The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

‘They did not receive justice today’: Families stunned, angered, disgusted by jury's decision to spare life of Parkland gunman

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It has been 1,702 days since they last looked into the eyes of their child, their spouse, but the families of 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 finally got their moment of reckoning.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Parkland gunman gets mercy from jury with life prison sentences for school shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — He doesn’t deserve to die.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

Jury offers mercy, rejects death sentence on all 17 counts for Parkland school shooter

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After a heart-wrenching three months reliving one of America’s most heinous crimes, a jury Thursday showed mercy to the Parkland school shooter, rejecting a death sentence and recommending he spend life in prison.

Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022

As Parkland shooting trial ends, state makes case for death penalty for Nikolas Cruz

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After a nearly three-month trial, a prosecutor on Tuesday urged jurors to vote to execute Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who murdered 14 students and three staff members in Florida’s deadliest school shooting.

Miami Herald · Oct 11, 2022

‘Hate is not a mental disorder,’ prosecution tells jury in closing arguments of Parkland trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — What he did was cold. Calculated. Purposeful, prosecutors said.

Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022

‘Hunting his victims.’ As trial ends, state makes case for death penalty for Parkland shooter

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After a nearly three-month trial, a prosecutor on Tuesday made the case for executing Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who murdered 14 students and three staff members in Florida’s deadliest school shooting.

Miami Herald · Oct 11, 2022

Charlie Crist-Ron DeSantis debate in Florida governor's race set for Oct. 24

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist will have their one and only gubernatorial debate on Oct. 24 — 12 days later than originally planned.

Tribune News Service · Oct 10, 2022

Babies on board choppers: The behind-the-scenes scramble to take in hospital patients from the hurricane-battered Gulf coast

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — On Monday, five days after Hurricane Ian hit the west coast of Florida, critically ill patients on ventilators arrived by helicopter at Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston.

Tribune News Service · Oct 8, 2022

Player Prowl: 49ers DE Nick Bosa would give Panthers another elite pass rusher

Could you imagine pairing Nick Bosa with fellow 24-year-old Fort Lauderdale native Brian Burns? Well, that's what we do in this week's "Player Prowl."

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 8, 2022

Testimony ends in Stoneman Douglas mass shooting trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Testimony in the Parkland mass shooting trial came to an end Thursday, and the judge presiding over the case told jurors to get ready for closing arguments on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service · Oct 7, 2022