The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —The official start date for testimony in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shooting trial has been pushed back to account for the two-week delay caused by a key lawyer’s apparent illness this month.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- About 1,500 pickleball players, all 50 years old and older, are competing this week in a national championship in Fort Lauderdale. An additional 1,000 people have attended to watch and cheer on their friends, family and favorite teams. The oldest player this year is 92 years…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A man driving a van erratically crashed through the gates onto the campus of the Dreyfoos School of the Arts about noon in downtown West Palm Beach, where he was shot and killed by police.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A person driving a van erratically crashed through the gates onto the campus of the Dreyfoos School of the Arts about noon in downtown West Palm Beach, where he was shot and killed by police.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As if you needed another reason to order drinks on a cruise, soon you’ll be able to buy a cocktail made by a robot bartender aboard Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A subvariant of omicron is spreading rapidly in Florida, and health experts say it will likely become the dominant strain of the virus in the state before the summer.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A plane landed safely at Palm Beach International Airport after “a possible pilot medical issue in the air,” on Tuesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, thanks to the help of an air traffic controller who instructed the passenger of the single-engine Cessna 208 on how…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Taxpayers, lawmakers and digital privacy advocates rebelled earlier this year when the IRS announced plans to require taxpayers to upload selfies if they wanted online access to their tax records. The selfies were needed by an identity verification service, ID.me, to compare with applicants’ government-issued ID…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jury selection in the penalty phase of the Parkland mass shooting case was postponed for another week Monday after the lead defense attorney was unable to come to court.