Category: Broward News

FORT LAUDERDALE — Commissioner John Herbst says he is now working as the chief financial officer of an apparel firm in New York partly owned by Bahia Mar developer Jimmy Tate and his brother Kenneth. Herbst, a certified public accountant who served as Fort Lauderdale’s city auditor before joining the commission in 2022, says he only recently started the job, requiring him to abstain from a vote on Bahia Mar earlier this year. Jimmy Tate, the developer with a 100-year lease on the pricey... Read More

“MJ the Musical” is a curiosity. That’s not a shady comment. It’s not a curiosity of the eye-rolling, freak-show variety. The Michael Jackson songbook is too good for that. The Broadway touring production is more like that kind of curiosity that makes you — while considering it — involuntarily squint your eyes, cock your head to one side, all the while feeling a small smile begin to relax your lips as bemusement bubbles somewhere just under the surface. Y’know, epidermis... Read More

U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz wants to “safeguard” Social Security phone assistance from any threats from President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE efforts. The Social Security Administration says the phone lines aren’t going away, though some changes are coming. But 62 Democrats in the House of Representatives are wary. On Wednesday, they sent a letter to the acting administrator of the Social Security Administration to “express grave concerns about recent reports”... Read More

It’s no secret it was a rough go for Zach Wilson with the New York Jets. The former No. 2 pick of the 2021 draft never threw double-digit touchdowns in a season, completed just 55 percent of passes and, two years into his career, the Jets brought in an aging future Hall of Fame quarterback in Aaron Rodgers to replace him as the starter. He still played plenty in that 2023 season, in which Rodgers was sidelined with a torn Achilles four plays in, but it was his last in New York. After... Read More

(New York Jewish Week) — Opening a kosher restaurant in New York City wasn’t always in the cards for Raif Rashed, a Druze from the village of Usfiya in northern Israel. But as Rashed, the owner of Taboonia — a new Druze restaurant in the Garment District that’s currently seeking kosher certification — will be the first to tell you, sometimes life can take an unexpected turn, especially after a tragedy. An engineer by trade, Rashed, 40, moved to Hackensack, New Jersey, in 2019 to... Read More

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as the economy undergoes what may be wrenching changes, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to signal it could cut its key interest rate twice this year — the same forecast it issued in December. Yet the reasons for those cuts may change dramatically, depending on how the economy fares. What were once seen as “good news” rate reductions in response to a steady decline in inflation back to the... Read More

General Daily Insight for March 19, 2025 Life feels more like an impressionist painting than anything high definition. The Moon in Scorpio begins the day with a potent opposition to change-maker Uranus, giving us all the urge to rebel, before it enters truth-telling Sagittarius, where it’ll be operating for the next two days. Meanwhile, the Sun in flowing Pisces will conjoin foggy Neptune at 7:25 pm EDT, casting a veil over reality. When the path ahead becomes obscured, we must listen to... Read More

By WILL WEISSERT and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, intensifying efforts to exert his administration’s control over independent agencies across the government. Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter both released statements saying they’d been dismissed illegally. The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. But removing Bedoya and Slaughter... Read More

By JAMIE STENGLE DALLAS (AP) — Previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday following an order by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office. The documents were posted on the website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The vast majority of the National Archives’ collection of over 6 million pages of records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings and artifacts related to the... Read More

In honor of Florida Biking Month, let’s all get on our bicycles and take advantage of this gorgeous weather. There’s a caveat: We all know cycling in our state comes with risks, including getting hit by a car. That’s why the list below consists of bike paths that are considered safer. On these paths, contact with cars is minimal or nil. The paths are mostly paved, wide and shared only with walkers, joggers, roller bladers and the occasional iguana. So take a look at these 10 South... Read More