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Today is Monday, March 2, the 61st day of 2026. There are 304 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 2, 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ more famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a Black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger. Also on this date: In 1807, the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves was signed by President Thomas Jefferson. (The domestic trade of enslaved people was... Read More

“Sinners” and its twins-playing star, Michael B. Jordan, won big at the Actor Awards, presented by the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday. Timothée Chalamet, who played a brash table tennis in “Marty Supreme,” had been the favorite, and the announcement of Jordan’s name drew cheers in the room and seemed to stun the winner. Right after he accepted his trophy, his film, a vampire drama set in the Jim Crow South, won the guild’s top prize, outstanding cast. Elsewhere at the Actor... Read More

The “Best Stinkin’ Party in South Florida” made a high-profile return to its original home at Old School Square this weekend for the 27th annual Delray Beach Garlic Fest. While the event celebrated its roots with a variety of garlic-infused gourmet treats and live performances, the weekend also served as a tribute to late festival co-founder Nancy Stewart-Franczak and the original “Mr. Garlic,” Tom Johnston. View photos from the scene on Sunday, featuring the diverse food vendors,... Read More

Officers took an elderly adult male into custody Sunday morning for making a bomb threat aboard a JetBlue flight at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, authorities said. Broward Sheriff’s Office Airport District deputies responded to the call just before 10 a.m. in Terminal Four and removed the passenger, Robert Albanese, 76, from the plane, police confirmed with the South Florida Sun Sentinel. While deputies took Albanese into custody, the JetBlue flight and all passengers... Read More

By BEN FINLEY WASHINGTON (AP) — Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran, the military said Sunday, marking the first American casualties in a major offensive that has sparked retaliation from the Islamic Republic. U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, announced the deaths in a post on X but did not say when and where they occurred. The statement said “several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries... Read More

MIAMI — While not necessarily the breakthrough of choice, Tyler Herro felt his first technical foul of 2025-26 was well spent Saturday, with the Heat guard sharing in a double-technical with Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant for their first-quarter squabble. “We’re competing at the end of the day. He was saying I couldn’t guard, and I said something to him,” Herro said of the words exchanged during an early timeout. “But we’re competing. “At the end of the day, you want to... Read More

This story was originally published by The Florida Trib. Months after federal officials publicly committed to awarding Florida more than half a billion dollars to cover immigration enforcement costs, attorneys for the federal government appear to be backtracking on the grant award. The Trump’s administration’s shift, revealed quietly in court records, could leave Florida taxpayers on the hook. Attorneys representing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have for months worked to cast... Read More

GAINESVILLE — On the eve of college basketball’s biggest month, Florida coach Todd Golden’s red-hot Gators looked like a team ready for another deep postseason run. With a 111-77 win Saturday night against No. 20 Arkansas, the No. 7 Gators ended a flawless February 8-0 and poised for another memorable March — the time when championship teams find their stride. “Didn’t didn’t lose In February, got to try to not lose in March either,” Golden said. Florida’s one-sided... Read More

FORT LAUDERDALE — Calvary Christian junior guard Caden Daughtry scored 13 of his team-high 21 points in the second quarter to break open a close game as host and defending state champion Calvary Christian Academy throttled St. Andrew’s 88-65 in a 3A boys regional final. The Eagles (22-1), who defeated the Scots 80-66 on February 7, led 15-12 at the end of the first quarter, and jumped out to a 39-25 halftime cushion thanks to Daughtry’s heroics. “The amount of work that we put in, I... Read More

CORAL GABLES — The Hurricanes rolled to a convincing victory in their penultimate regular-season home game, blowing out Boston College 76-54 at the Watsco Center on Saturday. Miami (23-6, 12-4 ACC) got off to a slow offensive start, making just one of their first six shots and falling behind 8-2 in the game’s first 3:41. But a Shelton Henderson layup with 12:33 left in the first half put Miami in the lead for the first time. The Hurricanes never trailed again. Fortunately for Miami, its... Read More