Broward.US

The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that a fire likely caused by an engine overheating led to the 2023 Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter crash in Pompano Beach that killed a BSO Fire Rescue captain and a woman sleeping in an apartment below. The exact cause of the overheating remains unknown. The agency released its final report Thursday, over two years after the fiery helicopter fell out of the sky, killing Battalion Chief Terryson Jackson, 50, and Lurean Wheaton, 65.... Read More

If you’re a Miami Dolphins fan, you’re confident of just one thing Sunday: The New England Patriots offer the best remedy for your situation. At home. At 1 p.m. At this panic-button crossroads of two, 0-1 teams facing the kind of pressure you shouldn’t see entering a second week. The schedule couldn’t offer a better opponent, because you see the New England jerseys and they haven’t scared you for years. The Dolphins have won four games games against the Patriots and seven of the... Read More

Congressional candidates — from the long-time incumbents who seem entrenched in office to the long-shot challengers seeking to replace them — have been strategizing for months, sometimes years. They’ve been raising money, courting grassroots activists, lining up consultants, and figuring out the most promising pockets of support. Now, with just 11 months until Florida’s August 2026 primaries and less than 14 months until the November midterm election, there’s sudden uncertainty. The... Read More

Local governments across Florida find themselves in the path of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ latest crusade. A dozen city and county governments have been visited in recent weeks by state auditors on the lookout for what they say is waste and fraud in local spending. It’s all a part of DeSantis’ Florida DOGE effort — so named as an homage to billionaire Elon Musk’s government spending crackdown in Washington, D.C. The governor’s hand-picked chief financial officer, Blaise Ingoglia, who’s... Read More

Today is Saturday, Sept. 13, the 256th day of 2025. There are 109 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy. Also on this date: In 1788, the Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election and declared New York City the temporary national capital. In 1948, Republican Margaret Chase Smith of... Read More

MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara pitched seven innings of two-run ball to outlast Detroit ace Tarik Skubal, who exited early after experiencing left side tightness, in the Miami Marlins’ 8-2 win over the Tigers on Friday night. Alcantara (9-12) allowed four hits and struck out eight in the matchup of Cy Young Award winners. The 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner matched a season-high seven innings for the sixth time. Skubal (13-5) struggled after a recent string of dominant outings. He gave up... Read More

General Daily Insight for September 13, 2025 No solution is perfect — but today could provide a lot of answers to our questions. The Virgo Sun is invigorating us with efficient energy to improve our life systems. That aura of productivity is additionally boosted by the Sun’s conjunction with lively Mercury at 6:52 am EDT. Mercury naturally governs Virgo, so this combination will go hand-in-hand, allowing us to succeed at our goals without feeling like we are pulling teeth. Think... Read More

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and JIM MUSTIAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Family members of the young Utah man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk told authorities he had recently become “more political” and saw the ally of President Donald Trump as a person spreading hate, according to charging documents. Tyler James Robinson, 22, of Washington, Utah, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily harm, and obstruction of justice, all... Read More

The Broward Sheriff’s Office has concluded its internal investigation of the Tamarac triple murder, Sheriff Gregory Tony announced Friday, firing an additional six deputies and disciplining 11 others. It has been six months since Nathan Gingles is accused of shooting his ex-wife, Mary, her father, David Ponzer, and a neighbor, Andrew Ferrin, while hunting her through a Tamarac neighborhood early on a Sunday morning in February, their 4-year-old daughter following him. Gingles has pleaded... Read More

MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel had injury updates on key players Friday morning before the team’s final practice ahead of Sunday’s home opener against the New England Patriots. Wide receiver Jaylen Waddle is good to go after being limited in practice this week with a shoulder injury suffered in last week’s season-opening loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Right tackle Austin Jackson is indeed out, according to McDaniel, after aggravating a toe injury in the... Read More