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Patriots owner Robert Kraft cleared of massage parlor sex charge

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 sh...

DATE: Sep 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Report: Roy Halladay on drugs, doing stunts when plane crashed

Hall of Fame pitcher from Colorado died in 2017

DATE: Apr 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

New Florida law expected to increase textbook challenges

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A parent in Florida is citing profanity and violence in trying to get the local school to ban Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 – itself a cautionary tale on the banning ...

DATE: Nov 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Education

Investigators: Roy Halladay performed turns before crash

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Retired star pitcher Roy Halladay sped his small sports plane low over the Gulf of Mexico minutes before his fatal crash two weeks ago, climbing sharply in the final ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Tiger Woods set to enter plea bargain for DUI arrest

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The diversion program for intoxicated drivers that Tiger Woods is expected to enter Friday is one of several across the country aimed at reducing the number of repeat...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Funeral set for soldier at center of Trump fight

COOPER CITY, Fla. – Mourners are expected to pack a church Saturday to honor a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and a Florida...

DATE: Oct 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Was it a crime? 10 patients at nursing home died after Irma

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A 10th elderly patient has died after being kept inside a nursing home that turned into a sweatbox when Hurricane Irma knocked out its air conditioning for three days, even...

DATE: Sep 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report: Tiger Woods had marijuana, painkillers in system at arrest

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Tiger Woods had the active ingredient for marijuana, two painkillers and two sleep drugs in his system when he was arrested on a DUI charge earlier this year, a repor...

DATE: Aug 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Prosecutor: Tiger Woods to plead guilty to reckless driving

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Tiger Woods has agreed to plead guilty to reckless driving and will enter a diversion program that will allow him to have his record wiped clean if he completes th...

DATE: Aug 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Attorney: Tiger Woods won’t attend impaired driving hearing

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Tiger Woods will not attend his arraignment Wednesday on a driving under the influence charge, his attorney said, meaning under court rules the superstar golfer will ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Video: Officer told Venus Williams she caused fatal crash

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A police officer told tennis star Venus Williams she likely caused a crash that fatally injured an elderly man last month but didn’t cite her, saying it appeared the ...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Police: Venus Williams legally entered intersection before crash

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Tennis star Venus Williams legally entered an intersection but was cut off by another car, setting off a chain of events that seconds later resulted in a fatal crash ...

DATE: Jul 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports