The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

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

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023

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

Daily Mirror · Mar 6, 2023

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.

Tribune News Service · Mar 5, 2023

Threatened with suspension, Florida high school student leads classmates on walkout to protest DeSantis

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Eric Franzblau started by asking the school for permission. It was denied, he said.

Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2023

‘Tis the season: A how-to guide to 2023 spring training baseball in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s the constant refrain of escapees from Elmira and East Rutherford: South Florida has no seasons. Not so. Saturday is opening day for Grapefruit League spring-training baseball for five Major League teams in three South Florida ballparks — for fans, it’s Christmas every day.

Tribune News Service · Feb 25, 2023

22 migrants land at Dry Tortugas National Park as Florida officials ask federal government to act

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A group of Cuban migrants landed at the Dry Tortugas National Park Thursday, on the same morning Gov. Ron DeSantis blamed the federal government for the border crisis and announced legislation cracking down on illegal immigration.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2023

'Not something that Floridians want’: Proposal to ban driving with dogs leaning out of car windows causes uproar

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A proposed ban on people driving with their dogs’ heads outside car windows drew a swift backlash within days of its introduction, and the sponsor now plans to remove, or significantly change, that provision in comprehensive animal-welfare legislation.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Florida might legalize fentanyl test strips to help reduce drug overdoses and deaths

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Zach Creighton was headed to bed the night of Dec. 12, after a long day of work. Unreachable all the next day, his parents rushed from their Boynton Beach home to Creighton’s place in West Palm Beach.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

Lawyer seeking Drake’s testimony in XXXTentacion trial in Florida meets resistance in Beverly Hills

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It appears to be a lot easier to schedule a deposition with rap star Drake than it is to get him to show up, attorneys for one of the men charged with the murder of rising rap star XXXTentacion are learning.

Tribune News Service · Feb 22, 2023

People are dying from fake weed, just as the push is on in Florida to legalize recreational marijuana

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Outside the grocery store, farmer’s market and outdoor festivals, solicitors carry clipboards and urge Floridians to sign their petitions.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023