Category: Broward News

Sun Sentinel awarded Pulitzer Prize for Parkland shooting coverage

The South Florida Sun Sentinel was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for public service on Monday for its impactful coverage of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The prize, the most respected in journalism, recognized the newspaper’s 10-month effort to reveal how 17 people could be murdered in a school considered one of the safest in Florida. In dozens of stories, the Sun Sentinel exposed failures by the school district, law enforcement and social... Read More

For tax filing day, Wasserman Schultz slams Republican tax cuts and GOP praises them

As people wrap up their federal income taxes in time for the April 15 deadline, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says middle class families are paying more — because President Donald Trump and Republicans cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations. “The revolting GOP Tax Scam was an underhanded assault on hard-working Americans, and gave huge breaks to the ultra-wealthy and corporations, while raising taxes on millions of families, and exploding the deficit,” the Broward/Miami-Dade... Read More

Entire frame of Notre Dame Cathedral on fire after spire collapses in Paris

Firefighters are battling a massive blaze at the French capital’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral. A church spokesman has told French media that all of the cathedral’s frame is burning after part of the spire of the 12th-century monument collapsed. The cathedral is home to incalculable works of art and is one of the world’s most famous tourist attractions. The cause of the blaze was not known. Paris police said there were no deaths so far and the origin of the fire was... Read More

‘Up to something nefarious.’ Judge orders lockup of Chinese woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago

A federal judge Monday ordered the detention of Yujing Zhang, the Chinese woman arrested trying to enter President Donald Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago club. “It does appear to the court that … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Woman sprayed neighbor with a chemical; smell overcomes deputy, sheriff’s office says

A woman accused of spraying a neighbor with a chemical in Deerfield Beach was taken into custody for a mental health evaluation under Florida’s Baker Act, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The woman lives in the 400 block of Northwest 36th Avenue and sprayed another resident, Broward Sheriff’s spokeswoman Gina Carter said. A hazardous materials team went to the neighborhood west of Powerline Road and north of West Hillsboro Boulevard, Carter said. Carter said the chemical was... Read More

A man shot in the face, a bullet-riddled car and more questions than answers

A man was shot in the face early Monday and a car was riddled with at least 10 bullet holes when gunfire rang out on the Interstate 95 exit ramp to Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, investigators said. But the investigation would stretch to Pompano Beach as the car that was shot — carrying the victim who was shot — along with the driver and another passenger headed north on I-95 and got off the highway at Atlantic Boulevard and stopped for help at the RaceTrac gas station at 599 W.... Read More

Dania’s oceanfront restaurant shut down for ‘very unsafe’ conditions

A city-owned restaurant on the oceanfront has been shut down for dangerous conditions. Dania Beach Grill, 65 N. Beach Road, was abruptly shut down Wednesday after inspectors uncovered a list of violations that was more than three pages long: damaged and corroded awnings, broken beams, rotten wood, broken walls, damaged rails, kitchen equipment not connected to dedicated circuits, and exposed, corroded, loose or damaged wires. County property records show the building was built in the 1990s,... Read More