Category: Broward News

The current lawsuit was filed Aug. 31 by state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, and the Florida Center for Government Accountability against the Florida Department of Health and outgoing Surgeon General Scott Rivkees. It seeks to force the state to restart its daily COVID dashboard, halted June 5, which had included detailed information on cases and deaths, including gender, race, ethnicity and county-by-county totals. The dashboard also showed current and cumulative cases in all... Read More

Broward’s locations are the African American Research Library and Cultural Center in Fort Lauderdale, the Supervisor of Elections Office in Lauderhill, the Miramar Branch Library, the South Regional Library in Pembroke Pines, the E. Pat Larkins Community Center in Pompano Beach and the Tamarac Branch Library. ... Read More

Florida on Monday reported 9,022 new COVID-19 cases from the weekend, bringing the daily average below 10,000 for the first time since July 21. There have been more than 3.5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ... Read More

This photo provided by North Port Police Department, law enforcement officials conduct a search of the vast Carlton Reserve in the Sarasota, Fla., area for Brian Laundrie on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. Laundrie is a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito. (AP) ... Read More

Peter, which formed early Sunday far east of the Caribbean Sea, will continue to struggle against storm-shredding wind shear and may weaken to a tropical depression by late Wednesday. Before then, however, Peter’s outer bands could produce 1 to 2 inches of rain across parts of the Virgin Islands, as well as Puerto Rico through Tuesday. ... Read More

In a tweet Sunday, North Port Police said, “Saddened and heartbroken to learn that Gabby has been found deceased. Our focus from the start, along with the FBI, and national partners, has been to bring her home. We will continue to work with the FBI in the search for more answers.” ... Read More

This police camera video provided by The Moab Police Department shows Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van she was traveling in with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, near the entrance to Arches National Park on Aug. 12, 2021. The couple was pulled over while they were having an emotional fight. Petito was reported missing by her family a month later and is now the subject of a nationwide search. (The Moab Police Department via AP) (AP) ... Read More

Forecasters are also watching Tropical Depression 17, located farther east than Peter, which is likely to form into Tropical Storm Rose. The presence of cooler waters and stronger upper-level winds are forecast in the coming days, according to experts. These factors hinder development. ... Read More

Vania Sotolongo of Tamarac, teaches her son Oliver Tavarez, who is in kindergarten, and daughter Sabryna Tavarez, who is in second grade on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. After losing 10,000 students last year, Broward was expected to get some students back. Instead the opposite happened. (Carline Jean / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

This photo provided by SpaceX shows the passengers of Inspiration4 in the Dragon capsule on their first day in space. They are, from left, Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski and Sian Proctor. SpaceX got them into a 363-mile orbit following Wednesday night’s launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. That’s 100 miles higher than the International Space Station. (AP) ... Read More