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Conservative Republican Joe Budd hopes to capture South Florida congressional seat

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Conservative Republican activist Joe Budd is running for Congress, hoping to pick up a Broward-Palm Beach county district held for decades by Democrats.

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Feds withhold $1.2M as Florida refuses to enforce COVID vaccine rule for health care workers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— As Gov. Ron DeSantis fights COVID-19 vaccination passports and mandates — most recently by threatening the Special Olympics with a $27.5 million fine — there’s one mandate he can’t stop.

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Governor candidate Nikki Fried calls for massive effort to ‘change the culture of America when it comes to guns’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried said Tuesday she’d like to see a massive effort to “change the culture of America when it comes to guns,” along the scale of the efforts that turned cigarette smoking into something that’s less glamorous — and thus less popular —…

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Defense asks judge to withdraw from Parkland case. She denies the motion

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland mass shooting trial became the scene of a tense standoff Monday pitting the defense, missing a critical team member due to COVID, against a Broward County judge who has grown openly tired of delays that have pushed jury selection into its third month.

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Defense asks judge to withdraw from Parkland case. Judge denies the motion

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Defense lawyers asked Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer to step down from the Parkland mass shooting case Monday, hours after threatening to withdraw as counsel over an order to continue picking jurors while a key member of the defense team is home fighting COVID.

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Summer fun in the South Florida sun: 2022 discounts on dining, hotels and attractions

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The snowbirds are gone, and now we locals in South Florida can take a deep breath and enjoy the many reasons we live here. That usually includes summers with fewer crowds and lower prices on hotels, attractions, theme parks and restaurants. However, this year may be…

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The system that drenched South Florida Friday and Saturday is now Tropical Storm Alex

MIAMI — The system that drowned out Friday night and most of Saturday in Miami and Fort Lauderdale has strengthened, picked up a name, and is threatening Bermuda.

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Storm system moves into Atlantic, tropical storm warning lifted for South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The low-pressure system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Alex is bringing strong winds, rain and flooding to northwestern portions of the Bahamas as it moves over the Atlantic Saturday evening.

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Nearly 300 flights are still delayed or canceled in South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Air traffic delays and cancellations continued throughout the state Saturday afternoon, including at all three major airports in South Florida.

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Storm system moves into Atlantic, tropical storm warning lifted for South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The low-pressure system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Alex moved offshore and over the Atlantic by 5 p.m. Saturday.

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Tropical storm warning lifted for South Florida, with system expected to become Tropical Storm Alex over the ocean

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A tropical storm warning was lifted for South Florida on Saturday afternoon as the low pressure system that could become Tropical Storm Alex was poised to move offshore and over the Atlantic ocean.

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More than 400 flights delayed or canceled as storm batters South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Scores of flyers in South Florida saw their plans scuttled Friday as planes were stuck amid the chaotic weather. And the delays and cancellations extended into Saturday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

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Tropical storm warning lifted in parts of South Florida, with system expected to become Tropical Storm Alex over the ocean

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A tropical storm warning was lifted late Saturday morning for western parts of Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties but remains in effect east of Interstate 95.

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Change in the wake of tragedy: The new safety measures planned for Florida’s schools

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — New measures to increase students’ safety are advancing in Florida, coming at a time of heightened public outcry in response to recent school tragedies.

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Heavy rains soak South Florida ahead of likely Tropical Storm Alex

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Heavy rains from what is expected to be Tropical Storm Alex dumped several inches of rain in South Florida, where a tropical storm warning was in effect late Friday.

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Overlapping, highly contagious COVID subvariants are spreading fast in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Overlapping waves of omicron are sweeping through Florida, leading more people to get infected with COVID.

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Storm warning, flood watch in effect for South Florida ahead of system likely to become Tropical Storm Alex

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida remains under a tropical storm warning Friday afternoon as the National Hurricane Center watches development of the low pressure system in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico that is expected to become Tropical Storm Alex as it gets closer to the state.

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South Florida under Tropical Storm Warning as storm system likely to become Tropical Storm Alex approaches

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida remains under a tropical storm warning Friday morning as the region braces for a system to arrive from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on Friday afternoon or night, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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South Florida is under a tropical storm warning as heavy rains flood streets

A tropical storm warning covered parts of Florida, including the Florida Bay, Lake Okeechobee and the Keys. Officials warned of dangerous road conditions, with 6 to 10 inches of rain expected.

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Tropical storm watch issued for South Florida; Alex expected to form by Friday evening, forecasters say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida is now under a tropical storm watch, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 5 p.m. Eastern time update.

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Colorado State updates storm season outlook, calling for more hurricanes — and more chance for US coastline landfalls

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Colorado State’s outlook for an active hurricane season became slightly more active with Thursday’s update, which forecast 20 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and five major hurricanes this year.

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George Floyd protester sues Florida police over eye injury

A protester who suffered eye damage when a rubber bullet fired by a Fort Lauderdale police officer struck her in the face is suing the city

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Potential tropical storm’s biggest threat to South Florida is rain

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’ll be a wet weekend in South Florida as a disturbance that could become the Atlantic’s first named storm of 2022 approaches the state from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.

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Woman who took rubber bullet to the face at Black Lives Matter rally sues Fort Lauderdale police

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — LaToya Ratlieff, the Delray Beach woman who was shot in the face with a rubber bullet fired by a Fort Lauderdale police officer during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, is suing the city of Fort Lauderdale and several of its police officers, accusing them…

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Atlantic’s first named storm could develop from Agatha remnants after crossing into Gulf. That’s an uncommon occurrence, experts say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The disturbance churning near the southeastern Gulf of Mexico has the potential to do what hasn’t been done in two years.

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