Innocent driver killed when stolen truck crashes into her during police chase
PLANTATION, Fla. (WSVN) - One woman is dead and another in custody after a police chase on the Florida Turnpike. Thursday’s deadly incident occurred after a suspect was accused of stealing a vehicle and trying to outrun police. The pursuit ended with the suspect crashing into an innocent driver...
Coral Springs restaurateur celebrates 50 years of bringing authentic Italian food to South Florida
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — When John Flora was 21, he was opening his first restaurant in Miami. Visiting from Brooklyn, Flora said he was frustrated he couldn’t find good pizza. Fifty years later, he’s feeding people authentic Italian food at Flora’s Italian Eatery in Coral Springs — and...
Bond set for woman accused in fatal Turnpike chase and crash in Broward
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A judge on Saturday set bond at more than $3.5 million for a woman accused in a deadly crash following a police chase Thursday afternoon on Florida’s Turnpike. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, deputies were assisting Coconut Creek Police Department with a stolen...
Haitian Journalist Carel Pedre Released from ICE Custody After Months of Detention
Miami, FL – February 28, 2026 Haitian journalist, influencer, and founder of Chokarella, Carel Pedre, was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody late Friday evening, February 27, 2026, following a court hearing earlier that day in which a judge approved his release on bail. He has since...
Fort Lauderdale Coral Showdown as Port Deepening Plan Puts Rare Reef on the Line
Less than a mile off Fort Lauderdale, tucked beside a heavily trafficked shipping channel, sits one of the last dense thickets of staghorn coral left in the continental United States. This unusually tough patch of reef, prized by scientists and dive boats for surviving recent marine heat waves and disease, now lies...
Lottery ticket worth over $130,000 sold at a Publix in Broward. Here’s where
The winner beat the 1-in-376,992 odds of matching all five numbers.
Man Arrested After Bomb Threat on JetBlue Flight at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) - An adult man was taken into custody Sunday morning after making a bomb threat aboard a JetBlue aircraft at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, authorities said. Just before 10 a.m., deputies with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Airport District...
Fort Lauderdale Beach Crowd Sees Paralyzed Woman Stroll Sand In Robotic Suit
Under a bright South Florida sky, Marrianne Rooprai quietly pulled off what many doctors once said would never happen. The British native, left paralyzed from the shoulders down after a 2004 car crash, walked along Fort Lauderdale Beach this week using a powered, AI-enabled exoskeleton. After more than two decades of...
New ‘language’ discovered to be developing in the United States
A new dialect has been emerging from certain parts of Miami due to cultural intermingling between Spanish and English speakers. The distinct dialect is a Spanish-influenced dialect of English, born out of decades of immigration to Southern Florida from Spanish-speaking countries. Consider one of the most bilingual...
Miami case sends juveniles to adult court in disastrous move
This story contains details of sexual violence involving minors. Three boys were indicted on adult charges Wednesday following a violent sexual assault on a 12 year old girl at a Miami community garden last summer. Nelson Nunez, 13, Jusiah Jones, 12, and Xavier Tyson, 15, face multiple felony charges after a grand...
