Category: Broward News

A knock on the door of Marc and Rita Gagne led to an appalling discovery on Friday: Both were dead. And detectives are investigating their deaths as homicides. Neighbors in their Pompano Beach mobile home park had become worried after not seeing the couple for a few days. Finally, a neighbor knocked on their door at 770 Birdie Lane around 5:40 p.m. Friday, found it open and walked in to find their bodies. Marc was in his 60s, Rita in her 70s, according to the Broward Sheriff’s... Read More

Tennis fans, beware. You may not need to win the Miami Open singles championship check of $1.3 million to afford the expense of attending the tournament at its new Hard … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Rescue workers off Norway’s western coast rushed to evacuate 1,300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday, winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves tossed the ship from side to side and high winds battered the operation. The Viking Sky issued a mayday call as bad weather hit and engine problems caused it to start drifting toward the rocky shore, the Norwegian newspaper VG reported. Police in the western county of Moere og Romsdal said the... Read More

Barbra Streisand apologized Saturday for her remarks about Michael Jackson and two men who have accused him of sexual abuse, saying that she should have chosen her words more carefully and that she admires the accusers for “speaking their truth.” Streisand had received bitter criticism online after she was quoted in The Times of London as saying that Jackson’s accusers were “thrilled to be there” during the alleged abuse, which “didn’t kill... Read More

One year ago on Sunday, at the center of a massive Washington rally and at the forefront of the nation’s mind, Emma Gonzalez rattled off the names of her dead … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A Boca Raton man died when his car veered out of his lane on Interstate 95 and collided with a support bridge column under Glades Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A 34-year-old Oakland Park man was killed and another man was seriously injured in a rollover crash on Interstate 95 in Boca Raton, the Florida Highway Patrol said. It happened about 7 p.m. Monday on southbound I-95 approaching Glades Road. Miguel Angel Garcia Lopez was the passenger in a 2006… At about... Read More

Patriots owner Robert Kraft, in his first public comments about the prostitution-related charges he faces in Florida, said Saturday he is “truly sorry” and regrets having caused pain and disappointment for those around him. Kraft made his remarks in a written statement issued to media organizations on the eve of the NFL‘s annual league meeting in Phoenix. “I am truly sorry,” Kraft said. “I know I have hurt and disappointed my family, my close friends, my... Read More

The ribbon took three cuts from a pair of giant scissors, but once it was opened hundreds of people cheered and lined up to tour the inside of Pompano Beach’s newest museum inside the historic former home of well-known educators and activists Blanche and Joseph Ely. Among the attendees were residents, Blanche Ely High School alumni, city and school officials, marching band members, dancers and the school’s JROTC team. They gathered for the grand reopening of the Blanche Ely Educational... Read More

Anthony Owens remembers that knock at the door 50 years ago when U.S. Marines delivered the news that his brother Gregory Carter had been killed in Vietnam. “My mama just dropped her head and after they buried him there was no more memory, until today,” he said at a ceremony to mark Gregory Carter’s grave with a brass and granite headstone at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Fort Lauderdale. “It’s like he woke up to the world again,” Owens said. “His life is meaningful. It means... Read More

The 77-year-old owner of the New England Patriots issued a statement Saturday apologizing after being charged in February on misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution during two visits at the Orchids … Click to Continue » ... Read More