The electric scooter rage: Which ones are the best to rent?

You’ve surely heard about the electric scooters you can rent in Fort Lauderdale. Maybe they sound like a fun way to get to your next meeting, join friends at a coffee shop, or see the beach. Now what? You have to make some choices, starting with whose scooter you rent. Four businesses rent the scooters now, and two more might be on the way. Fort Lauderdale’s e-scooter program has provoked considerable debate since it began in November, with fans calling the scooters fun and efficient and... Read More

Carjacking suspects crash in Plantation after high-speed police chase

An armed carjacking, a high-speed police chase through two Broward cities and a violent crash Thursday left one man hospitalized and his two friends in jail. The carjacking and pistol whipping of victims happened outside a Wells Fargo bank on Hillsboro Boulevard at South Military Trail in Deerfield Beach. Then just before midnight, Fort Lauderdale police alerted Plantation officers that they were chasing a stolen 2019 Mazda sedan from North State Road 7, according to police reports. Officers... Read More

Mom beat kids, forced them to kneel for eight hours, cops say

A 30-year-old Coral Springs woman beat two of her young children and forced them to kneel for up to eight hours as punishment, police said. Jessiezaibeth Fuentes-Ruiz surrendered herself Wednesday for an incident that allegedly happened in October, but this was not the first time she has faced allegations of hurting her children. “This is the fifth time Ms. Fuentes-Ruiz has been investigated by Child Protective Services for abusing her children,” Assistant State Attorney Eric Linder told... Read More

Roll up, roll up for last days of Hollywood’s oldest bar, soon to be a pot dispensary

Last call is coming soon for Stratford’s bar, Hollywood’s oldest watering hole. A neighborhood institution since 1938, the old-time Hollywood landmark will close its doors later this year. Next chapter: The bar will be transformed into a medical marijuana treatment center. The news sent some of Stratford’s regulars on a trip down memory lane. Some are sad to see the place go but like the idea that the walls where so many memories were made will remain standing. “We are not tearing... Read More

A guide to gay Pride in Fort Lauderdale (and other LGBT events in South Florida)

There will be a few firsts this year for Pride Fort Lauderdale. • The festival celebrating the LGBTQ+ communities in South Florida will be the first organization to have a beach-side parade on State Road A1A. • And one of the new events on the Feb. 21-24 schedule will be a drag brunch produced in partnership with the South Beach Wine and Food Festival (SoBeWFF), hosted by syndicated radio personality Elvis Duran and his fiance, Alex Carr. • There will also be a runway fashion show... Read More

I Fled My Country, But Not My Marriage

Though extremists separated me from my husband years ago, I know who holds us together. Two years ago this Valentine’s Day, I arrived in the United States after fleeing persecution in Pakistan. When I describe my journey, I often tell people it was like a journey from hell to heaven. I really do love it here. But the holiday where Americans around me celebrate romantic love is bittersweet. Although I have been married to my husband for seven years, we have only been in the same country... Read More

Cliff Sims, ‘Team of Vipers,’ and Faith Inside the White House – Part 3

“It’s important to remember that the gospel matters more than politics.” Ed: You're often featured on outlets that aren’t exactly evangelical bastions and they listen to you defend the President. Would you say that you are a supporter of the President now, as a private citizen? Cliff: I'm certainly a supporter of the overwhelming majority of the agenda that he is trying to implement. When I'm supporting him, I plan to be vocally supportive and when I think... Read More

James MacDonald Fired from Harvest

Leak of “highly inappropriate” comments by founding pastor of Chicago-area megachurch caps months-long clash with critics. In the midst of efforts to reconcile with longtime critics, Harvest Bible Chapel fired its founder and senior pastor James MacDonald for “engaging in conduct … contrary and harmful to the best interests of the church.” Harvest elders announced this morning that they were forced to take “immediate action” on Tuesday to end his 30-year... Read More