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The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas, and one is a disturbance poised to enter the Caribbean. As of 2 a.m. Friday, its odds of developing further held steady at 20% over the next five days. According to the National Hurricane Center, conditions could become more favorable for development this weekend or early next week as it moves through the central and western Caribbean. Advertisement It is producing disorganized thunderstorms as it moves at 15 mph Friday... Read More

Florida Democrats are proclaiming to the world that they’re unified in the mission to unseat Gov. Ron DeSantis. Their first big statewide unity event, Thursday night in Tamarac, comes after Charlie Crist resoundingly defeated Nikki Fried in the primary for governor. “This unification is critical. It’s critical. To have a united Democratic party at this point in time is incredibly important,” Crist said. Advertisement “I will be out there every single day fighting for this... Read More

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas, and one is a disturbance poised to enter the Caribbean. As of 8 p.m. Thursday, its odds of developing further held steady at 20% over the next five days. According to the National Hurricane Center, conditions could become more favorable for development this weekend or early next week as it moves through the central and western Caribbean. Advertisement It is producing disorganized thunderstorms as it moves at 15 mph Thursday night... Read More

A Hollywood Police officer was found not guilty of misdemeanor battery Thursday, over three years after he was recorded on a home-surveillance camera hitting a suspect in handcuffs during a drug-related arrest. On Aug. 6, 2019, Officer Matthew Barbieri was called to a home in Hollywood after the suspect’s father said his son was “on heroin and acting erratically,” a police report said. When Barbieri and a second officer arrived, Raymond Schachner was in the bathroom with a belt, a... Read More

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday ordered discounts of up to 25% for frequent commuters on state toll roads that include Florida’s Turnpike. Starting Sept. 1, the discount will run for six months. For drivers on Florida Department of Transportation toll roads, it would give a 20% credit to SunPass and E-Pass transponder users with 40 or more tolls a month and a 25% credit to customers with 80 or more tolls monthly. Advertisement “This will end up returning nearly $40 million to SunPass... Read More

Interstate 95 wasn’t built all at once. And a proposed commuter rail line that would run through Broward County along the Florida East Coast Railway won’t materialize quickly, either. State and local planners remain unable to decide whether trains would pass over or under the New River in Fort Lauderdale. Advertisement So the county commission is poised Thursday to set aside the river crossing question and proceed with a southern leg that would stretch from Aventura to Hollywood and... Read More

A referendum to increase Broward’s school tax passed in Tuesday’s primary election, bringing a sigh of relief to the many teachers and school district personnel who for months stressed its importance. “I was so thrilled it passed,” said Melanie Birken, a social worker at three schools in Pembroke Pines. “I was really nervous, not gonna lie.” Advertisement The referendum lasts four years, running from 2023 through 2027, and is projected to generate approximately $214 million... Read More

It will be extremely difficult, but Democrat Charlie Crist can defeat Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in November, political experts said Wednesday. But he needs everything to come together for him, from whipping up Democratic enthusiasm that was lacking in Tuesday’s primary to raising millions of dollars quickly. Most of all, Crist has to keep up the heat on DeSantis, they said. Advertisement “He needs to make the case against Ron DeSantis,” said Gregory Koger, a professor of... Read More

Editor’s note: Daily coverage of the Parkland trial is being provided to all readers as a public service. Here are updates from Day 45 in the sentencing trial of confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz, 23; a jury will decide if he will be executed or sentenced to life in prison without parole. He pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the Feb. 14, 2018, massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Advertisement Strange... Read More

Summer is a deadly time for eating shellfish in Florida, particularly raw oysters. Oysters served in Florida and traced back to Louisiana are infecting people with vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium that normally lives in warm seawater. The summer months of May through October are when the bacterium flourishes, so eating raw shellfish this time of year is the riskiest. Advertisement Already in 2022, six people in the state are dead from vibrio vulnificus, including a man from South Florida... Read More