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Brightline train passengers may one day be whisked through the heart of Fort Lauderdale — over a high span or even through a tunnel — in a big change in how trains get past the New River. These days, they must cross a monstrous drawbridge in the downtown, a sore point for the city’s marine industry, which for years has seen boat traffic delayed by Florida East Coast Railway freight trains that rumble over the span. And boaters assert things only worsened last year when Brightline,... Read More

A radio network focused on news and entertainment for the gay community is coming to South Florida. “Channel Q” talk radio debuts Monday on WPOW-FM’s digital channel 96.5 HD2. The national LGBT network will feature morning talk hosts Jai Rodriguez (of the original “Queer Eye” makeover series) and Mikalah Gordon (a former “American Idol” contestant) from 6 to 10 a.m. weekdays talking about pop culture and entertainment. Another show called “Dumb Gay Politics + Everything... Read More

The emergency room doctor who was shot Wednesday night at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center says he saw a man in a wheelchair with a gun and knew he had to act. So Dr. Bruce Goldfeder scuffled with him — and got shot in the back of the neck in the process. “I saw the gun, and you know, I saw that it was being pointed and waved in different directions and I heard gunshots, so you know I ran towards him,” Goldfeder said Thursday. “He was waving the gun, and so I kind of did like a... Read More

Students have been showing up at school drunk — and they haven’t even needed someone over 21 to buy alcohol for them. Officials at Grady High School in Atlanta have issued a warning to schools all over the U.S. after they discovered a number of their students have been getting wasted on bourbon vanilla extract, according to abc7. They say students have been buying the baking ingredient from a nearby Trader Joe’s, then mixing it in with Starbucks coffee so they can catch a buzz on... Read More

Two doctors who treat military veterans were working at emergency room desks when a colleague screamed Wednesday night that someone had a gun. The physicians, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Riviera Beach, heard about three shots. One of the doctors, identified by his initials B.G. in a federal criminal affidavit, alerted everyone in the emergency room that they were in an active shooter situation. B.G. saw a man on a scooter, who the FBI said was Larry Ray Bon, 59, an Army veteran... Read More

A beachside hotel building near the entrance of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is in for a big comeback after sitting dormant for seven years. The five-story, 183-room hotel building — once home to a Holiday Inn — is being bought by developers who plan to add a “state-of-the-art hotel.” The deal is among a growing lineup of new properties across Broward County, as many beachside communities add new tourist and business hotels to beef up their commercial centers. A joint venture of Concord... Read More

Want to make some extra cash? Juston and Kristen Herbert will show you how on their YouTube channel. The Los Angeles couple buy bottles of Everything But the Bagel Sesame Seasoning Blend in bulk at Trader Joe’s and then resell it on Amazon for more than pocket change, as reported by Money magazine. The couple claimed they would make a projected profit of about $30,000 on the spice, the magazine reported. Apparently, people who don’t have access to the popular grocer are willing to... Read More

A prominent corner of Sistrunk Boulevard where residents have shopped for groceries for 70 years is the latest to be slated for redevelopment, a move that raised concerns about access to fresh food — and gentrification of the historic black community. Eyal Peretz, CEO of the Fuse Group, plans to replace Bass Bros. Market with a retail-office building and parking garage. The property, on the northwest corner of Northwest Ninth Avenue/Powerline and Sistrunk Boulevard, is like “Main Street... Read More

A doctor was shot in the neck Wednesday night by a patient in the emergency room of the VA Medical Center in Riviera Beach. The shooter was a double amputee in a wheelchair, officials said. The doctor was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach for surgery, and was said to be in stable condition. The 59-year-old wheelchair patient, identified by the FBI as Larry Bon, got to the hospital at about 8:30 a.m. and had been combative all day, according to the VA. While staff... Read More

A doctor was shot in the neck Wednesday night by a patient in the emergency room of the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center. The shooter was a double amputee in a wheelchair. The doctor was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach for surgery, and was said to be in stable condition. The 60-year-old wheelchair patient got to the VA at about 8:30 a.m. and had been combative all day, according to the VA. While staff members were checking his emotional state, he had a gun hidden... Read More