Month: February 2025

Millions in federal grants awarded to airports and rail operations in Florida during the presidency of Joe Biden seem to be intact after the Trump Administration launched its campaign to slash the cost of government, local officials said this week. A recent pledge by the U.S. Department of Transportation to review a troubled multi-billion dollar high-speed rail project in California raised the prospect that budget cutters in the Trump Administration’s newly created Department of Government... Read More

By SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN, Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas will return the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages on Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the group said, just days before the first phase of the ceasefire between the warring parties was to expire. Israel has delayed the release of about 600 Palestinian prisoners since Saturday to protest what it says is the cruel treatment of hostages during their release by Hamas. The... Read More

The peaceful Tamarac neighborhood has mostly returned to normal. Children walked and biked home from school Tuesday afternoon wearing their backpacks in the suburban, upper-middle class neighborhood. Couples watched TV in their garages with the doors open. Residents walked their dogs in the cool early evening air. There were only a few signs of tragedy more than a week after three people were shot and killed inside two homes along North Plum Bay Parkway. Bouquets of flowers and candles left... Read More

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2025. There are 308 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York’s World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others. (The bomb failed to topple the North Tower into the South Tower, as the terrorists had hoped; both structures were destroyed in the 9/11 attack eight years later.) Also on this date: In... Read More

By JIM DIAMOND NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Justin Sourdif scored his first NHL goal and the Florida Panthers beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Tuesday night. Sam Bennett had a goal, assist and fight for a Gordie Howe hat trick, and Gustav Forsling and Mackie Samoskevich also scored to help the Panthers win for the third time in four games. Spencer Knight made 18 saves and Aleksander Barkov had two assists. Micheal McCarron scored and Juuse Saros made 21 saves for the Predators, losers of two... Read More

A Lauderhill Police officer was injured in a hit-and-run Tuesday evening in Sunrise, police said. The officer, who was not identified, was taken to the hospital. Information on his injuries was not available Tuesday night. The officer was hit about 5:35 p.m. during “an investigation” in the 2300 block of University Drive, and the driver fled, Lauderhill Police said in a news release. The driver was found a short time later, police said. Sunrise Police are investigating. This is a... Read More

When it comes to food, South Florida is a great place to be. So many new restaurants open nearly every day. Here’s what’s coming soon to a city near you. Please note: Opening dates are subject to change. Naked Farmer111 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; EatNakedFarmer.com This casual American restaurant, which changes its menu with the seasons, plans to open in March on upscale restaurant row Las Olas Boulevard. A farm-to-fork brand born in Tampa, Naked Farmer created its own protein... Read More

The Monarch Hill Landfill in northern Broward will be allowed to grow taller and wider to accommodate more trash, county commissioners decided Tuesday — in a move that was long debated and came despite an outcry from residents in surrounding communities who rallied against the plan. In a 5-3 vote, Broward County commissioners agreed to give Waste Management the OK to begin the permitting process to be able to grow the landfill. Some commissioners in favor of the plan noted the landfill is... Read More

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press The White House said Tuesday that its officials “will determine” which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close — a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on behalf of regular Americans. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the changes would rotate traditional outlets from the group and include... Read More