Fort Lauderdale FL

Sanitizing problems and roaches coming out of the wall helped a Miami Beach restaurant and event space fail inspection on Wednesday. A routine inspection of the kosher 41 Miami, inside Tower 41 at 4101 Pine Tree Dr., turned up 23 violations, three of which were High Priority. READ MORE: Bugs and poop on food rack for...

This week’s Dirty Dining uncovered a disturbing mix of sanitation and food safety failures across South Florida, from roaches and flies to filthy floors, cross-contamination, and food left at unsafe temperatures. One North Lauderdale restaurant was caught placing raw meat that had been dropped on the floor into a...

HIALEAH, Fla. — A 53-year-old Hialeah woman was arrested Sunday on charges of aggravated child abuse and battery after authorities said she attacked a tenant while the woman held her 11-month-old baby. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. near East 25th Street. According to an arrest report, Maribel Escandell-Lopez,...

A man who was on Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker cord back in 2005 will once again face a jury — who’s tasked with deciding if he should be executed for the grizzly slaying two decades ago. Rafael Andres, 61, was convicted in 2014 of murdering...

Located on the waterfront overlooking Middle River, the extraordinary dwelling has been likened to a "concrete bunker."

Plantation police are warning the public about an increase in card skimmers being placed at ATM machines throughout the city. "Skimming is an illegal activity that involves installing a device, usually undetectable by ATM users, that secretly records bank account data when the user inserts an ATM card into the...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A 19-year-old cashier at a Miami Gardens McDonald’s is facing five felony charges after police said he pulled a gun on five customers in the drive-thru early Sunday morning. Investigators said the incident happened at around 12:25 a.m. at the Golden Arches at 4686...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Facing a sharp drop in enrollment, the Broward County School District — the nation’s sixth largest — is preparing to close or consolidate several schools across the county. Enrollment has declined by 37,700 students in five years, including 10,000 in 2025, prompting...

MIAMI — The family of Justo Betancourt, a Cuban immigrant, is demanding answers after he was detained during what was supposed to be a routine immigration check-in. Betancourt, who has lived in the United States for 36 years, is being held at Alligator Alcatraz Detention Center. His daughters say he went to court...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — “A hundred is just a number,” says Joseph Sarkissian — though what a number it is. Family and friends gathered this weekend to celebrate Sarkissian’s 100th birthday, honoring a life defined by service, faith, and love of family. Born on Nov....