The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

Rescuers are deeply troubled by what one is calling a cluster of fentanyl cases popping up in the Fort Lauderdale area after 10 people at two homes were hospitalized because of the potentially lethal drug fentanyl in a matter of three days.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Charlie Crist, Nikki Fried and Annette Taddeo came together over the weekend, united in their diagnosis of the biggest problem they see plaguing Florida: Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Larry Scirotto says he promoted ‘minority candidates because they were exceptional – not because they were minority’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Roads leading to Fort Lauderdale beach were jammed with traffic last weekend, and the sand on Fort Lauderdale beach was jammed with college students. That means — you guessed it — spring break is underway, and Fort Lauderdale police and Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue offered reminders…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The body of a 57-year-old woman was found buried in her backyard in a spot the handyman accused of killing her probably didn’t think police would look: the septic tank.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo called the idea that masks saved any lives during the COVID-19 pandemic “a lie, and it needs to stop and people need to unbelieve it.”

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Republicans signaled months ago that 2022 would be the year they’d impose new restrictions on abortion access in Florida, Democrats had a warning: Limiting access would produce a political backlash, and a torrent of enraged voters would punish the GOP in this year’s elections.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Should a proposed 15-week abortion limit making its way through the Florida Legislature go into effect in July, Floridians can expect a dramatic fallout.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, who has represented parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties since 2010 and is a senior Democratic member of Congress, won’t seek reelection and plans to resign before the end of his current term.