The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

The end of the race: With no clients left, a Florida shelter for retired greyhounds closes

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With all of the Fidos in forever homes, Hollydogs Greyhound Adoption, the nonprofit organization created in 1995 to save South Florida’s retired racers, has closed its doors.

Tribune News Service · Aug 7, 2022

The painful legacy of a building: Parkland massacre site holds haunting, horrific memories

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Just pretend it’s not there.

Tribune News Service · Aug 7, 2022

2 dead as search continues for 5 missing after boat capsizes near Sugarloaf Key, US Coast Guard says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — U.S. Coast Guard crews searched the waters off the lower Florida Keys through Friday night for five people who are missing after their boat capsized with 15 people aboard and will continue searching Saturday.

Tribune News Service · Aug 6, 2022

‘All you see is a broken family’: Parkland victims’ families tell jurors about how mass shooting ripped apart their lives

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The deepest wounds of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School don’t show up on surveillance video, crime scene photos or autopsy pictures of the 17 who were slain.

Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022

‘We will always live in excruciating pain’: Parkland victims’ families tell jury about how mass shooting ripped apart their lives

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The deepest wounds of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School don’t show up on surveillance video, crime scene photos or autopsy pictures of the 17 slain.

Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022

‘This is not Dubai:’ Critics question push for taller towers in Fort Lauderdale

Sky-high towers as tall as 500 feet could start cropping up all over Fort Lauderdale, critics fear.

Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022

‘Our lives have been shattered and changed forever’: Parkland families testify about the loss they suffered

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School began coming to life Monday in the words, memories and anguish of those they left behind.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

Jurors learn details about what Parkland shooter was texting and looking up on his cellphone

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Sitting in an Uber on his way to carrying out his massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the Parkland school shooter was busy on his phone looking up the music video for “Pumped Up Kicks,” a song about a gunman targeting unarmed victims, a Broward…

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

Vice President Harris visits South Florida to tout $1 billion plan for climate-related disasters

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris flew to South Florida on Monday to talk up a $1 billion Biden administration program to help deal with the growing intensity of hurricanes, wildfires, extreme heat and other disasters that threaten communities nationwide.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

‘You fight and you win, or you swim.’ USS Fort Lauderdale commissioned with reminders of global challenges

As Capt. James Quaresimo spoke during Saturday’s commissioning of the USS Fort Lauderdale, a sense of readiness could be felt throughout the invitation-only, civilian-heavy crowd of about 4,000.

Tribune News Service · Jul 30, 2022