Category: Broward News

Weapon report prompts lockdown at Dillard High School; ex-student accused of Miramar school threat

Fort Lauderdale police searched Dillard High School Monday after a report of a possible weapon on campus that turned out to be unfounded. The school was locked down for part of the morning. Lennise Marchant arrived at Dillard High after her daughter, Nala DeSousa, texted her about the police activity. “She’s OK,” Marchant said about her daughter who is a senior. Marchant was able to call her child, who said she was in a classroom where the lights were turned off. “The scene alone is... Read More

Unsealed warrants show how cops got into massage parlor

Police still haven’t said how they tricked two women out of a Jupiter day spa to secretly set up surveillance cameras. But records released Monday show it was referred to as a “tactical ruse” to get them to step outside of the spa that authorities believed was actually a brothel. While the women stood outside in the Orchids of Asia Day Spa parking lot, three cops discreetly hid the cameras inside the lobby and four treatment rooms so they could watch — in real time — the male... Read More

Wasserman Schultz, Donna Shalala visit Venezuelan border, decry humanitarian crisis

U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Donna Shalala, South Florida Democrats with many Venezuelan constituents, visited the Colombian-Venezuelan border over the weekend. They said they were there to get a first-hand view of the humanitarian and public health crisis faced by Venezuelans under the crumbling and corrupt regime of President Nicolás Maduro. “Maduro is starving his people. Venezuelans have been in the dark for days. And children are dying of preventable diseases,” Wasserman... Read More

One person seriously hurt in Deerfield Beach house fire

One person was rescued from a house fire in Deerfield Beach early Monday and taken to a hospital in serious condition, officials said. It was about 1:30 a.m. when the people living in the home at 1320 NE Fourth Ct. called 911 to report the fire, according to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael Kane, spokesman for the agency. About two dozen firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke showing from the single-story home and two people outside the residence. After a search, one... Read More

One person seriously hurt in early morning house fire

One person was rescued from a house fire early Monday and taken to a hospital in serious condition, officials said. The fire broke out about 1:30 a.m. in a residence along the 1300 block of Southeast Fourth Court, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Fire crews from Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue were able to put the fire out. Investigators remained at the scene until shortly after 6:30 a.m. The person who was hurt was taken to Broward Health North, officials said. No other information... Read More

Should Parkland victims get $160 million in public money to compensate them for their losses?

Facing a mountain of possible litigation, Florida lawmakers could take the unprecedented step of creating a $160 million fund to pay the families of the 34 people killed or injured in the deadliest school shooting in the state’s history. The bills to create compensation funds include an admission that “multiple failures at various levels of government” culminated in the mass shooting and contributed to its magnitude. Families of the 17 killed and 17 wounded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas... Read More

As 4,800 stores close this year, Macy’s, Kohl’s adapt by sharing space with well-known brands

The retail apocalypse is far from over. Dollar Tree, Charlotte Russe, Payless, Gymboree, Shopko, Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap, Sear’s, Kmart, JC Penney, Victoria’s Secret, Tesla, Chico’s, Foot Locker, Lowe’s and Nordstrom all announced store closings this year. That brings the total to more than 4,800 locations. It’s only March. Retailers have closed more than 250 million square feet in the last two years, according to estimates by a commercial real estate firm, Business Insider... Read More