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U.S. Navy Blue Angels headline 2025 Air Dot Show Fort Lauderdale | PHOTOS

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform in the Fort Lauderdale Air Dot Show Tour on Saturday May 3, 2025. The show continues on Sunday, May 4, 2025 over Fort Lauderdale Beach. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)The U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform in the Fort Lauderdale Air Dot Show Tour on Saturday May 3, 2025. The show continues on Sunday, May 4, 2025 over Fort Lauderdale Beach. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)Spectators watch the Fort Lauderdale Air Dot Show Tour on Saturday May 3, 2025. The show continues on Sunday, May 4, 2025 over Fort Lauderdale Beach. (Mike Stocker/South...

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Active tuberculosis case confirmed in student at Dillard High School

An active tuberculosis case has been reported in a student at Dillard High School, the Florida Department of Health confirmed to Broward County Public School officials on Tuesday. The person was “recently on campus,” and health department officials in Broward County began notifying students who could have potentially been exposed, John Sullivan, a spokesperson for Broward County Public Schools, said in a statement Tuesday evening. Students and staff who were impacted were directly contacted. On Wednesday, the health department will offer testing at the Fort Lauderdale school for impacted...

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What was falling from the sky over South Florida on Thursday? A space ship — sort of.

Was it a meteor shower over South Florida? A plane on fire? Something extraterrestrial? People in South Florida looked to the sky Thursday night and wondered what the fiery, falling streaks were. After the SpaceX launched its Starship rocket Thursday evening from Texas, on its eighth flight test, it “experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly and contact was lost,” the company said in a post on X. The rocket lifted off just after 6:30 p.m. EST from SpaceX’s Starbase launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. The flight profile called for the Super Heavy booster to fly back to the launch tower...

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Will landfill grow taller and wider? Broward now aims for a decision next month

After hourslong debate about whether to finally to grant Waste Management permission to expand a landfill, Broward County commissioners decided late Tuesday to wait longer to decide its fate. They committed to making a final decision Feb. 25 on whether the Monarch Hill landfill will be allowed to grow. The landfill now is 210 feet and is currently permitted to go to 225 feet. The landfill is constructed like a pyramid, where it is built as a slope. The request would allow it to get wider at its base on 24 acres — land that was a former waste-to-energy incinerator — so it can peak at 325...

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Fort Lauderdale man held after alleged home invasion, beating of 75-year-old Central Beach resident

A Fort Lauderdale man who allegedly staged a home invasion against a 75-year-old Central Beach resident spent his second day in jail on Sunday, suspected by police of beating, robbing and attempting to strangle his victim before stealing his car and $4,000 in cash. Joseph Soini, 48, was arrested on North Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale early Saturday in the condo resident’s stolen auto, Fort Lauderdale Police said in a statement. He faces cocaine possession and grand theft auto charges and is being held in the Broward County Main Jail. Police used a Grappler to intercept a home invasion...

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‘Sharks’ vet pitches from entrepreneurs at FAU. See who scored a deal

Three prominent investor-judges from “Shark Tank,” television’s high court of American entrepreneurship, descended on Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton to hear pitches from hopeful local innovators in search of financial backing. The visiting judges for the so-called “CrocTank” event, sponsored by Noble Capital Markets of Boca Raton, included Canadian venture capitalist Kevin O’Leary, a.k.a “Mr. Wonderful,” FUBU apparel founder Daymond John, and cyber-tech entrepreneur Robert Herjavec, also from Canada. The contest was a wrap-up event of a two-day financial investment conference...

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Christmas on Las Olas rings in the holidays

Kids have their photo taken with Santa during the 62nd Christmas on Las Olas celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)Jolene Game, 4,, sleds on the snow during the 62nd Christmas on Las Olas celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)Students from St. Bernedette Catholic School sing during the 62nd Christmas on Las Olas celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel)People enjoy the 62nd Christmas on Las Olas celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun...

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Horrific new details in Orlando mass shooting that killed UCF student from South Florida

A newly released report on Orlando’s deadly Halloween mass shooting indicates that one of the two victims was shot during a confrontation between the alleged shooter and a witness, rather than being targeted during the incident. The Thursday release of the arrest affidavit for accused gunman Jaylen Edgar offered little indication of what led up to the mayhem that wounded seven people in addition to killing two. But it tells a chilling tale of how the carnage unfolded. Moments after shooting 25-year-old Tyrek Hill — a tow truck driver who was his first victim — in the face around 1 a.m....

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What’s next for Fort Lauderdale: Four election winners discuss biggest steps ahead

Fort Lauderdale’s sometimes nasty election cycle saw political rivals attacking incumbents, railing against overdevelopment, broken sewer pipes and nightmarish gridlock. They promised change. But on Tuesday, three out of the four incumbents declared victory. Dean Trantalis, an attorney elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale six years ago, won a third and final term. Incumbents John Herbst and Steve Glassman won their commission races for the District 1 and 2 seats. And Ben Sorensen, a former commissioner who stepped down in 2022 to run for Congress, easily knocked out incumbent Warren Sturman for...

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