Category: Broward News

Candidates for legislative races can officially begin to qualify starting Monday, June 8, 2020, kicking off a week that’s a pivotal test for Democrats looking to gain enough seats to disrupt the GOP’s advantage ahead of the all-important task of redistricting in 2022, and also a test of the state’s elections officials, who must contend with social distancing guidelines amid a global pandemic. ... Read More

Bar areas may be reopen at 50% capacity indoors and should require social distancing outside, under the governor’s order. Movie theaters, concert houses, auditoriums, playhouses, bowling alleys and arcades can open at 50% of their building capacity. ... Read More

“I’ve seen it where we’ve found, we’ve identified that bad cop, and no matter how you do it, no matter how you fight, no matter what you do, you can go through all the processes to the T, once you identify that bad cop. You turn around and you get to an arbitrator who turns around and gives him his job back,” he said. “And it’s very disheartening when you identify those who tarnish the badge, and don’t honor the badge and they can turn around and get their jobs back simply... Read More

Donald Trump, then the Republican presidential nominee, spoke on the last day of his party’s national convention in Cleveland on July 21, 2016. With less than three months to go, the site of the 2020 convention is suddenly up in the air. (The Associated Press) ... Read More

On April 5, 2019, a naked woman was threatening to throw herself off the north side of the I-95 overpass on Broward Boulevard. Pohorence, who was among the team of officers who responded, went and got her a Slurpee at 7-11 in an effort to calm her down. The woman was ultimately taken to a medical facility. ... Read More

Healthcare workers at Boca Raton Regional Hospital/Baptist Health South Florida head outside for some ice cream on Thursday, May 28, 2020. Leaders of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County handed out 1,200 Hoffman’s ice cream treats for the hospital staff in appreciation for the work they have been doing during the coronavirus pandemic. (Mike Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

Nikki Warris home schools her daughters Lexi, 8, and Natalie, 5, on Friday, May 29, 2020. She has concerns about sending her children back to school in the fall and doesn’t want them to have to wear masks and stay 6 feet apart. (Mike Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

“Cristobal will be fighting marginal water temperatures, but there’s also a lot of wind shear so that will keep this, at least, from growing into a monster,” Feltgen said. “But, having said that, there’s no such thing as ‘just a tropical storm.’ You can have very serious, even deadly impacts from a tropical storm as you can from a hurricane.” ... Read More

In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “immediately” and said its work and... Read More

The comments “do not align with the Florida Highway Patrol’s ethical standards,” said Lt. Derrick Rahming, Florida Highway Patrol’s assistant chief of public affairs. The Sun Sentinel sent screenshots of the conversation to the department, and Rahming confirmed Maldonado was hired in November 2010 and terminated Monday. ... Read More