The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It was supposed to be a carefree Spring Break trip to South Florida for a group of college students, including cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

The return of office workers to downtown Fort Lauderdale from a COVID-19-induced hiatus can be measured in many ways. One of them: the business lunch.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 15-year-old boy is dead following a crash on U.S. 27 Tuesday afternoon that left six other children and two adults injured.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A child is dead following a crash on U.S. 27 Tuesday afternoon that left six other children and two adults injured.

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.