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CHICAGO – Thursday night’s game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls was postponed nearly two hours after the scheduled tipoff, after an extended delay due to 50-degree temperatures, heavy rain and the ice below the court at the United Center that left the playing surface too slick for play. A makeup date was not immediately announced. This was to be the Heat’s final visit of the season. The game, scheduled for an 8 p.m. Eastern start, featured the typical pregame warmup... Read More

A 42-year-old high school teacher in Broward County was arrested Thursday, two weeks after police learned that he had a romantic relationship with an adult student at his school. Plantation Police on Dec. 22 learned that Christopher George Santanelli, a teacher at South Plantation High School, had given gifts to the student, and the two had exchanged text messages, the police department said in a statement Thursday night. Santanelli also at some point in the inappropriate relationship... Read More

By MELISSA GOLDIN Misrepresented and fabricated images spread widely on social media in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday. Soon after the shooting, photos emerged erroneously identified as showing the victim, a 37-year-old mother of three. Others were fabricated to falsely show the face of the officer involved or were misrepresented to say he had a Nazi tattoo. And an old video of Florida... Read More

A veteran Broward Sheriff’s sergeant was arrested Wednesday on domestic violence charges, accused of dragging and choking a woman during an argument about infidelity. Sgt. Scott Nida, 54, was booked into the Broward Main Jail on one count of false imprisonment, one count of domestic battery by strangulation and one count of touch or strike battery, the Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release Thursday. Nida has been with BSO for nearly 21 years. Shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday,... Read More

By GIUSEPPE DISTEFANO and GIADA ZAMPANO MOUNT ETNA, Italy (AP) — Guides who take tourists to enjoy the striking views of Sicily’s Mount Etna are up in arms over tougher restrictions imposed by local authorities after a round of eruptions at the giant volcano in recent weeks. Authorities in the city of Catania have suspended or restricted excursions to see the volcano’s lava flows, prompting guides to go on strike for the first time in decades and leaving disgruntled tourists with fewer... Read More

The state temporarily shut three South Florida restaurants last week, with violations ranging from pesticide tracking powder on a kitchen floor “under all equipment” to dozens of roaches crawling inside ovens. The South Florida Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that happen weekly and spotlight places ordered shut for violations... Read More

Weight loss is top of mind in 2026, as it is every January. What’s different this year, though, is the new weight loss pill and where in Florida you can get it. U.S. regulators in December gave the green light to a pill version of Wegovy, making it the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. Costco will sell the pill to members at a discounted price, just as it does injectable weight-loss drugs like Ozempic (semaglutide for diabetes) and Wegovy (semaglutide for weight loss). ... Read More

The new year feels like the perfect time for a new roundup of Jewish events — and South Florida is playing host to a vast lineup. Throughout the next two months, locals can enjoy everything from a grandparents learning fest to a pickleball fundraiser, with comedy shows and concerts mixed in. There are also Jewish film festivals occurring, from Miami to Boca Raton. If your 2026 is all about saying “yes” and getting more involved with the local Jewish community, these events are a great,... Read More

Your neighbors have stories to tell. Some are hoping to teach you something, while others are just aiming for a laugh or offering a way to escape for a few hours. From do-it-yourself memory books to Jewish-themed children’s books, here are reads by South Florida Jewish authors. Many of these are self-published. All are available through Amazon.com, and some can also be found at retailers such as Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million and Target. ‘And Then There Was You‘ by Jay Weiss (Dandy... Read More