BALTIMORE (AP) — The body of the last missing construction worker killed in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March has been recovered, officials announced Tuesday as demolition crews prepared to use explosives in the ongoing cleanup effort. Officials said the crew of the Dali will remain on board the grounded container ship while crews conduct a controlled demolition to break down the largest remaining span of the fallen bridge. The steel span landed on the ship’s bow after the Dali lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns on Ma ..read more

The famous U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are ready to soar over South Florida. They’re in town for the 2024 Fort Lauderdale Air Show this weekend. The Thunderbirds are heading the event, which will feature several other air teams performing in the sky. The show kicks off Saturday morning ..read more

The 911 calls have been released after a teen was slashed by a drone while fishing at a South Florida pier. Rescue crews took a 14-year-old boy to the hospital after he was injured by the propeller blades of a fishing pier in Dania Beach that prohibits the use of drones. One of the calls to 911 came from the victim himself. “I’m at Dania Beach Pier. My hand is really badly cut up because of a drone,” the teen said to a dispatcher. The peaceful day on the Pier turned into a nightmare for the teen when the blades of the drone he was flying cut him. Witnesses said the teen was flying the fishing ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely. The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had been expected in light of still-unresolved issues in the case and because Trump is currently on trial in a separate case in Manhattan charging him in connection with hush money payments during the 2016 presidential election. The New York case involves several of the same lawyers representing him in the federal case in F ..read more

Several residents held a rally outside the North Miami City Hall to support the city manager who is facing a resolution from officials to remove her from her post. North Miami officials on Tuesday are set to hold a special council meeting to discuss whether Rasha Cameau will remain as city manager. If the resolution is successful, an interim city manager will be appointed. On April 9, Councilwoman Kassandra Timothe brought forward the resolution and Vice-Mayor Mary Estimé-Irvin, and Councilman Pierre Frantz Charles voted in favor. “I lack the confidence, trust, faith that you are best fit to l ..read more

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The season for the Florida Panthers cannot end on Wednesday night. It’s not an elimination game, the Boston Bruins cannot close them out and no matter what happens there’s a flight to Massachusetts on Thursday and another game there on Friday. So, it’s not a must-win. The Panthers might feel otherwise. Game 2 of Panthers-Bruins is Wednesday night, with Boston looking to go up 2-0 in the NHL second-round playoff series. Florida has trailed a playoff matchup 2-0 on five occasions in its history and hasn’t rallied to win any of them — the Panthers were swept by Colorado in th ..read more

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history and will become Scouting America. It’s a significant shift as the organization emerges from bankruptcy following a flood of sexual abuse claims and seeks to focus on inclusion. The organization steeped in tradition has made seismic changes after decades of turmoil, from finally allowing gay youth to welcoming girls throughout its ranks. With an eye on increasing flagging membership numbers, the Irving, Texas-based organization announced the name change Tuesday at its annual meeting in ..read more

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force said an airman based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida, was shot and killed Friday during an incident involving a sheriff’s deputy. Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, died at his off-base residence, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement released Monday. A deputy responding to the call of a disturbance in progress “reacted in self defense after he encountered a 23-year old man armed with a gun,” the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on Friday. Fortson was taken to the hospital where he died, officials ..read more

FORT MYERS, Florida (WFTX) — Fort Myers Police told people to avoid an area near City of Palms Park on Monday morning, because of a black bear. The bear was in a fenced in area near Broadway and Victoria Avenue. The police called in Florida Fish and Wildlife and FWC agents tried for a couple of hours to coax the bear into a cage, but were unable. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Officer Adam Brown said, “Ultimately, we could tell from the atmosphere here with a lot of noise and a lot of stress added to that bear, it didn’t seem interested at all in eating, and we decided it was probably ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried a “ferocious surge” in antisemitism on college campuses and around the globe in the months since Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza, using a ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust to also denounce new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews. Biden said that on Oct. 7, Hamas “brought to life” that hatred with the killing of more than 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians, and warned that, already, people are beginning to forget who was responsible. The president used his address to renew his declarations of unw ..read more