Recordings Show How Mormon Church Protects Itself From Child Sex Abuse Claims December 5, 2023 By Michael Rezendes and Jason Dearen Paul Rytting listened as a woman, voice quavering, told him her story. When she was a child, her father, a...
FEMA: 25% of Florida Keys Homes Destroyed by Irma September 14, 2017 By Jason Dearen and Martha Mendoza With 25 percent of the homes in the Florida Keys feared destroyed, emergency workers Tuesday rushed to find Hurricane Irma’s...
Irma Topples Two Construction Cranes Atop Miami High-Rises September 11, 2017 By Jennifer Kay, Jason Dearen and Adriana Gomez Licon Two cranes atop high-rise buildings under construction collapsed Sunday in downtown Miami amid strong winds from Hurricane Irma. The cranes...
Company Behind Giant Florida Sinkhole Hopes it Will be Plugged by Spring November 1, 2016 By Tamara Lush and Jason Dearen A massive sinkhole at a fertilizer plant should be plugged by spring, months after contaminated water and waste began flowing...
El Faro ‘Black Box’ Recovered August 11, 2016 By Jason Dearen Search crews have retrieved the ‘black box” from the wreckage of the freighter El Faro that sank in 15,000-feet of...
Family of Man on Sunken Freighter Files $100M Lawsuit in Florida October 16, 2015 By Jason Dearen The family of a sailor aboard the cargo ship that sunk in roiling seas whipped up by Hurricane Joaquin filed...
Environmental Groups Concerned Over Renewed Oil Hunt in Florida August 7, 2015 By Jennifer Kay and Jason Dearen Renewed hunts for oil in sensitive Florida ecosystems have environmental groups raising questions about the state’s regulation of the oil...
Florida ‘House of Horrors’ Dentist Surrenders License May 26, 2015 By Jason Dearen A Florida children’s dentist accused of running a “house of horrors” that included performing surgical procedures without anesthetic has agreed...
Group Requests Investigation Into Whether Florida Banned Climate-Change Terms March 12, 2015 By Jason Dearen Did Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s administration ban state environmental scientists from using the terms “climate change” and “global warming” in...
Infamous Florida ‘Speed Trap’ Town Accused of Profiting from Tickets September 3, 2014 By Jason Dearen The north Florida town of Waldo has long had a reputation as a speed trap, and it’s no wonder. A...