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You may (or may not) have wondered: What has former U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn been up to since leaving office?  A new video posted on social media may provide answers. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, a Florida woman claims she was driving on I-75 toward Miami near Big Cypress Reservation around 4:30 p.m. on Monday when a black sports car with tinted windows began tailgating her. Moments after she moved into another lane and allowed the car to pass,

A 62-year-old man was killed late Monday night while walking near Main Street and Busch Drive. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, he was walking in a turn lane when he was hit by an SUV. The driver of the SUV was a 56-year-old woman. The FHP report said she was unable to avoid hitting the man. He was pronounced dead on scene. The names of the people involved were not released. No word yet on whether the driver will

A rollover crash was reported near the entrance of Julia Tuttle Cswy, causing heavy traffic and affecting drivers trying to enter Miami Beach through the bridge. Traffic delays are expected after a crash in Miami-Dade County on I-195 East, at US-1 and Biscayne Blvd, left two right lanes blocked. Chopper 6 was over the scene; footage showed a black SUV on its back and a red van next to it as police assessed the scene on the side of the

An Immokalee man was killed after a semitractor-trailer crashed into the back of another in Glades County Sunday night. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a man driving a semitrailer was slowing down for traffic along US-27, north of Shady Acres Lane, around 11:30 p.m. A 65-year-old Immokalee man driving a semitrailer behind him failed to slow down. FHP states he crashed into the back of the semitrailer and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The crash remains under investigation,

A 30-year-old West Palm Beach police officer died early Sunday morning after his car crashed into a canal along North Congress Avenue, according to police spokesman Mike Jachles. At 5:21 a.m. on April 14, a 911 caller reported seeing a car go into the canal off Congress Avenue just south of Lombard Street. Another 911 caller said they saw the car upside down in the water with no one getting out. Officers arrived within minutes, went into the water, and

Florida Highway Patrol says an Ormond Beach woman was killed late Monday night after she was pinned between a car and a tree in Flagler County. A report from FHP says the 59-year-old woman was on private property off of Strickland Road when she forgot to put her car in park. Troopers say the car began to roll as the woman got out, eventually colliding with a tree on the driver’s side. Investigators say the impact pinned the woman between

An 11-year-old girl was hospitalized with serious injuries Monday morning when police say a driver bolting from officers ran a red light and slammed into a vehicle she was riding in. According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, a traffic officer was trying to pull over Ajaye Morrer shortly before 9 a.m. on 1st Avenue South, just east of 34th Street South, when Morrer sped up and drove away from the officer.  Police say Morrer then ran a red light on 31st

A deadly boat crash in Manatee County is under investigation.  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says a deceased body was found on Saturday behind the water treatment plant on Ward Lake following a single vessel boating incident.  On Monday, a second body was found in the water near where the incident happened, according to FWC.  Few details have been released, but FWC confirms that the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office was also at the scene on Saturday.  FWC stated, “All of the

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office has released the names and mugshots of three of the five men they say were involved in a shooting and police pursuit on Friday. Fitzroy Ellis, 18, is charged with resisting law enforcement without violence. He also has a homicide warrant out of Georgia. Dovanni Small, 18, is charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle and resisting law enforcement without violence. Travion Washington, 18, is charged with fleeing and eluding law enforcement and

Heartbroken loved ones are searching for answers a week after, police said, a woman was struck by a driver who fled the scene and left her for dead. 7News cameras on Saturday morning captured Miramar Police as they passed out flyers to joggers and drivers along Miramar Parkway. They’re hoping to find the person who left Onyxia Delinois on life support at Memorial Regional Hospital after she went jogging on near 183rd Street and Miramar Parkway, April 6. Her devastated husband, Roosevelt

A man responsible for a 20-hour standoff in Wildwood allegedly elbowed an elderly woman at Publix just two weeks before, deputies said.  James Savage reportedly forcefully kidnapped his girlfriend, 60-year-old Marivel Dunn from her home on March 14 before letting her go and barricading himself inside a Wildwood home. The 20-hour-long standoff landed him in the Marion County jail where he remains on multiple charges.  A couple of weeks after the incident, a woman told the Marion County Sheriff’s Office

Photo by: NbcMiami A pedestrian was killed after he was struck by a Brightline train on Sunday in Dania Beach, Broward Sheriff Office officials confirmed. According to a statement by the BSO, deputies received a report of a crash involving a Brightline Train and a pedestrian shortly after 8:00 a.m. at West Dania Beach Boulevard and Southwest 4th Avenue. While at the scene, deputies said the pedestrian was pronounced deceased. His identity wasn’t released. BSO did not reveal how the