The Latest Breaking News from Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Nature Conservancy’s Joseph Schmidt envisions a future for the Lake Worth Lagoon. In it, American oystercatchers forage the shoreline, mangroves and oysters filter pollution, and kayaks glide from restored island to restored island. In turn, those islands help protect human development.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida’s new 15-week ban on abortions will likely mean more patients traveling out of state for the procedure — prompting a string of organizations to raise funds for trips hundreds of miles away, anywhere from North Carolina to New York.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A generation ago, women desperate for abortion might have used a coat hanger, but in contemporary Florida, they are likely to turn to pills.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A man lost his hand in a fireworks mishap early Saturday morning, officials said.