Man dies after being struck by Brightline train in Fort Lauderdale
A man was killed early Tuesday morning after being struck by a Brightline train in Fort Lauderdale, police confirmed.
Local 10 anchor Calvin Hughes hosts a special report highlighting a tradition honored for nearly 150 years right here in the Sunshine State -- “Emancipation Day,” or “Freedom Day” in Florida.
The Juneteenth Day of Observance — to celebrate when freedom finally came to the over 250,000 enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865 — would not be a federally recognized holiday without the activism of Opal Lee.