The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

'She-Hulk' head writer reveals Madisynn's incredible origin story

We know Madisynn is from Fort Lauderdale. But where did she come from, exactly? 'She-Hulk' head writer Jessica Gao reveals how she was cast.

Inverse · Sep 13, 2022

Hurricane Earl becomes season’s second hurricane

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 7, 2022

What it’s like on death row: Possible future for Parkland school killer

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 6, 2022

Tropical Storm Earl expected to become hurricane; Hurricane Danielle to gradually strengthen

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — While Hurricane Danielle meanders in the open Atlantic, Tropical Storm Earl is expected to pass the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Sunday before becoming a hurricane later this week, forecasters said.

Tribune News Service · Sep 4, 2022

Florida man and ‘Mother Theresa’ accused of raising $196 million in a Ponzi scheme

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.

Miami Herald · Sep 4, 2022

After a grand jury report blasted Broward schools over campus safety, the state wants answers

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022

New Tropical Storm Earl intensifies to 50 mph winds; Danielle expected to regain strength

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022

New Tropical Storm Earl packing 40 mph winds; Danielle weakens

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022

What does the Florida primary tell us about November elections? Is that an ominous sign for Democrats?

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022

Danielle becomes first hurricane of the season; odds of another tropical depression increase

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.

Tribune News Service · Sep 3, 2022