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Florida sober homes owner gets 27+ years’ prison for fraud
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A man who operated a pair of South Florida sober homes where drug addicts seek treatment has been...
Insane or Not?? The Battle Over a FLA Triple Murderer’s Brain
Testimony in the trial of a Bradenton man accused of murdering three people quickly centered on his state of mind during the slayings.
A psychiatrist...
Student Stabbed Outside Of High School In Opa-locka
A student was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital after being stabbed outside of North Park High School in Opa-locka Tuesday morning.
Family: Pledge who died after hazing treated like ‘roadkill’
NEW YORK (AP) — A fraternity pledge who was ordered to guzzle alcohol during a hazing ritual and twice fell down a flight of stairs before his death was treated like "roadkill," his father said Monday after criminal charges were filed against 18 of his son's Penn State fraternity brothers.
Lawyers: Wells Fargo created about 3.5 million fake accounts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lawyers representing aggrieved customers suing Wells Fargo have said the bank may have opened about 3.5 million unauthorized accounts, far more than bank and regulators disclosed last year.
Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users' files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.
Body farm for researchers and detectives opens near Tampa
LAND O'LAKES, Fla. (AP) -- A "body farm" where researchers can study how corpses decompose will open next week in the Tampa Bay area...
World cyberattack cripples UK hospitals, demands ransoms
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health service was hit Friday by a huge international cyberattack that froze computers at hospitals across the country — an...
Judge: Pulse Terrorist’s Wife Will Stay In Jail
The wife of Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen will stay in jail until her trial, a federal court has ruled.
Orlando Headlines: Man Sentenced After Officer Shot Innocent Bystander
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida man initially charged with murder after an officer fatally shot a bystander during a confrontation outside an Orlando bar has been sentenced on a lesser charge.