The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

Jury selection in Parkland mass murder trial is about to get more interesting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge in the Parkland mass shooting trial has screened more than 1,200 potential jurors to decide the fate of confessed gunman Nikolas Cruz, focusing on a single question — who has time to sit on a four-month trial without suffering some kind of hardship, financial…

Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022

Chef returns to South Florida and honors Jamaican roots with new memoir, ‘My Ackee Tree’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Chef Suzanne Barr’s comfort food is an orange fruit with big black seeds that thrives in South Florida back yards.

Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022

11 prematurely dismissed jurors in Parkland trial are supposed to come back to court Monday. Has anyone told them?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nearly a dozen prematurely dismissed jurors are supposed to return to court Monday to be screened for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting trial. There’s just one problem — it appears no one has officially told them to show up.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022

Democrats condemn DeSantis congressional district map’s reduction in Black representation as ‘racist tactic’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One of Florida’s most prominent Black elected Democrats, state Sen. Shevrin Jones, said Monday that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to cut in half the number of Florida congressional districts with boundaries crafted to maximize the chance of electing Black representatives is a “racist tactic.”

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022

DeSantis nominee for Florida wildlife commission was fined for manatee violation

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Coral Gables health care executive who had been fined for speeding in a boat in a manatee-protection zone was named this week to the Florida board in charge of protecting wildlife.

Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2022

The suicide hotline soon will be 3 digits. But Florida is unprepared, advocates say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida is scrambling to prepare for the flood of calls expected when the country rolls out a three-digit suicide hotline this summer.

Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2022

High school students hospitalized after military ball, and overdose suspected, reports say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Six Northeast High School students were hospitalized Thursday night because of what could be overdoses at an Air Force JROTC Military Ball at the Signature Grand in Davie, Florida, according to Broward County Public Schools.

Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2022

‘Where is Trukita?’ Missing woman’s family has lived with that question for 8 years. A recent arrest in an unrelated crime brings the pain back

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The search for Trukita Scott ended long ago.

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2022

Shark bites boy’s foot in shallow water in Highland Beach, Florida, officials say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A sunny afternoon at the beach for a young boy ended when a shark swam up in water only a few feet deep and bit his foot, Delray Beach Fire Rescue officials said Monday.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2022

Dwayne Haskins: What we know about NFL quarterback who was killed on South Florida interstate

While questions remain surrounding the death of NFL star Dwayne Haskins, who was struck and killed by a dump truck Saturday on I-595 near Fort Lauderdale airport, one thing is clear: a young life cut short is a loss that runs deep.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2022