a plan to form a town‑run fire‑rescue department, setting public hearings and funding options the town says will lower costs.

Content creator Nick Shirley says Cuban agents seized his cameras and tailed his team; he claims he narrowly escaped and will publish more footage amid rising U.S.–Cuba tension.

Publix’s customer‑service FAQ and in‑store signs now ask that only law enforcement openly carry firearms, a reversal from the chain’s October policy. Local reporters say the change showed up this week.

Democratic Oversight members will hold a May 12 field hearing in Palm Beach to hear survivors and press for missing evidence tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

A Local 10 reporter says a plainclothes Miami‑Dade deputy shoved and threatened him at Haulover Park; Local 10 found the sheriff’s office has no written ID policy for plainclothes deputies.

Lawmakers approved a bill to relaunch state licensing for naturopathic doctors and create a Board of Naturopathic Medicine; supporters tout access, critics warn unproven care.

A surprise, unlisted dental appointment in Florida over the weekend revived questions about President Trump's health and White House transparency.

Sen. Ashley Moody unveiled the "Press Act" in Miami, a proposal to criminalize imports of pill presses used to make counterfeit, often fentanyl‑laced, pills.

World Liberty Financial sued Justin Sun in Miami state court, saying he ran a public smear campaign after WLFI tokens were frozen.

Longtime federal Judge James Lawrence King, 98, who presided over landmark South Florida cases and lent his name to Miami’s federal courthouse, has died in Pinecrest.

A federal judge found FLVS pursued a weak trademark case and ordered the state-run school to pay part of rival Stride's legal bills, spotlighting millions in public legal spending.

An executive order signed May 1 broadens the Cuba embargo, letting the U.S. freeze U.S.-based assets of foreign companies and banks that deal with Havana.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that state‑managed Atlantic red snapper season will expand, saying it will begin May 22 and could boost coastal fishing businesses.