Category: Broward News

Members of the Chicago Fire and Police departments work to rescue a Fire Department diver who was killed while attempting to rescue a person who fell from a boat into the Chicago River near Canalport Riverwalk Park in Chicago on May 28, 2018. (Armando L. Sanchez, E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune) ... Read More

But their population has diminished — quite significantly, Leppla said. The scientists aren’t completely sure why, but it may be partly because love bugs don’t have any really impressive survival defenses. In fact, Koehler said, they have only one. ... Read More

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the Miami Herald in 2018 after the mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. It is being republished in light of … Click to Continue » ... Read More

The late William T. Kelley, who taught Trump at the University of Pennsylvania, said, “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had.” Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of “The Art of the Deal,” says Trump had “a stunning level of superficial knowledge and plain ignorance.” ... Read More

All it took was the purchase of a Marilyn Monroe photo from a suburban Chicago calendar company. That’s the spark Playboy creator Hugh Hefner needed to complete his vision for a gentleman’s publication, which he hoped would have mass appeal — not just for its provocative photos — but also its witty, thought-provoking articles. Hefner died at the age of 91 in 2017. Hefner’s childhood home 1922 N. New England Ave., Chicago As a boy, Hefner published a typewritten... Read More

Stephen Hawking, the famed theoretical physicist, predicts that humankind has about 100 years to find a new planet. A promotion for a BBC documentary he appears in notes: “With climate change, overdue asteroid strikes, epidemics and population growth, our own planet is increasingly precarious.” ... Read More

Aylin is mad at her mother. Not that this is an anomaly in mother-daughter relationships. Teenage girls often bristle at the women who brought them into the world. But with … Click to Continue » ... Read More

“Bernie identified it himself,” said Tad Devine, a senior adviser to the campaign, adding that Sanders looked at a digital image of the photo. “He looked at it — he actually has his student ID from the University of Chicago in his wallet — and he said, ‘Yes, that indeed is (me).'” Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, was traveling Friday near Reno, Nev., on the eve of the state’s Democratic presidential caucuses. ... Read More

New York-based FanDuel and Boston-based DraftKings filed separate lawsuits against Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Thursday, a day after she declared daily fantasy sports betting illegal in the state. The companies argue that their contests are games of skill allowed by state law. They’re seeking to stop Madigan from enforcing her interpretation of the law and putting them out of business in Illinois. Advertisement Madigan’s action “has set off a chain of... Read More

In 1962, at the height of his fame, Frank Sinatra gave a benefit performance at the behest of a British princess. He gave another for the head of the Chicago mob. In February, he sang at a ritzy London fundraiser for a children’s charity favored by Princess Margaret. Later that year, he did a week’s gig at the Villa Venice, a gaudy but financially ailing nightclub near Northbrook in which mafioso Sam Giancana had a piece of the action. Advertisement Chicago mafioso Sam... Read More