The Latest Breaking News from Fla

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The NFL announced changes Monday to the Rooney Rule in an effort to increase the number of minority candidates to be considered for coaching and front-office vacancies.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — His 144 tackles last season led the Chargers and were the third most in the AFC.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A judge agreed this month to partially exclude a confession made by Connecticut physical therapist Anthony Todt in the 2020 killings of his wife and three children at their Celebration, Florida, home from his upcoming murder trial.

MARGATE, Fla. — A Margate police officer shot and killed an 82-year-old man Sunday afternoon after citizens called 911 about a man who was pointing a gun at people inside Veterans Memorial Park.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — As long as Baker Mayfield’s situation remains unresolved, the Seattle Seahawks will be rumored as a possible next destination.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — In the wake of an offseason coaching cycle mostly bereft of diversity, the NFL announced Monday that it has taken a few more significant steps — if not outright strides — to rectify its maligned hiring practices.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jets owner Woody Johnson said he is encouraged by the direction of his club.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Deivi Garcia has been competing since before he got to Tampa this spring.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Rejecting criticism that it would harm the LGBTQ community, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday the controversial measure derided as the “don’t say gay” bill.

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The optics were hard to miss.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Drawbridge tender Artiussa Paulk tried to “hijack the truth,” creating a false narrative when she told police blame falls squarely on Carol Wright, the woman who in February plunged to her death after Paulk opened the drawbridge she was crossing, Wright’s family attorney said.