Category: Broward News

Police: Delray Beach woman killed in payment dispute

A 59-year-old Delray Beach woman was killed Friday evening and her 28-year-old daughter was injured after Delray Beach police say a man hit them with his van during a dispute. Witnesses told Delray Beach Police Department detectives that the man hit both women with his Chevy van as he was leaving their house, where he had been doing some work, police spokeswoman Dani Moschella said in an email. The incident happened just before 6 p.m. at 2488 Angler Drive. It was originally reported to... Read More

Charles McCarry, CIA officer who became a pre-eminent spy novelist, dies at 88

Charles McCarry spent almost 10 years in the CIA as an undercover officer, operating alone as he roamed throughout Africa, Europe and Asia in the 1950s and 1960s. He never carried a gun. He didn’t kill anyone. He was in the agency when the Berlin Wall went up in 1961. He was in and out of Vietnam. He was at an airport in Congo in 1963, when a Belgian priest told him about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He always went by an assumed name and never lived in the same... Read More

11-year-old girl born with defective heart gets the ‘royal ball’ of her dreams

In true ballroom attire, 11-year-old Angelina Uzdavines got the birthday bash of her dreams in Coral Gables Friday. Uzdavines, who lives in Hollywood, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome … Click to Continue » ... Read More

MCM, the contractor behind FIU bridge that collapsed, files for bankruptcy protection

Munilla Construction Management, the Miami-based contractor behind the pedestrian bridge that collapsed at Florida International University last year, said it filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday, paperwork capturing a steep … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Thousands of kids have been sexually abused at U.S. migrant shelters, feds say

Thousands of migrant children have been sexually abused while being detained at U.S. government-run shelters, according to Department of Health and Human Services documents. The data — which was released … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Is sex trafficking enough reason for sneak-and-peek cameras? Legal experts aren’t so sure.

The cameras were secretly recording New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft both times the billionaire showed up at a day spa to solicit sex, police say. Investigators said they surreptitiously watched Kraft and others last month, thanks to the handful of cameras they hid inside the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, a massage parlor in Jupiter. After the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. expanded the use of secret surveillance in the war on terror. But the tactic has spilled over to infiltrating other crimes,... Read More

Rival wants to beat David Beckham out of Lockhart with Topgolf, soccer and other attractions

A rival to soccer legend David Beckham laid out his vision for Fort Lauderdale’s Lockhart Stadium on Friday, offering a lively remake with shops, restaurants, a Topgolf attraction, sports fields, a jogging pathway and a renovated soccer stadium with a new professional team. FXE Futbol is hoping to take over the city’s defunct, 64-acre Lockhart Stadium property, resurrecting its rich soccer past. The group is competing against Miami Beckham United to win the city deal. The empty acreage,... Read More