Seventy-year-old, Bill Norkunas of Tamarac, who survived polio, is seen near his shattered glass front door on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Norkunas called the police for help as someone tried to break in. Deputies with the Broward Sheriff’s Office stayed some 500 yards away. (Carline Jean / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More
Category: Broward News
Get ready for a taste of winter — South Florida style
Moderately high seas are expected to accompany the cold front, with open ocean swells of over four feet predicted to move south past the Bahama shadow and into the waters around Southern Palm Beach County, Broward and Miami-Dade. Surfers should dust off their wetsuits, wax up their boards, and know their limits in the water. ... Read More
Florida university tuition could increase for the first time since 2013, as state budget shortfall looms
Reflecting Pond and the John C. Hitt Library — University of Central Florida tour to show changes to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, on Thursday, July 2, 2020. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/ Orlando Sentinel) (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel) ... Read More
Hurricanes and COVID: How South Florida’s weather personalities faced this year’s double threat
And then there’s Paul Goodloe of The Weather Channel, whose close friend was hospitalized twice due to COVID-19. Goodloe traveled during hurricane season, braving the world of airplanes and hotels, and, uncharacteristically keeping his distance from fans and well-wishers who saw him while on assignment. ... Read More
Wasserman Schultz making bid for one of the most powerful leadership jobs in Congress
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, left, and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, gesturing, after touring the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children on July 15, 2019. The two are leaders of the House Appropriations Committee and are vying to become chairwoman of the powerful committee in the next Congress. Majority party Democrats are expected to vote during the first week of December 2020. (Lynne Sladky / AP) ... Read More
4,000 more Disney theme park division employees are losing their jobs
Guests walk on Main Street, U.S.A., in front of Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Disney Co. announced Tuesday they are laying off 28,000 employees in the U.S. due to the downturn in visitors to their parks and resorts caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) ... Read More
NRA tax filing discloses Marion Hammer shouldn’t been paid hundreds of thousands, report says
The NRA itself is undergoing a period of upheaval. The lawsuit filed by the Attorney General of the State of New York seeks to dissolve the group, and a rift has opened between former executives, like Oliver North, who appear to be co-operating with the probe, and those still loyal to LaPierre. ... Read More
With hurricane season wrapping up, drier and cooler air is on the way — and it starts this weekend
“We’ll see if the hurricane center does think they’ll be named, or if there’s another system out there that comes late. Like I said, just because hurricane season ends Nov. 30, we had systems before June 1 this year and it’s possible to have one later. But things are trending downward in the tropics, for sure.” ... Read More
Florida Supreme Court won’t reinstate death penalty for killers previously sentenced to execution
“We realize that resentencing in a capital case is time-consuming and costly, all at the public’s expense. These considerations, however compelling, do not give us license to exceed the legal constraints on our authority,” the court ruled in one of the cases. ... Read More
Canadian drug import rules challenged
Importation programs such as the one Florida wants to establish have been authorized under a 2003 federal law, as long as the Health and Human Services secretary certifies to Congress that they are safe and cost effective. Until Azar, no secretary, regardless of political party, had made that certification. ... Read More