HISTORICAL FACTS: 20 - Caught on Camera

South Florida commuters turn to electric scooters for convenience and cost

It’s the era of scooter commuters.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

Pretrial hearings end in Parkland school shooting case; trial starts Monday

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The courtroom is closed. Pretrial hearings in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting case came to an anti-climactic end Wednesday.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2022

Disturbance expected to emerge near US Gulf Coast, forecasters say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center are monitoring an area of low pressure that could develop just offshore of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Tribune News Service · Jul 10, 2022

Rebuilding an island: Project in Lake Worth Lagoon relies on nature for coastline protection

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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022

‘We’re going to be flying people north’: How some patients will travel due to Florida’s 15-week abortion law

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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 4, 2022

As abortion pills draw big interest, Florida doctors wary of a new method of desperation

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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2022

Man loses hand in fireworks accident, authorities say

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

Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2022

Former NFL star Michael Vick is being sued in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former NFL star Michael Vick, whose record took him from fame and fortune with the Atlanta Falcons to the inside of a prison cell for his role in a dogfighting ring, only to see him rebound in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, is being sued…

Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2022

What’s next after Roe’s reversal? LGBTQ couples fear their marriages could be the next target

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Now that the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the right to an abortion, all bets are off when it comes to other human rights decisions.

Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2022

Tropical Storm Bonnie forms, no threat to South Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Bonnie formed Friday morning in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Nicaragua, forecasters said, and it’s making its way west, where the storm is expected to bring up to 12 inches of rain to parts of Central America before crossing over into the…

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022