The Latest Breaking News from Palm Beach County

Lawsuit claims PGA Tour fans cheated because group won't allow LIV golfers to enter PGA events

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The PGA Tour is robbing fans by preventing LIV Golf participants from playing in PGA Tour events, according to a lawsuit filed in Palm Beach County.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022

Florida deputies shoot black bear after hours-long 'standoff'

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said they were letting the bear go. The deputies said they had no choice but to shoot it.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

Tentative Thoughts On The Jewish Claim To A "Religious Abortion"

Recently, Congregation L'Dor Va-Dor, a synagogue in Palm Beach County, Florida, challenged the constitutionality of Florida's new abortion restriction. I think there are many procedural problems with the complaint, including standing and the scope of the proposed remedy. (See my post here.) But here I'd like to address the merits…

Reason · Jun 20, 2022

Only a few days are left to get a COVID vaccine for free in South Florida. Many testing and treatment sites will close soon

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With demand low and federal funds running out, dozens of COVID testing, vaccination and treatments sites will be closing in South Florida within the next 10 days.

Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022

Family of slain motorist wants police lawsuit to go forward now that Supreme Court deadline has lapsed

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The family of slain Palm Beach County motorist Corey Jones is asking a federal court to revive its lawsuit against the city of Palm Beach Gardens and former police officer Nouman Raja, arguing that the criminal case is over, Raja is serving a 25-year sentence and…

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2022

Bernie Madoff’s sister and her husband dead in murder-suicide in Florida home, authorities say

MIAMI — Sondra Wiener and Marvin Wiener, who reportedly lost millions in the investment scam run by Sondra’s brother, Bernie Madoff, were found in their home dead of gunshot wounds Thursday afternoon, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said.

Miami Herald · Feb 20, 2022

Palm Beach County clerk seeks to punish newspaper for pursuing Jeffrey Epstein records

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Despite insisting he wants the public to know why serial molester Jeffrey Epstein escaped serious punishment 15 years ago, Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Joe Abruzzo wants to punish The Palm Beach Post for trying to open secret records that could do just that.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2022

Woman who drove past Secret Service barricades at Mar-a-Lago found not guilty by reason of insanity

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Connecticut woman charged with driving a rented SUV through barriers at Mar-a-Lago in January 2020, prompting the Secret Service and Palm Beach County sheriff's officers to fire at her vehicle, was temporarily insane at the time of the incident, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2022