Neighbor's Detector Saves Life Of Man Who Left Car Running In Garage
Fort Lauderdale firefighters are crediting a neighbor's carbon monoxide detector with saving a man's life.
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Fort Lauderdale firefighters are crediting a neighbor's carbon monoxide detector with saving a man's life.
A bystander at a Fort Pierce runway captured an unusual sight earlier this month – a pilot doing a touch-and-go landing without his landing gear down. And the veteran pilot at the controls managed to not only keep the plane airborne, but to fly about 100 miles back home to Fort Lauderdale.
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It was 15 years ago when the battle over Elian Gonzalez set off an international custody battle--and South Florida was smack in the middle of it.
The city of Fort Lauderdale is requesting the U.S. Department of Justice review it's handling of an internal affairs case involving four former police officers accused of racist behavior.
New surveillance tape shows a black Cadillac Escalade driving through an open door at a Fort Lauderdale dry cleaner on Friday morning in what could have been a deadly accident.
The three former Fort Lauderdale Police Officers fired after being caught sending racist text messages met with the agency's chief on Wednesday to try and fight to get their jobs back.
Detectives have ruled the carbon monoxide that killed a father, and hospitalized five others, an accident.
Federal health officials say about 200 people have come down with vomiting and diarrhea aboard two San Diego-bound cruise ships.
One person is dead, several others had to be taken to the hospital, after a car was left running inside a garage in Wilton Manors.
It's going to be a weekend of sun, sand, and favorite songs at the third annual Rock The Ocean's Tortuga Music Festival.
A retired probation officer is behind bars, accused of ripping off several of the people he once supervised.
Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Bruce Roberts, who is the city's former police chief, is calling for an outside agency to review the department's policies and procedures.
A 26-year-old Fort Lauderdale man has been sentenced to almost six years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a fraudulent international lottery scheme.
Two teenagers were rushed to the hospital after their motorized dirt bike collided with a car on Friday evening.
Detectives are looking for two armed men who robbed a store in Ft. Lauderdale.
Rescue crews in Sunrise rushed a Broward Sheriff's (BSO) deputy, involved in an accident, to the hospital on Thursday.
It's that time of year again when thousands of runners will take over the streets of Ft. Lauderdale for the state's "largest office party."
Blood covered the driveway of a family's home near Fort Lauderdale after witnesses said a dog attacked a mother and son.
Miami has a plethora of museums, but not all are worth the trip. Find out which museums are essential for anyone living in or visiting Miami, and expand your cultural awareness.
Moving day can be hectic, and when you're packing up a hundred homeless people and closing down a shelter, it's even more of a chore.
Sheryl Underwood, panelist on the CBS chat show The Talk, actress and comedian, is in South Florida this weekend.
A car slammed into a wine business in Fort Lauderdale, leaving a gaping hole in the store.
For the second time in two months the dangerous new drug Flakka took center stage at the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.
The search continues for a man who fell from a cruise ship about 20 miles off the coast of the Keys.
Authorities say the posts crossed the line from online outrage to federal charges.
A proposed 245-acre project outside an urban development boundary is drawing environmental concerns and political pushback.
Police released surveillance video after nine vehicles were burglarized at Pembroke Villas Apartments, urging residents to help identify the suspects.
Broward County School Board has approved a plan to allocate nearly $300 million from a proposed 2026 operating referendum to help raise teacher and staff salaries.
After Spirit Airlines shutters operations, other discount airlines move quickly to add new routes from Fort Lauderdale.
Authorities say the posts crossed the line from online outrage to federal charges.
A proposed 245-acre project outside an urban development boundary is drawing environmental concerns and political pushback.
Police released surveillance video after nine vehicles were burglarized at Pembroke Villas Apartments, urging residents to help identify the suspects.
Broward County School Board has approved a plan to allocate nearly $300 million from a proposed 2026 operating referendum to help raise teacher and staff salaries.
After Spirit Airlines shutters operations, other discount airlines move quickly to add new routes from Fort Lauderdale.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Iranian vessels fired on U.S. ships guiding vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the U.S. sinking several small Iranian boats.
The U.S. military says it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people, as the number of recent strikes continues to ramp up.
Two U.S. Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian Gulf after navigating an Iranian barrage, according to defense officials.
A federal appeals court blocked a FDA rule that allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail.
The incident occurred one week after shots were fired during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C., and Mr. Trump was rushed off the dais.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.