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How do you ask your city for a sex dungeon? In Fort Lauderdale, it took some domination

When people walk into City Hall, they usually want something. A vote against a big building down the street. Money for a community center.

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2022 has been a deadly year for eating oysters in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Those sweet shellfish may be tempting, but eating oysters in Florida has been dangerous this year.

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Juries don’t always share public outrage in alleged police misconduct cases

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The verdict came late. For Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Steven Pohorence, it came very late — more than two years after he was accused of brutality, knocking over a kneeling protester who had her hands up during a Black Lives Matter rally following the murder of…

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Best travel options to vacation on Florida’s west coast after Hurricane Ian

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Southwest Florida’s famed vacation spots — Naples, Captiva and Sanibel Islands, Fort Myers Beach, Pine Island Sound — have long been escapes from Florida’s more bustling east coast.

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Fix your car at home? AutoNation acquisition will do it

The nation’s largest car dealer, AutoNation of Fort Lauderdale, took another step on Monday to keep repeat business flowing by acquiring a national repair firm that will fix your car at home.

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Rustic fishing towns faced Ian’s wrath. Now at the height of tourism season, ‘We’re in a lot better shape’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Chokoloskee and Everglades City, two fishing villages-turned-travel-destinations that sit next to each other on the cusp of Everglades National Park and the Gulf of Mexico, have seen more than their share of hurricane destruction — most recently Donna in 1960, Wilma in 2005, and then Irma…

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As flu season hits South Florida hard, drug shortages cause panic

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Harni Patel, pharmacist and owner of Tamarac Pharmacy, finds herself fielding calls daily from panicked parents of feverish children searching for everything from Children’s Tylenol to Amoxicillin to Tamiflu.

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Florida teacher dismissed after TikTok video appears to show her disrupting student prayers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An anonymous user posted a viral video of a teacher interrupting Muslim students’ prayer at Franklin Academy Charter School in Pembroke Pines on Wednesday night.

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Rogue iguana causes widespread power outage in Florida's Lake Worth Beach

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Iguanas are skilled saboteurs when it comes to the electric grid, a power outage in Lake Worth Beach revealed.

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Mpox outbreak now under control in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The mpox emergency in South Florida is contained, but experts say it is not entirely over.

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Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony didn’t lie on forms about past killing, his lawyer tells ethics panel

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony hadn’t withheld vital information from state law enforcement forms that would have revealed he was involved in a fatal shooting when he was a teenager, his attorney argued to a state ethics commission.

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You’ve got COVID — but what are the rules these days?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Someone at your office had COVID a few days ago and is now back at their desk in the cubicle next to yours. That can’t be okay, can it?

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With Respect for Marriage Act about to become law, same-sex South Florida couples relieved but not sanguine

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Respect for Marriage Act, which is on the verge of becoming federal law, is alleviating some of the concern same-sex couples have felt in recent months. But, legal experts and LGBTQ advocates warn, it’s not a panacea and it isn’t time to pop the champagne…

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Stoneman Douglas evacuates one building after ‘suspicious white substance’ found in envelope

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School evacuated one of its buildings and placed the rest of the campus under a lockdown Friday after an envelope containing a “suspicious substance” was received in the front office, officials say.

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White sharks once again migrate into Florida’s waters, probably eating other sharks

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s that time of year again: White sharks, just like snowbirds, have started heading south for the weather. They’re turning toward Florida’s waters after spending the summer off Cape Cod and Nova Scotia, hunting seals and tuna.

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Public defender’s office wants Parkland judge off all its criminal cases

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge who handled the Parkland mass shooting case is so biased in favor of the prosecution that she cannot be trusted to oversee cases handled by the Broward Public Defender’s Office, according to dozens of motions filed in court last week.

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Diabetics scramble to find drugs suddenly popular for non-intended use: weight loss

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Florida diabetics are struggling to buy prescription drugs to help control their blood sugar now that the medications have gone viral on social media as a weight-loss solution.

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No evidence to support Trump’s latest claim on corruption and ‘stolen’ votes in 2018 in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former President Donald Trump repeated claims this week that votes were being “stolen” as part of the “corrupt Election process in Broward County” in 2018, and asserted “the ballot theft immediately ended” after he sent in the FBI and Justice Department.

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Homeowners are still getting ‘equity rich’ despite the slowing market

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Homeowners in South Florida are still seeing a return on their property, even as the housing market continues to cool down.

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Subtropical Storm Nicole puts parts of South Florida under tropical storm warning and hurricane watch

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida may not come through the end of the 2022 hurricane season without a direct hit as a rare November storm heads for the state’s east coast.

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‘Threat is increasing for South Florida’: Counties under state of emergency ahead of potential Hurricane Nicole

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Just weeks before the end of the 2022 hurricane season, South Florida could feel the impacts of potential Hurricane Nicole, and experts said that the threat to the region is increasing.

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DeSantis issues state of emergency for 34 counties across Florida ahead of potential Hurricane Nicole

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency in 34 Florida counties — including Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach — on Monday due to the potential of an approaching Hurricane Nicole.

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South Florida in forecast cone for Nicole, which could be near hurricane strength by midweek: forecasters

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida is now in the forecast cone for Subtropical Storm Nicole, which is forecast to be near hurricane strength, or possibly a hurricane, by midweek, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory.

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As voters worry about inflation, Democrats still hope abortion rights drives voter turnout in Florida — against Republicans

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Abortion rights is such an important issue to Rebecca Thompson, of Pembroke Pines, that she brought her 2-year-old daughter with her to early vote.

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Parkland gunman leaves Broward jail for prison

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland gunman is no longer in the custody of the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

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