Category: Broward News

Saturday afternoon’s weather will not see as much rain or cloudy skies as Wednesday afternoon, even though the spacecraft would still be challenging to spot in the daytime sky from South Florida, said Barry Baxter, a meteorologist with National Weather Service in Miami. ... Read More

State Sen. José Javier Rodríguez, D-Miami, requested that Republican Senate President Bill Galvano appoint a bipartisan panel of legislators empowered to seek information and communications related to Florida’s data collection during the coronavirus pandemic. ... Read More

Andrew Pollack and Shara Kaplan, the parents of slain Parkland student Meadow Pollack, alleged that Henderson Behavioral Health was negligent for failing to prevent accused shooter Nikolas Cruz from being mainstreamed into the public-school system and for failing to warn about dangers posed by Cruz, a former Marjory Stoneman Douglas student.(Amy Beth Bennett) ... Read More

NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley, left, and Robert Behnken ride a Tesla SUV from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Pad 39-A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 27, 2020. The two astronauts will fly on a SpaceX test flight to the International Space Station. For the first time in nearly a decade, astronauts will blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American soil, a first for a private company. (AP Photo/John... Read More

In this March 24, 2020, file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rubio predicted in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday that foreign actors will seek to amplify American conspiracy theories about the virus and find new ways to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, much as Russia did in 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)(Patrick Semansky/AP) ... Read More

All is quiet at the parking plaza entrance to the Magic Kingdom as Walt Disney World enters its second week of being shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, photographed Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)(Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) ... Read More

What caused Schweikert to start firing his weapon in the direction of people and vehicles remains unclear at this time as police are still trying to piece together any sort of chain of events that may have triggered the situation, said Ali Adamson, a spokeswoman for the police department. ... Read More

John Couriel, 42, is the son of Cuban immigrants and graduated from Harvard Law School in 2003. After law school, Couriel worked as an assistant U.S. attorney. Most recently, Couriel was a partner in the Kobre & Kim law firm, where he handled cross-border disputes with a focus on Latin America.(Wilfredo Lee/AP) ... Read More

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday, May 26, 2020, he’ll appeal a federal judge’s decision to knock down a Florida law requiring felons to pay fines and fees associated with their sentence before getting back their right to vote.(Carline Jean / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis announces during a news conference on Fort Lauderdale Beach that beaches are now open and pleads with the public to please heed the restrictions and continue to take precautions, Tuesday, May 26, 2020.(Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More