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Hundreds of thousands of Florida children could lose health coverage with Medicaid cutbacks

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Marne Harvich of Orange Park runs a Facebook group for Florida parents like herself who count on Medicaid as health insurance for their children. Though Harvich and her husband work, their income doesn’t cover the high cost of medical care their daughter on a ventilator requires.

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Dave Hyde: Florida Atlantic’s shining moment advances to Final Four

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — So here’s what the dream came to: Two more free throws from the fifth-year senior with an engineering degree, the kid from Pompano Beach’s Blanche Ely High, the guard in coach Dusty May’s first recruiting class to Florida Atlantic University who helped change this losing program…

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Something in the water? Researchers studying high amounts of late-stage breast cancer in Florida county

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Broward County, Florida’s rate of advanced breast cancer exceeds the state and national average, and researchers want to learn why.

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Florida lawmaker introduces, then quickly withdraws, measure allowing people to openly carry weapons

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Legislation allowing Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a permit is set for consideration Thursday in the Florida House of Representatives — minus an attempt to allow open carrying of firearms.

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Rap star XXXTentacion was murdered 5 years ago. The 3 men accused of ambushing and robbing him have been found guilty

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Three men accused of ambushing, robbing and murdering rising rap star XXXTentacion in Deerfield Beach nearly five years ago were found guilty Monday by a Broward County jury.

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3 men found guilty of robbing, murdering rapper XXXTentacion

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Confidence in cruising: Travel picking up despite lingering COVID concerns

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After earning a reputation in the early days of the pandemic as floating disease carriers, cruise ships are back in favor with American travelers.

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Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen issues health update after violent attack outside hotel

The drummer, who only has one arm, popped outside the Four Seasons in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for a cigarette when he was attacked

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Def Leppard's Rick Allen releases statement about Florida attack

Rick Allen has released a statement after being attacked and injured outside a Fort Lauderdale hotel last week

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Florida professor loses job after complaint about racial justice course segment

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An English professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University has lost his job after a parent complained about a racial justice unit he taught in one of his courses.

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They weren’t porch pirates: Theft ring members stole whole houses, authorities say

Three suspects have been charged in what investigators say was an elaborate scheme to steal Broward County, Florida properties with fraudulent quit claim deeds, liens and litigation.

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Man jailed for 400 years released after 34 years for crime he didn't commit

Sidney Holmes, 57, was sentenced to 400 years in prison for an armed robbery which took place in 1988, but he was found innocent in a reinvestigation of the case in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

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Florida House panel backs law that would lower rifle-buying age to 18

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The minimum age of a person to buy a rifle and other long guns in Florida could be lowered from age 21 to age 18, reversing legislation enacted after Parkland’s school shooting.

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LGBTQ Floridians heading to state Capitol, where they face increasingly hostile political climate

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When LGBTQ Floridians, their families and their supporters arrive in the state capital Monday to start two days of what organizers are calling pride, passion and resistance, they’re more likely to encounter a brick wall of opposition than a welcome mat and an open door.

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Earth Wind & Fire accuses ‘legacy’ band of trademark infringement

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Maybe if they changed their name to Dirt, Breeze and Flames?

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Home values in South Florida jump 13%, despite the slowing market

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Homeowners across South Florida saw their homes values rise over the past year, despite the market taking a turn, new data shows.

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Targeted robbery described and gloating suspects shown on video in closings at XXXTentacion murder trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Four men made a decision. One man was murdered because of it, according to Broward prosecutors.

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Baby girl born weighing 12 ounces is finally heading home

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After spending almost 200 days in the neonatal intensive care unit at West Boca Medical Center, the smallest baby to be born at the hospital is finally on her way home.

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Fort Lauderdale mayor decries ‘creeping level of hate’ after vandals deface LGBTQ pride flag painted on street

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The LGBTQ progress pride flag painted on a side street just off Fort Lauderdale beach and State Road A1A was damaged — intentionally, according to the mayor — less than three weeks after it was unveiled.

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FAA system outage repaired; delays continue at Miami, Fort Lauderdale airports

At least 60 flights departing from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International and Miami International airports have been delayed as of Monday afternoon after technical difficulties at the Federal Aviation Administration Miami Center.

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Southwest flight makes emergency landing in Cuba as bird strikes cause plane to fill with smoke

Flight safely returned to airport in Havana after leaving for Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Southwest plane fills with smoke after aircraft strikes bird and engine catches fire

Southwest Airlines flight 3923 departed from José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but turned back after it was struck by a bird and one of the engines caught fire

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South Florida’s winter was ‘much warmer’ this year, again

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Another unusually warm winter is in the books for South Florida, the second-warmest ever recorded in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

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A death after a new will. A questionable timeline and niece charged with murder. But was it suicide?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Shannon Gallagher legally became the inheritor of her uncle’s estate just days before he died from a gunshot to his head.

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Kodak Black ordered to spend 30 days in South Florida rehab

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rapper Kodak Black will spend 30 days at a South Florida inpatient drug rehab facility, a Broward County judge decided Tuesday, days after she signed a warrant for his arrest.

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