Medicare fraud

Feds seek to jail wealthy CEO and others before their Medicare fraud sentencings

Justice Department lawyers have asked a Miami federal judge to revoke the bonds of a psychiatric hospital’s wealthy CEO and two aides convicted of fleecing tens of millions from Medicare.

In My Opinion

Fabiola Santiago: Moms of Trayvon, Zimmerman are victims too

The mothers, too, are victims.

PolitiFact Florida

Group claims Florida ‘rubber-stamped phony horse racing’

In ad, horse breeders, owners call out Florida regulators for alleged “phony horse racing.” PolitiFact Florida checks it out.

POLITICS

Legislative leaders rewarded high-performing staff with salary hikes

Legislators spread the love this year with salary increases for state workers, teachers and law enforcement but made sure not to leave out their own employees.

Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, takes the stand during George Zimmerman's trial.

State rests and defense begins its case in George Zimmerman trial

An action-packed day in court was highlighted by testimony of both Trayvon Martin’s mother and George Zimmerman’s mother. Photo Gallery Available

The kind of changes U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz mentioned are not short-term changes such as high tide and low tide, but rather average sea-level measurements taken over the course of many years.

PolitiFact Florida

Debbie Wasserman Schultz says in South Florida, "we’ve had nine inches of sea-level rise since the 1920s"

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was correct in saying South Florida has ‘had nine inches of sea-level rise since the 1920s.’

TRAYVON MARTIN CASE

Federal mediator Thomas Battles serves as peacemaker in Sanford

Federal mediator Thomas Battles works to heal racially troubled communities — including Sanford, site of the the Trayvon Martin case. Photo Gallery Available

Miami man accused of rape allegedly posed as a photographer on Craigslist

A man in Miami charged with rape attracted some of his victims posing as a photographer on Craigslist, the web page of classified ads, police said.

In My Opinion

Fred Grimm: Fighting for our virtue, one growler at a time

It’s so good to know that on this most beery of American holidays, our backyard celebrations won’t be menaced by evil growlers of craft beer. Not in Florida, anyway.

Environment

Big Sugar ad touting role in preserving Everglades irks environmentalists

A flier boasting farmers’ role in preserving the Everglades strikes a sour note with activists

Fla. Supreme Court overturns 2 death sentences

The Florida Supreme Court overturned two death sentences Wednesday, including one given to a Broward County man who shot a woman 26 times with an assault rifle before fatally shooting two random strangers during a crack cocaine rage.

HEALTH

Florida men who have sex with men warned about meningitis outbreak

Florida health officials advise men who have sex with men to beware of bacterial meningitis.

HEALTHCARE

After healthcare law delay, Medicaid expansion in Florida remains in the shadows

House Republicans cast the Obama administration’s move as proof that lawmakers are right to worry about the consequences of the law.

Florida Forest Service director to lead investigation into Arizona wildfire

The director of the Florida Forest Service has been selected to lead an investigation into the wildfire that killed 19 firefighters in Arizona this week.