Invasion Of The Seaweed Along Fort Lauderdale Beach
South Florida beachgoers can always expect plenty of sun, surf, and sand but Fort Lauderdale beachgoers are also dealing with lots of seaweed.
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South Florida beachgoers can always expect plenty of sun, surf, and sand but Fort Lauderdale beachgoers are also dealing with lots of seaweed.
From high speed chases to millions of dollars in check fraud. Police say an id theft ring from A South Florida is responsible for crimes across the country.
Street beggars in Fort Lauderdale may soon be banned from panhandling if the city agrees on Tuesday to enact tough new restrictions.
Ft. Lauderdale will take the first step this week towards a ban on begging throughout the city. On Tuesday, city commissioners will begin discussion on a proposal which would bar panhandling at city parks, parking garages and near ATMs and cafes.
A misdemeanor domestic battery charge against former World Series MVP Manny Ramirez has been dismissed because his wife won't cooperate in the investigation.
The South Florida man found guilty in February for bringing a gun into the Broward County Courthouse and threatening to kill himself, then later drinking a mysterious liquid in court that he claimed to be poison, was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday.
An expectant mother was killed and a second woman was seriously injured when a car barreled into a poolside cabana at a Ft. Lauderdale hotel.
Two teens have been charged in a deadly hit and run accident over the weekend which claimed the life a Ft. Lauderdale girl.
A South Florida woman says she fell victim to an employment scam that cost her and her mother thousands of dollars.
People living in the town of Davie or parts of the City of Ft. Lauderdale hit the polls Tuesday for one of the few remaining March municipal elections in Broward County.
A Fort Lauderdale man caught on camera running over a man with his car learned his fate in a Broward courtroom Friday.
Summer travelers looking for a little relief from the high price of gas should consider a trip to Fort Lauderdale.
Aren't you tired of all these national surveys that keep finding how awful life is in South Florida and how terrible South Floridians are?
A plan to rid panhandlers from the city of Fort Lauderdale goes before city commissioners Tuesday.
Fort Lauderdale Police are looking for a hit and run driver who struck and killed an elderly woman early Saturday morning.
If you started seeing more Fort Lauderdale Police officers patrolling the area around Stranahan Park this week, it's no accident.
Davie Police says surveillance video taken last fall outside a home in an upscale, gated community shows a thief taking his time stealing tires and rims off a Cadillac Escalade -- one of 11 such crimes in the city in recent months.
A trio of teens home alone used some cool heads and quick thinking to get police help after they heard someone break into their home. Cops are applauding the way they handled a scary situation, leading to the arrest of the bandit as he hid in their mom's closet. The whole thing was caught on tape.
A Broward County Middle School teacher has been removed from the classroom while school district police investigate whether the teacher battered a student in a classroom full of students, a schools spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.
Concerned about the city's image and its impact on downtown businesses, the Ft. Lauderdale commission is expected to discuss the growing population of homeless people at Stranahan Park during their meeting Tuesday evening.
There was chaos in a Broward County courtroom Thursday morning when a man found guilty of armed trespassing and reckless display of a weapon drank a mysterious liquid from a medicine bottle, said it was poison, and collapsed to the floor. The "poison" has been identified as water.
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is asking for the public's help in connection with a homicide case.
The FBI is asking for the public's help in locating a serial bank robber who struck again at a Fort Lauderdale bank on Friday.
There's no good time for a water main break, but rush hour on a Friday is definitely among the worst. That's what city officials in Ft. Lauderdale were handed after a broken pipe closed part of Andrew Avenue Friday afternoon.
Believe it or not, Miami was named the most miserable city in the United States today.
Drivers are being asked to avoid the area.
Members of the House Oversight Committee released the report, which included explicit photos of what conditions look like inside.
For Dr. LaToya Lewis, nursing is more than textbooks and clinical skills.
A photo posted on the Hot Spots Charters Facebook page shows the large gray drone next to a table of fish.
President Trump is addressing the United Nations General Assembly as the war with Iran approaches its seventh month.
Drivers are being asked to avoid the area.
Members of the House Oversight Committee released the report, which included explicit photos of what conditions look like inside.
For Dr. LaToya Lewis, nursing is more than textbooks and clinical skills.
"The Defendant cannot be expected to, nor will he, comply with the order of not communicating with other inmates," wrote Israel Encinosa, Sabatino's attorney.
A photo posted on the Hot Spots Charters Facebook page shows the large gray drone next to a table of fish.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
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.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.