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Parts of Texas and Mexico remain under tropical storm warnings Saturday morning as it becomes increasingly likely a system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico will make landfall as a tropical storm this afternoon, forecasters said. And a tropical wave is forecast to move off Africa’s west coast Saturday or Saturday night. It’s being given a 20% chance of developing in the next five days. Advertisement The National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories for Potential Tropical Storm... Read More

A man has been arrested on federal money-laundering charges as authorities allege he stole 10 acres of land worth more than a half-million dollars in a posh Broward neighborhood in a deal signed and sealed at a Burger King. The two swaths of 5-acre vacant land, which are along Southwest 55th Street and Southwest 185 Way in Southwest Ranches, have been owned by a Weston man since 1986. Advertisement Now, Leoncio Aguero, of Hialeah, is accused of claiming to be the property owner earlier... Read More

The party hadn’t been gliding across Lake Okeechobee long when they encountered an 11-foot gator. Many would be scared, but for the group participating in the first day of alligator hunting season, it was a promising sign. Florida’s gator hunting season runs Aug. 15 to Nov. 1. This year, more than 20,000 applicants competed for 7,300 permits to hunt Florida’s ancient reptiles, according to Tammy Sapp, a spokesperson for the state’s Division of Hunting and Game... Read More

For the first time since the U.S. declared polio officially eradicated in 1979, Floridians are concerned about their odds of getting the disease. Florida is beginning the groundwork to learn if polio is in the state after one person was diagnosed with paralytic polio in Rockland County, New York, and the disease was discovered in New York City’s wastewater. Advertisement With this new concern, counties throughout the state are gearing up to test their wastewater and encourage more... Read More

Editor’s note: Prosecutors seeking the death penalty against confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz are tasked with convincing a jury to vote for execution over a life sentence. The defense team is trying to persuade the jury that mercy in the form of a life sentence is warranted. This article, which includes some of the images and text created by Cruz as he awaits his sentence, contains details that some readers may find disturbing. Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz still... Read More

Parts of Texas and Mexico are under tropical storm warnings as it becomes increasingly likely a system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico will make landfall as a tropical storm this weekend, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories for Potential Tropical Storm Four on Friday afternoon. It is expected to become a tropical storm Friday night or Saturday, according to the center’s 8 p.m. update. The next named storm will be Danielle. Advertisement As of 8... Read More

Orlando Sanford International Airport employees are rallying together after learning the wife of an airport police officer was killed by lightning in Winter Springs Thursday. The victim, Nicole Tedesco, was the wife of an Orlando Sanford Airport police officer, Andrew Tedesco. Advertisement She and their ten-year-old daughter got caught in a rainstorm Thursday afternoon and were hit by lightning while sitting under a tree, according to a release about the incident from Orlando Sanford... Read More

Pro-reproductive rights organizations including Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday took their challenge of Florida’s 15-week abortion ban to the Florida Supreme Court, asking the court to hear their argument and block the law. HB5, which took effect July 1, bans most abortions after 15 weeks of gestation. A judge in early July issued an order temporarily halting the law. The state quickly appealed, causing it to be reinstated. Advertisement “Life is... Read More

A long-awaited grand jury report into the management of Broward schools recommended that Gov. Ron DeSantis remove five School Board members, four of whom still are on the board. One of those, Rosalind Osgood, has already left the School Board and is now serving as a state senator. The others recommended for removal are Patricia Good, Donna Korn, Ann Murray and Laurie Rich Levinson. Advertisement The report, commissioned as a result of the Parkland tragedy, said the five “have engaged... Read More

POMPANO BEACH — A single-engine Cessna 172 crashed into the ocean off the coast of Pompano Beach on Thursday. The pilot, who was the only one on board, was killed, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Advertisement The aircraft took off from Pompano Beach Airpark Thursday morning. About 6 p.m., the U.S. Coast Guard District Seven office received a report from the Air Force of a possible downed aircraft, said Chief Petty Officer Steve Lehmann. They launched a Coast Guard Cutter... Read More