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Critics doubt a tunnel for commuter rail will ever get built in Fort Lauderdale’s downtown. Fort Lauderdale Vice Mayor John Herbst is one of them — and he thinks it’s high time for Fort Lauderdale to finally give up its fight to get a tunnel built at the New River. “This is a zombie project,” Herbst said during a recent commission discussion. “I don’t understand the purpose of continuing to drag this thing along. Put a stake in it, call it dead and be done with it. I think... Read More

If $10 million votes of confidence are the future currency of South Florida’s economic development, then some parts of Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties might well become the Silicon Valley replica that some planners and developers envision. Early last week, regional billionaires Steven Ross of the Related Ross development firm and Ken Griffin of the Citadel investment firm committed that amount to help accelerate the migration of relocation-minded businesses to the region. The... Read More

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Olympic fans came to Cortina with heavy winter coats and gloves. Those coats were unzipped Sunday and gloves pocketed as snow melted from rooftops — signs of a warming world. “I definitely thought we’d be wearing all the layers,” said Jay Tucker, who came from Virginia to cheer on Team USA and bought hand warmers and heated socks in preparation. “I don’t even have gloves on.” Karli Poliziani, center... Read More

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Defense won this championship. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl. Sam Darnold threw a touchdown pass to AJ Barner, Kenneth Walker III ran for 135 yards and Jason Myers set a Super Bowl record by making all five of his field-goal tries. Walker became the first... Read More

General Daily Insight for February 09, 2026 The ripple effect is real right now! This morning, the Scorpio Moon squares the Aquarius Sun, stirring friction between intense connections and personal freedom to make our own plans. While schedules may shift unpredictably, we can combat that by focusing on less complex plans and being patient with scatter-brained peers. Our small triumphs add up to big wins, especially once the adaptable Moon opposes Uranus at 9:15 pm EST. Common ground can be... Read More

GAINESVILLE — Rusty Whitt is a strength coach, soldier and story teller, a trifecta of talents he’ll use to help head coach Jon Sumrall rebuild the Florida Gators. As if executing an Olympic lift, Whitt blends complex components into a concentrated, explosive message aimed to inspire discipline and accountability while pushing a talented group of players to strain every fiber of their being. Whitt and Sumrall face a heavy lift in Gainesville, where the Gators have managed just one... Read More

WASHINGTON — There was a time when Pelle Larsson being unavailable to the Miami Heat would fall somewhere along the lines of minor inconvenience. This no longer is that time. Sunday, when the Heat had to go without Larsson against the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena due to the elbow contusion sustained in the first half of Friday night’s loss to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden, it meant having to go without a player who had started the previous 13 games and 32 overall this... Read More

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, Wellness Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Goldberg brings a stack of newspapers to the office every day. The CEO of a Florida public relations firm scours stories for developments relevant to her clients while relishing holding the pages in her hand. “I want to touch it, feel it, turn the page and see the photos,” Goldberg said. Generation Z employees at O’Connell & Goldberg don’t get her devotion to newsprint when so much information is available online and... Read More

If you’re hoping to vote in next month’s city, town and village elections in Broward and Palm Beach counties, but haven’t registered yet, you don’t have much time left. The voter registration deadline for the local elections is on Monday, Feb. 9 — 29 days before the March 10 elections. Residents of two cities, towns and villages in Broward and 19 in Palm Beach County are electing local officials, deciding on referendums, or both. Some communities will pick successors to departing... Read More

Today is Sunday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2026. There are 326 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 8, 1949, Roman Catholic Cardinal József Mindszenty was sentenced to life in prison for his opposition to the fascist and later communist Hungarian governments; released during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, he sought asylum at the U.S. Embassy when the Soviet Union invaded, living there for 15 years. Mindszenty left Hungary in 1971 and died in exile in Vienna in 1975. Also on this... Read More