The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The second hurricane of the season formed Tuesday night and is expected to strengthen into the season’s first major hurricane with maximum sustained winds of up to 125 mph, forecasters said Tuesday.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The two prisons that house men on Florida’s death row stand on a pleasant two-lane road that runs past farms and cow pastures about 30 miles north of Gainesville.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Though Hurricane Danielle and Tropical Storm Earl are forecast to meander in the open Atlantic, Earl is forecast to become the season’s first major hurricane late in the week, according to the 5 p.m. EDT advisory on Sunday. Additionally, a third system has emerged off the…

MIAMI — Filings by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department accuse a Fort Lauderdale man of getting $6.5 million of the $42 million defrauded from investors via a Ponzi scheme run through a North Lauderdale woman’s company.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A statewide grand jury’s blistering critique of a school renovation program led to the removal of four Broward school board members, but the report also accuses the school district of serious safety failures.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After a quiet start to hurricane season, Hurricane Danielle and Tropical Storm Earl both formed Friday — but neither system is a threat to Florida.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After a quiet start to hurricane season, Hurricane Danielle and Tropical Storm Earl both formed Friday — but neither system is a threat to Florida.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After the months of fire and fury from Democrats declaring outrage over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the number of voters who participated in their party’s summer primary to pick a DeSantis challenger was ... about the same as it was four years ago.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hurricane Danielle formed Friday in the central Atlantic, and experts are watching another system near the Caribbean that could become a tropical depression overnight, according to the National Hurricane Center.