DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man whose decades in prison for drug dealing and work as an informant inspired the movie "White Boy Rick" filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking $100 million, claiming he was coerced into assisting police while just a helpless teenager. Richard Wershe Jr., 52, served ...
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The yearslong effort by state and local governments in the U.S. to force the pharmaceutical industry to help pay to fix a nationwide opioid addiction and overdose crisis took a major step forward Tuesday when lawyers for local governments announced they ...
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Another victim was identified in the collapse of a 12-story Florida condominium that killed at least 97 people, authorities said Saturday. The Miami-Dade Police Department said in a news release that Theresa Velasquez, 36, was a confirmed fatality in the June 24 ...
CLEARWATER (AP) — A 17-year-old Tampa-area boy received five years probation Monday after he pleaded guilty to causing the death of teenage girl in a November boating crash. Gavin Johnston of Largo pleaded guilty to vessel homicide in adult court for the Nov. 1 crash that killed Rachel ...
NEW SMYRNA BEACH (AP) — A Florida man is facing animal cruelty and other charges after investigators said he attacked and seriously wounded a dog with a machete. An affidavit by a Volusia County sheriff's deputy says Richard Nelson, 46, injured the dog during a confrontation earlier this ...
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan said Monday he has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus even though he was fully vaccinated against the disease. The Republican congressman's announcement came as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said a ...
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag was sentenced Monday to eight months behind bars, the first resolution for a felony case in the Capitol insurrection. Paul Allard Hodgkins apologized and said he was ...
By KRISHNA SHARMA, Miami Herald MIAMI (AP) — It's long been known that the waters off Miami are a shark hotspot but scientists have just discovered they're also critical habitat for one endangered and iconic species — the great hammerhead shark. A new study found that a small section of ...
OCOEE, Fla. (AP) — A teenage boy was fatally shot early Monday in central Florida, authorities said. Orange County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call about a shooting around 4:40 a.m. and found the teen with a gunshot wound. The deputies tried to render aid, but the 15-year-old was ...
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag is scheduled to become the first Jan. 6 rioter sentenced for a felony, in a hearing that will help set a benchmark for punishment in similar ...
