FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A sticky, black substance that washed ashore prompted officials to close a stretch of Fort Lauderdale ...

Cozied up in his crawlspace was a 525-pound bear. “We ended up putting a ring camera with a light on it under the crawlspace and found out we have a giant bear under there,” Arbid said.

Swaths of Fort Lauderdale’s beach were shut down to swimmers during one of the busiest days of the week due to the pieces of oil washing ashore and oil slicks in the water, city officials confirmed.