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A “robbery gone wrong” at the Swap Shop in Lauderhill left two men hospitalized Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Judge Elizabeth Scherer commented Tuesday that she felt potential jurors were belligerent and getting mouthy as jury selection continues in the sentencing trial of the Parkland shooter.
The trial for Jamar Lee, a ex-Lauderhill police officer accused of soliciting sex from a 22-year-old homeless woman in February 2020, began Tuesday with the woman taking the witness stand.
A jury found West Palm Beach elementary school teacher Christopher Persaud guilty of trespassing on school grounds after warning, a misdemeanor charge. Persaud was arrested on Oct. 27, 2021, after he refused to leave Westward Elementary School when asked because he would not wear a mask. The Palm Beach County School District still required them at the time.
Looking for somewhere to celebrate Mother's Day? Here's a guide for dining options in Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Hollywood, Sunrise, Dania Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens
For the first time in six years, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be screaming and thundering and barrel-rolling over Fort Lauderdale beach at this weekend’s Fort Lauderdale Air Show. But this time, the Thunderbirds are packing new – and possibly sneaky – maneuvers in the sky.
Thanks to Make-A-Wish Southern Florida, Zakary Knight, an 11-year-old with a neuromuscular disorder, was able to interact with sea lions.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office acknowledged Tuesday it has a recruitment and retention crisis among its 911 call-takers that has left scores of emergency calls unanswered. County officials want the problem fixed, pronto.
Dana Shaw, a 61-year-old survivor of Acute Myeloid Leukemia, met the woman who saved his life with a blood stem cell transplant, 28-year-old Destinee Salomon, at a recent celebrity golf tournament at Boca West Country Club.
Carnival Corp., the world's biggest cruise line operator, has named a new CEO to replace long-time top executive Arnold Donald, who will step down August 1. His replacement will be Josh Weinstein, the current chief operating officer who has served at the company for 20 years in various executive capacities. Donald will become vice chair of Carnival and serve on the board of directors.
A 74-year-old man shot another man because he was angry that the man was walking his dog on a golf course at Kings Point in Delray Beach, Florida, according to media reports.
After a three-year delay, the SunFest music festival will bring Sam Hunt, Black Pumas, Steve Aoki, Melissa Etheridge and the Goo Goo Dolls to the downtown West Palm Beach waterfront April 28-May 1.
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital has formed an alliance with Boston Children’s Hospital that will allow South Florida children with rare medical conditions access to high-level specialists.
An excavator being hauled on a semi tractor-trailer collided with the Sheridan Street bridge over Florida’s Turnpike in Hollywood on Monday morning. Lanes reopened about 5 p.m.
A driver who admitted to defacing an LGBTQ street mural in Delray Beach must write an essay about the hate and violence that gay, trans and queer people face, a judge has ordered.
Here are the highlights from Day 7 in the sentencing trial of the confessed Parkland shooter.
State Rep. Chip LaMarca won’t run for Congress, leaving his party without a top-tier candidate for an open seat being vacated by Democratic U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch. LaMarca says the atmosphere is different in Washington, D.C., since he first got involved in politics decades ago. He plans to run for re-election to his northeast Broward seat in the state House of Representatives.
A New York judge found former President Donald Trump in contempt of court for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued by the state's attorney general as part of a civil investigation into his business dealings.
The judge in the Parkland mass shooting trial reset the jury selection process, starting over again from scratch Monday. The defense team for confessed shooter Nikolas Cruz has vowed not to accept any jurors from the pools questioned before they have a chance to discuss the decision with the judge.
A man was holding a woman “under the water in a complete rage,” trying to strangle her during this year’s Boca Bash, but some alarmed bystanders helped pull the woman to safety, authorities say.
Roger Stone, the longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, says he won't run against Gov. Ron DeSantis. Stone is still not happy that DeSantis won't rule out challenging Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination, but can't run because of provisions in Florida law. Online speculation increased in recent days about a Stone challenge to DeSantis. Stone says he's still thinking about challenging U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
Misbehaving critters partied until they dropped last week, landing on pizza cutting boards, bottles of alcohol – even dying in containers of pepper sauce – at five South Florida restaurants ordered shut by state inspectors last week.
The Miami man accused of gunning down his wife at a community pool in front of terrified children and parents didn’t show up in court on Monday to formally face a murder charge.
Closing in on its 100-year anniversary, Delray Beach’s public golf course is in “desperate need for help" and needs more than $10 million in repairs. To fund the renovations, the city is willing to give up 6 acres of the course to a developer.
