Category: Broward News

Just weeks before another hurricane season, large numbers of Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the storm-battered state continue to struggle to meet requirements that they have backup power generator to keep facilities cool. State records show that 89 long-term care facilities have told Florida officials in the last month that they won’t have generators by June 1 — which is when the six-month hurricane season kicks off. Some forecasters have predicted it could be a... Read More

A local journalist is being honored for telling the story of a Marine veteran who last year drew lifelike portraits of the Parkland shooting victims — to give the artwork to their families. James LaPorta’s article, “The Marine Vet Who Draws Presidents, Fallen Heroes — and Parkland’s Kids,” was published last year by the Daily Beast, a news website. LaPorta was recently given an award by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit that sets out to preserve and promote the... Read More

Colombian bombshell Sofia Vergara is steaming up the internet with a topless image of herself on Miami Beach when she was a young model. The “Modern Family” actress, 46, posted the sizzling picture to her Instragam a few days ago, tagged #tbt #miami #the90’s. The buxom Vergara, who was blond then, delighted her more than 16 million followers with the picture on the social media platform. The image was loved more than 468,0000 times, including by celebrities Paris Hilton and dancer... Read More

To stay out of the red, Hollywood has a $4.9 million budget hole to plug next fiscal year. That’s after Hollywood officials take $13.5 million from emergency reserves to help run day-to-day operations, commissioners were told Wednesday. The coming year’s anticipated shortfall is partly a consequence of the $165 million debt the city is about to take on as part of a bond program approved by voters last month. Hollywood will need to hire 39 employees — 13 of them permanently — to... Read More

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two people and a dog off Islamorada Wednesday afternoon after their boat caught fire. The 38-foot boat was in the ocean just off shore of … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Parents in Palm Beach and Broward counties have been sending a message to their school boards: They want officials to reverse the trend of school start dates slipping earlier and earlier into August. Palm Beach County school board members were set to approve on Wednesday new calendars for 2020 and 2021 that started school on Aug. 10, the earliest date allowed by state law. But they delayed the calendar approvals after a public outcry over the early openings. They plan to get additional... Read More

The news media soon will receive copies of videos from a prostitution sting involving New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft after nude images are blurred, Palm Beach County prosecutors said Wednesday. Immediately following that news, attorneys for Kraft sought an emergency court order to prevent the release of the massage parlor footage, calling it an unconstitutional invasion of privacy. The lawyers for the 77-year-old billionaire blasted the impending disclosure as “prosecutorial... Read More

Gunfire has taken the lives of a Sunrise couple, deaths the police are calling a murder-suicide. A teenage girl told police that about 3 a.m. March 24, screaming and three loud bangs roused her and other children who were sleeping in a house near Sunset Strip and Northwest 64th Avenue. The teenager’s sister, 29, who owned the home with her boyfriend, 39, had returned to the residence an hour before and had argued with him about their relationship, according to court documents. Sunrise... Read More

On the smiling photo from cancer-free days, “badass” Miami-Dade firefighter Claudine Buzzo is on an extrication drill. These days, somber and poised in front of cameras, Buzzo is just as … Click to Continue » ... Read More

The Trump administration is tightening restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba, reversing the engagement policies of the Obama era while increasing pressure on the island’s government in response to … Click to Continue » ... Read More