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Police make multiple arrests, continue to crackdown on illegal street racing

 A Santa Rosa County commissioner apologized publicly Thursday for a slur he used against Jewish people. A resident played video at the commission’s Monday meeting that showed Commissioner Sam Parker say, “We’ve got to Jew you down a little bit” as he entered a Milton business. Several people were upset and called for Parker to resign....

Miami-Dade County condominium owners facing special assessment payments for structural repairs to their building can seek help through the county’s newly launched loan program. The program allows owners earning less than the area median income — which is $95,620 for singles and $109,200 for couples — to qualify for a zero percent interest rate loan...

After spending her early childhood in Venezuela, it was not always easy for Gabriella Koenig to feel connected to the Jewish community she grew up around in Miami. “When I moved from Venezuela, I had to leave behind the whole community and my friends. Living in a new place, it was difficult to meet and...

On Feb. 17, a man dressed in a gawdy yellow and blue floral outfit with a lei around his neck, along with many others from his group walked up and down Sand Lake Road in front of Chabad of South Orlando for three and a half hours shouting through a megaphone to people who were...

Get ready for hassle-free trips to Florida’s theme park hub. High-speed rail service Brightline is targeting between April and June to open its new, 170-mile segment to Orlando International Airport. The stretch will offer a one-seat ride from Miami to near Disney World, with stops in Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Boca Raton. Brightline riders...

Justices must follow state laws objectively, and be accountable to the people, in order to prevent mistrust and contempt. Op-Ed. To the best of my knowledge, nowhere in the free world outside of Israel do you have a self-appointed, ideologically aligned, and self-serving group of judges and prosecutors who are not accountable to anybody. And...

Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood fumed that it was an “honor” to be included on the “hit list” of an organization behind a string of disturbing antisemitic incidents. A week after a neo-Nazi hate group circulated throughout the Daytona Beach, Florida area displaying and distributing extremist propaganda, the county’s top cop has had enough. “These scumbags came to...

Swastika spray-painted on side of building The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is urging people of the Jewish community to be vigilant and aware this weekend. This is after they say hate groups have declared Saturday as National Day of Hate that appears to be targeting the Jewish community, with at least one report of...