The judge in the Parkland mass shooting trial has screened more than 1,200 potential jurors to decide the fate of confessed gunman Nikolas Cruz, focusing on a single question — who has time to sit on a four-month trial without suffering some kind of hardship, financial or otherwise? The second phase of jury selection involves 73 more questions. That's where things will get interesting.
When a woman discovered that a man was filming her in a Lake Worth Beach, Florida, bathroom, she chased him and made him delete the pics, then got a photo of him, Deputies are trying to figure out who he is.
One of the biggest parties on the water in South Florida has been going smoothly, police say. The weather held out and offered partiers sunny skies and no rain.
A car crash in Davie caused numerous injuries and shut down traffic multiple lanes of traffic on Sunday morning.
A Plantation man crashed into a car in West Boca Saturday, causing critical injuries to himself and minor injuries to his passenger and the other driver, deputies said.
A 27-year-old man was hit and killed by a car early Saturday morning while walking in a lane on I-95 North. Officials don't know why the man was walking on the highway.
In a months-long investigation, the South Florida Sun Sentinel discovered thousands of unanswered 911 calls and talked to desperate callers who never connected with the help they needed. As alarm about the public safety crisis spreads, fire chiefs and city officials are scrambling. But nothing’s been done — and Broward County's 911 call centers remain dangerously understaffed.
Nearly a dozen prematurely dismissed jurors are supposed to return to court Monday to be screened for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting trial. There’s just one problem — it appears no one has officially told them to show up.
A 16-year-old student at Coconut Creek High School was arrested Friday and is accused of bringing a gun to the school, police said.
Restaurateur Anthony Bruno will shut down his Anthony's Runway 84 restaurant on May 12 in a $3 million transformation to turn the 40-year-old Italian eatery from an old-school dining room with airplane motifs into a sleek supper club.
Amid rising criticism against a proposed Miami stadium site for David Beckham's Inter Miami CF soccer club, Fort Lauderdale's DRK PNK Stadium looms as a long-term alternative. Thus far this year, attendance is averaging around 12,000 spectators in the stadium.
Darius Butler didn’t play high school football until his junior year at Coral Springs Charter School, yet it led to him becoming the first Division 1 college athlete from the school and then a career in the National Football League.
Youth and Peace in Action is a new online education and activism platform organized by Alliance for Peacebuilding and Rotary International.
Grenades were discovered in a home in Pembroke Pines. The bomb squad from the Broward Sheriff’s Office arrived to assist, as police cleared people out of homes in the area of Northwest 202nd Avenue and Northwest Fifth Street.
Fort Lauderdale’s mayor is already talking of a Plan B after at least two county commissioners appear ready to throw in the towel.
Wellington Landings eighth-grader Jada Alexander scored twice to lead the Gators to a 2-0 win in the recent Palm Beach County Middle School girls soccer championship game against host Don Estridge.
Here's a guide to new West Palm Beach food and beverage brands opening in 2022-2023, including Tacombi, Estiatorio Milos, Felice, RPM Italia, El Camino, Salted Donut and Harry’s/Adrienne’s Pizzabar.
American Humane is hosting its 11th annual Hero Dog Awards, a competition honoring courageous and extraordinary K9s in several categories.
For almost 50 years, the Boynton Woman’s Club has been helping deserving high school seniors by awarding them with scholarships for college.
A wrong-way driver caused a crash on Florida’s Turnpike early Friday morning in Boca Raton that killed himself and another motorist, authorities said.
Roundup of things to do and see in South Florida, including community and entertainment events, plus family, society and holiday activities.
The Youth Impact Center in Fort Lauderdale is a months-old facility that focuses on coaching kids in wrestling as a sport and showcasing its qualities that support life skills.
Aden Perry, 17, and Venkata Krishnamurthy, 18, two South Florida high school teenagers, died earlier this week after Krishnamurthy drove into a lake in Sunrise and Perry tried to rescue him, reports say.
A South Florida man who attacked police officers while storming the U.S. Capitol during the January 2021 insurrection is scheduled to make his initial court appearance Friday, prosecutors said.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist says Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to be the “king of Florida,” and is acting like he already has that title by ruthlessly going after anyone who defies him. Crist praised Disney and said the Reedy Creek Improvement District — targeted by DeSantis — is good for the state. Appearing in Fort Lauderdale, Crist rolled out a large group of Broward campaign co-chairs.
American Heritage-Delray moved closer to defending its Class 1A state championship as they topped visiting Calvary Christian Academy, 23-7 in the regional quarterfinals.