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By ILLIA NOVIKOV CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Young athletes in northern Ukraine spend their days cross-country skiing through a scorched forest, focused on their form — until a siren inevitably shatters the silence. They respond swiftly but without panic, ditching their skis and following coaches to an underground bomb shelter. It’s an ordinary training session at the complex that produced Ukraine’s first Olympic medalist. Sleeping children no longer dream of Olympic glory in the... Read More

So you couldn’t score a wildly expensive ticket to Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship game between the Miami Hurricanes and Indiana Hoosiers. Well, you’re not alone, and so what? There are still plenty of ways to cheer on the home team, which last won a national title in 2002, at official CFP events and watch parties popping up at bars, clubs and restaurants throughout South Florida. While you may not be at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, a watch party has its... Read More

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, MARC LEVY and JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid to take urgent steps to boost energy supply and curb price hikes, holding a Friday event aimed at addressing a rising concern among voters about the enormous amount of power used for artificial intelligence ahead of elections later this year. The White House said its National Energy Dominance Council and the... Read More

The theme for this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as set by the The King Center in Atlanta, is “Mission Possible 2: Building Community, Uniting a Nation The Nonviolent Way.” In South Florida, you can honor that call and the legacy of the civil rights leader through service projects, marches and other events leading up to and on the federal holiday, which is celebrated every third Monday of January (King’s birthday month). Below, find activities planned through Monday, Jan. 19, in... Read More

There are consequences to a fast-growing downtown: Tens of thousands of flushing toilets. That could mean that a long-awaited city park being planned in the heart of Fort Lauderdale’s Flagler Village will end up being the home of a high-capacity sewage lift station needed to accommodate the city’s rapid growth. Mayor Dean Trantalis said he was “totally blindsided” by the news delivered by City Manager Rickelle Williams during an annual goal-setting meeting on Tuesday. “I think we... Read More

A state agency under control of Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued 11th-hour instructions for verifying petition signatures that could hamper efforts to get a referendum to legalize recreational marijuana on the 2026 Florida ballot. DeSantis does not want recreational marijuana legalized in Florida. He was the most prominent opponent of a similar 2024 referendum, which failed. Last week, the Secretary of State’s Office — which is run by a DeSantis appointee — issued a directive to the... Read More

The cruise industry continues to ramp up its offerings for the anticipated 21.7 million Americans expected to embark on ocean cruises in 2026. Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line have one new ship each coming online this year, plus newsworthy developments for both companies’ private resorts. The headliners of the brand-new ships coming to Florida in 2026 are the Prima Plus-class Norwegian Luna and Royal Caribbean’s third Icon-class ship, Legend of the Seas. In destination news,... Read More

We may have a player account of Mike McDaniel’s final moments as coach of the Miami Dolphins. Tight end Darren Waller revealed he was in the middle of his exit interview with McDaniel to wrap up their 2025 season together before owner Steve Ross entered the ex-Dolphins coach’s office to break him the bad news. “I think I was the last person that saw him before he got fired,” Waller told former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel on the Glory Daze podcast. “My exit... Read More

By SAFIYAH RIDDLE, SARAH BRUMFELD and HALLIE GOLDEN A U.S. citizen on her way to a medical appointment in Minneapolis was dragged out of her car and detained by immigration officers, according to a statement released by the woman on Thursday, after a video of her arrest drew millions of views on social media. Aliya Rahman said she was brought to a detention center where she was denied medical care and lost consciousness. The Department of Homeland Security said she was an agitator who was... Read More

Three men who escaped from a Georgia jail last month have been indicted on federal charges in South Florida related to the kidnapping of a Lyft driver before they were caught in Broward County. A federal grand jury in Miami returned indictments on Wednesday against Stevenson Charles, 24, Yusuf Minor, 31, and Naod Yohannes, 25, in connection with the Dec. 22 kidnapping that began near Atlanta. They are charged with conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping, Hobbs Act robbery, and possession of a... Read More