Here are the top stories for Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. Get the weather forecast for today here. SUBSCRIBE NOW: Get our free Morning Update email. Sign up here. Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Florida’s abortion rights ballot measure King tides return to South Florida, enhanced by a supermoon Sewage water backing up through floor drains, standing water ‘below customers’ tables’: 2 South Florida restaurants shut A beachfront home will be built in Boca Raton after all, ending long-running battle Fort Lauderdale’s Southport Raw Bar is turning 50 and feeling ‘shucking fabulous’ ‘Textbook violation’: Florida sued over effort to block abortion rights ad Three new co-chairs join Republicans for Harris in Florida.