Category: Broward News

New splash park opens at Lion Country Safari | PHOTOS Safari Falls Splash Park, Lion Country Safari’s newest water attraction, covers over 10,000 square feet, with interactive elements, including water cannons, water slides and a 550-gallon dump bucket. ... Read More

No one in the slow-footed media was nimble enough to ask if he had three wishes, any three wishes, what team he’d like be traded to and whether he’d use the other two to intercept Tom Brady. Besides, since Fitzpatrick isn’t a genie, my against-the-grain belief is he doesn’t get traded at all. ... Read More

Jimmy Barnes, of Mariaville, Maine, observes a large lion’s mane jellyfish that washed ashore on Lamoine Beach, Maine. Scientists and beach-goers around the Gulf of Maine reported more of the large, stinging jellyfish this year. (Rebecca Rice-Barnes) ... Read More

She said the Toyota’s driver and the off-duty deputy, both women, were standing on the shoulder next to the guardrail when a responding deputy lost control, side-swiping another Sheriff’s Office vehicle and then hitting the off-deputy deputy and the driver. ... Read More

In this image from video released by the CIA, Hamza bin Laden, the son of of the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is seen as an adult at his wedding. The White House says Hamza bin Laden has been killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. (AP) ... Read More

As of 2 p.m. Saturday, the storm was 40 miles north of Great Abaco Island, about 120 miles east-northeast of Freeport, and was packing winds measuring 50 mph with higher gusts. After coming to a stop for a while, Humberto is now heading northwest at 7 mph. ... Read More

Zechariah Cartledge, 10, from the Orlando area, wasn’t around then either but that hasn’t stopped him from establishing his own non-profit organization, running in similar events, and raising more than $50,000 for the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. ... Read More

Computerized transfer of money from bank to bank — nearly as old as this 1960s-era IBM mainframe — makes life much easier except when it doesn’t. That’s what victims of a massive direct deposit snafu found out in recent days. Many are still struggling with their banks to replace two paychecks mistakenly retrieved from their checking accounts. (AP photo) ... Read More

This supposedly tourist-friendly state claims to roll out the red carpet for visitors who are the backbone of our economy, though they do get ripped off, too. In this case, the state came to the rescue, but it’s doubtful that many victims even knew it. ... Read More

“Some of the forecast models are showing that if the system gets a little bit stronger or it develops quicker, there’s a possibility that the track could shift a little bit eastward,” said meteorologist Robert Molleda. “If that does happen, at least for South Florida, that would be good news in the sense that our threat could lessen a bit.” ... Read More