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Some communities are helping distribute hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars to help residents with the staggering rent increases across South Florida. Landlords are raising rents by as much as 40%, and wages only have increased about 6%, according to statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor. Many renters in South Florida have reported rental hikes of anywhere between $200 to $1,000 a month. Rents have been “astronomical,” says Linda Taylor, the CEO of HOMES Inc., a nonprofit whose name... Read More

Broward school officials are taking steps to fix a question about a proposed school tax that was inaccurately translated on voter ballots. The school district has written new language that has been sent to the Broward Supervisor of Elections, district spokeswoman Keyla Concepción said. Advertisement “The Supervisor of Elections Office will post it at polling locations, early voting sites and future Vote-by-Mail ballots,” Concepción said. “The Supervisor of Elections Office has... Read More

The Justice Department has asked a court to unseal the search warrant the FBI received before searching the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday. Advertisement Garland said that he personally approved the search warrant, which was part of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the discovery of classified White House records recovered from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach earlier this year. The unsealing request... Read More

That’s a whole lot of self-incrimination. Former President Donald Trump pleaded the Fifth Amendment at least 440 times on Wednesday to avoid answering questions in his four-hour deposition with New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office in lower Manhattan about business dealings at his real estate company, according to NBC News. Advertisement “Under the advice of my counsel … I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen... Read More

There’s almost no chance for the tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean to develop into a depression, according to forecasters. As of 8 a.m. Thursday the disturbance in the Atlantic has a near 0% chance of developing in the next five days and a near 0% chance of developing in the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center. Advertisement The tropical wave had a 40% chance of developing as recently as Monday, but unfavorable conditions are expected to prevent the system from... Read More

KEY LARGO — Deputies in the Florida Keys on Wednesday fatally shot a pilot who was deputized to carry guns on planes in what appears to be a “suicide by cop,” officials said. Lane Morgan Caviness, 48, was killed at a Key Largo home following reports of an intoxicated, armed suicidal man, a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office news release said. Advertisement The sheriff’s office had initially identified Caviness as an “off-duty federal law enforcement officer.” The Florida... Read More

Chances remain low that a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic Ocean will develop into a tropical depression, forecasters say. As of 8 p.m. Wednesday the disturbance in the Atlantic has a 10% chance of developing in the next five days, down from 20% earlier, and a 10% chance of developing in the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center. Advertisement Winds are expected to make conditions increasingly unfavorable for any development over the next few days, the... Read More

Susan Whelchel, former Boca Raton mayor, former educator and School Board member and dedicated church leader and volunteer, died Friday at age 77 after battling Alzheimer’s disease. Whelchel’s long list of accomplishments in Boca Raton included serving multiple terms on the city council beginning in 1995, being appointed by former Gov. Jeb Bush to a two-year term on the Palm Beach County School Board, helping found a nonprofit and serving as Boca mayor from 2008 to... Read More

It’s been nearly three weeks since a man dressed in a security guard uniform walked into a cellphone store in Lauderdale Lakes, pointed a gun at the lone employee and fled with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. The Broward Sheriff’s Office is still searching for the suspect. Surveillance video shows the man parking a blue sedan with plastic covering the top and damage on the hood shortly after 11:30 a.m. July 22. He was dressed in a gray top with a badge on the left arm and... Read More

PEMBROKE PINES — A 42-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after he exposed himself to a woman and her daughter and later groped an 8-year-old girl at the Pembroke Lakes Mall food court, officials said. Julian Lambert, a Boca Raton resident, approached the first two victims about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to Pembroke Pines police. Advertisement Lambert exposed himself to the woman and her daughter, police said. Minutes later Lambert touched the 8-year-old girl, over her clothes, from... Read More