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The state’s judicial watchdog is moving forward on an ethics charge against a Broward judge whose campaign for office last year relied in part on fabricated allegations of judicial misconduct in another county. County Judge Lauren Peffer was elected to office last August after a campaign in which she focused on the need to restore public confidence in the judiciary. As evidence of the lack of public trust, Peffer promoted a book criticizing the judiciary in Orlando, a self-published... Read More

A federal jury in Broward ruled against two brothers who accused Fort Lauderdale police officers of using excessive force during a confrontation at the brothers’ home in 2017. Raymond and Randall Purcell accused officers Alexander Paul and Steven Pohorence of mistaking their Star Trek memorabilia for actual weapons when they were called to look into minor damage that was done to one of their cars. The brothers sued the officers in 2021. According to the Purcells, the officers physically... Read More

A 15-year-old boy is accused of shooting his older brother to death, then taking his body to a Dania Beach canal where it was found days later, deputies said. Kevin Dominique, 23, came home from work Sunday evening, and his brother allegedly shot him multiple times at the Dania Beach home along Southwest Sixth Avenue, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Someone called 911 just after 8 a.m. Tuesday, reporting a body near a canal in the area of Ocean Waterway Boulevard and Old Griffin Road.... Read More

Aerial net artist Beau Sargeant practices backstage during rehearsals for the Cirque du Soleil OVO show on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. The traveling show fits into 20 semi-trucks and includes 100 people, 53 of them performers. The show runs from Aug. 20 to Aug. 24. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Acrobats perform during rehearsals for the Cirque du Soleil OVO show on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, at the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. The... Read More

MIAMI GARDENS — Dolphins cornerback Jack Jones is brutally honest, if nothing else. Ask him about his matchup with Detroit cornerback Amon-Ra St. Brown last week, which was a social media sensation because of St. Brown’s success. “Y’all seen the tape, he cooked me, man,” Jones said of Brown, the two-time All Pro. “But I got better from that and I’m learning the technique that I’m not used to doing. So he made me better. So if anything, I’d rather be him than anyone... Read More

Lots of people selling hope these days, from electro-pop supergroup Astropical (at Hard Rock Live) and locals The Resolvers (at Crazy Uncle Mike’s) to the plucky green thumbs at Rooted in Broward (at Laser Wolf) and, of course, Hollywood medium Tyler Henry and his correspondents from the afterlife (Hard Rock Live). But is anyone buying? Here are some places to look … THURSDAY Bugs in the air:  The theatrical aerialists of Cirque du Soleil will land the insect-themed show “OVO” at... Read More

TALLAHASSEE — A divided appeals court Wednesday revived a lawsuit that alleges a South Florida city’s zoning restrictions on where a gun shop could operate violated a state law that prevents local regulation of firearms. A three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 decision, overturned a circuit judge’s ruling in favor of Dania Beach and said a jury should decide whether the city’s zoning ordinances were designed to restrict the sale of firearms. The case... Read More

Wildfire smoke wafting east from the Everglades is causing “unhealthy” air quality and low visibility across Broward County Wednesday morning, officials say. The smoke is caused by two uncontained wildfires. The biggest fire, called the Mile Marker 39 fire, is located near Mile Marker 39 on the Sawgrass Expressway in western Broward. It has spread to 1,600 acres, according to the Florida Forest Service. A second fire called the Sawgrass Fire is farther west, and has spread to 250... Read More

A South Florida-based sports bar chain accused of copying a national competitor’s trademarked catch phrase responded by modifying its catchphrase — and then asking a judge to cancel its competitor’s trademark. Dave & Buster’s, a national chain operating as a restaurant, sports bar and arcade, filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale in March against Arcade Time USA, a Florida-based chain with locations in Coral Springs, Wellington, Miami, Orlando and... Read More

By JIM VERTUNO and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The first domino in a growing national redistricting battle is likely to fall Wednesday as the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating five new winnable seats for the GOP. The vote follows prodding by President Donald Trump, eager to stave off a midterm defeat that would deprive his party of control of the House of Representatives, and weeks of delays after... Read More