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A little over 37 years ago, TIME magazine published its “Paradise Lost” issue, depicting South Florida as home to drugs dealers and narco-traffickers that, aside from their heinous crimes, flushed our part of the world with their dirty money and tarnished Miami’s reputation for decades. Accomplices to their nefarious endeavors were those banks who aided these criminal enterprises in hiding and legitimizing their ill-gained profits, perpetuating a fraud that destabilized our local... Read More

Most shoppers ask cashiers how much the merchandise costs before buying it, but Broward Sheriff’s detectives are looking for a man who asked what cashiers would do if he walked out of the store without paying, and then he did just that. The shoplifter walked into ABC Fine Wine and Spirits 3355 N. Federal Highway in Oakland Park about 8:30 p.m. Feb. 12, investigators said. Surveillance video shows him picking up a cooler bag and filling it with two bottles of whiskey, two bottles of tequila... Read More

An unofficial ballot box that’s been used for at least a decade at one of Broward’s big condominium communities, during high-stakes national elections and lower-profile city elections, is now getting some scrutiny. Peter Antonacci, who was appointed county supervisor of elections last year to clean up voting in Broward, learned about the use of the box this week and doesn’t like it. He said it’s a warning sign of the potential for fraud in Florida elections, although he said he... Read More

Chill out Hialeah, you’re the most stressed out city in the U.S. That’s according to a new study by Babylon Health which looked at 5 million Tweets related to stress over a two-week period. Researchers explored where “people are most likely to Tweet with words relating to stress, frustration and anxiety” as well as negativity and anger on a scale 1 to 5 from no stress to extreme stress. And a lot of that social media chatter came from Hialeah, which led the country with 13.03... Read More

Most shoppers ask cashiers how much the merchandise costs before buying it, but Broward Sheriff’s detectives are looking for a man who asked what cashiers would do if he walked out of the store without paying, and then he did just that. The shoplifter walked into ABC Fine Wine and Spirits 3355 N. Federal Highway in Oakland Park about 8:30 p.m. Feb. 12, investigators said. Surveillance video shows him picking up a cooler bag and filling it with two bottles of whiskey, two bottles of tequila... Read More

Usually earning the college degree comes first, and then the job. But for employees at Deerfield Beach-based auto giant JM Family Enterprises, just working at the company can entitle them to full tuition at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. JM Family, a $15 billion diversified automotive company, is the first employer in FAU’s new program that will pay full tuition and fees. JM Family’s 4,300 employees, including 1,700 in Deerfield Beach, can take as many courses as they want... Read More

Dominic Michael Pryce was only half responsible for a deadly collision in Lauderhill more than two years ago, according to traffic homicide investigators, but he is now facing several charges including DUI manslaughter because of it, court records show. Natalie Pinto was driving north on Northwest 31st Avenue approaching 19th Street about 4:28 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2016, when she made a right turn from the left lane into the path of a northbound 2007 Toyota Camry that Pryce was driving,... Read More

You can keep looking till the cows come home, but you won’t find many farms in Broward County. We learned this as part of the Sun Sentinel’s Sound Off South Florida project, in which we answer questions submitted by readers. In this case, Pat Galvin of Pompano Beach wrote, “Is there any active farmland still in Broward County? Who were the most famous farmers in the County’s history?” “I’ve lived down here since 1964, and I just remember driving down Flamingo Road and... Read More

Seated at a round table littered with party favors and the paper-cutout footballs that have become tradition at his annual Super Bowl Watch Party, President Donald Trump cheered the New England Patriots and his longtime friend, team owner Robert Kraft, to victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Feb. 3. Sometime during the party at Trump’s West Palm Beach country club, the president turned in his chair to look over his right shoulder, smiling for a photo with two women at a table behind... Read More

You may one day see drones flying over railroad tracks across South Florida: Tri-Rail plans to adopt this technology to spot trespassers and prevent suicides as well as accidents on the railway. The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, which operates the Tri-Rail commuter train, recently purchased the drones and hopes to start using them within the year, according to Allen Yoder, director of safety and security for the Pompano Beach-based commuter train. People trespassing on... Read More