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One day after President Trump ordered the grounding of the advanced Boeing 737 “Max” jetliners over safety concerns, airlines that operate them in South Florida juggled schedules Thursday and made arrangements to fly empty planes back to their home bases. American Airlines — which operates a far-flung Latin American and U.S. hub at Miami International Airport — appeared to be the airline affected the most. Airport spokesman Greg Chin said American was still dealing with delays and... Read More

There’s a faster, more convenient and cheaper way for people needing Broward County’s special transportation shuttles to get around. It’s called a taxi. A yearlong, limited pilot program let participants take taxi rides paid for by the county instead of using the county’s paratransit shuttle service. The county has been paying up to $15 for each taxi trip in the Rider’s Choice program. Commissioners will consider March 28 increasing the maximum to $18. Even at that cost, the taxis... Read More

As a self-described Republican dirty trickster, Roger Stone spent decades gleefully and gratuitously inspiring ire among his critics and opponents. Now the former political advisor to President Trump is struggling to stay in the good graces of U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson while awaiting trial in the Russia investigation. He appeared to get a reprieve Thursday when he returned to Jackson’s courtroom for a status conference. There were no fireworks over whether Stone had violated... Read More

Police call him a robber but Hollywood jeweler Daniel Setton calls the man — who walked into his business and tried to take a gold chain — a disgruntled customer. “It wasn’t a robbery,” he said. “He was just a stupid, a stupid guy.” Surveillance video released Wednesday showed the man strolling into DHS Oakwood Jewelers at 2897 Stirling Road about 2:30 p.m. on March 2 and casually walking behind the counter. “He bought a chain here, two or three months ago, and it... Read More

You may need to have the luck of the Irish to navigate downtown Fort Lauderdale this weekend. Street barricades will start popping up at 9 a.m. Friday along East Las Olas Boulevard to begin preparations for the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade and related events taking place on Saturday. They won’t come down until midnight Saturday, officials said. Among the Friday road closures: Southeast First Avenue from E. Las Olas Boulevard to the south side of the FAU/BC Tower parking lot... Read More

If you hear reports today of a commercial airliner crashing in the ocean off Miami Beach, it’s just the U.S. Coast Guard coordinating a massive drill with several rescue agencies, officials said. The exercise is scheduled between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. about three miles offshore, organizers said. It is part of an Interagency Ocean Rescue drill simulating a commercial aircraft making an emergency landing in the Atlantic Ocean. Federal, state, local and industry partners will get the chance... Read More

Dalia Dippolito‘s prison-release date will remain Aug. 24, 2032. The Boynton Beach woman’s efforts to win a fourth trial failed Wednesday when a Palm Beach County appellate court upheld her conviction for trying to hire — and thinking she had hired — a hit-man to kill her husband. Dippolito committed her crime in 2009. She was convicted in 2017. She was 26 when this saga began. She’s now 36 and a mom. She had a baby along the way — while on house arrest in 2016. A camera... Read More

Blue the pit bull mix has been adopted after a 2,800-mile trek and a heartbreaking rejection, according to media reports. She went missing from her Florida home, only to turn up in Michigan, and then was driven 1,400 miles back to Florida — where her owner didn’t want her — and driven all the way back up to Michigan. So it’s been a whirlwind week for Blue. But with a happy outcome. A Michigan man has given the dog a new forever home, the Detroit Free Press reported. The known... Read More

A towing company that got the boot in Sunrise after targeting cars at Sawgrass Mills mall has been ordered to pay nearly $500,000 in fines. And that’s a deal, considering the fine against All County Towing could have come to more than $1.4 million. Any company caught making illegal tows in Sunrise can face fines has high as $15,000 for each incident. And in 2015, All County illegally towed 94 cars near Sawgrass Mills mall over the Thanksgiving holiday. In a ruling last week, Broward... Read More

A towing company that got the boot in Sunrise after targeting cars at Sawgrass Mills mall has been ordered to pay nearly $500,000 in fines. And that’s a deal, considering the fine against All County Towing could have come to more than $1.4 million. Any company caught making illegal tows in Sunrise can face fines has high as $15,000 for each incident. And in 2015, All County illegally towed 94 cars near Sawgrass Mills mall over the Thanksgiving holiday. In a ruling last week, Broward... Read More