Category: Broward News

By SAM METZ JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday that it will reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt over the weekend, marking an important step forward for U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, said in a statement that starting on Sunday a “limited movement of people only” would be allowed through the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s main gateway to the outside world. The... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus is closing most of its Saks Off 5th locations to focus on its iconic department stores and raise money to pay off its debts during its Chapter 11 bankuptcy reorganization. Saks Global operates 70 Saks Off 5th locations and plans to shutter all but 12 stores, the company said Thursday. The remaining outlets will serve primarily as a selling channel for residual inventory from Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and... Read More

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service in an incident that increased tensions between residents and the Trump administration, his lawyer said Friday. Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents in Los Angeles, where had been covering the Grammy Awards, his attorney Abbe Lowell said. It is... Read More

Today is Friday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2026. There are 335 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 30, 1972, 13 Catholic civil rights marchers were shot and killed by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” Also on this date: In 1649, England’s King Charles I was executed for high treason. In 1835, in the first-known attempt to assassinate a U.S. president, an unemployed house painter tried to kill President Andrew Jackson, but both of... Read More

By JOE HARRIS ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jimmy Snuggerud scored on a power play with 7.6 seconds left to give the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 victory over Florida on Thursday night, spoiling Matthew Tkachuk’s best game in his return from adductor muscle surgery. Tkachuk, who grew up in St. Louis, scored his first two goals of the season and picked up his 400th career assist. Jordan Kyrou had a goal and two assists to help St. Louis end a five-game losing streak. Jake Neighbours, Jonatan Berggren and... Read More

A Leon County circuit judge Thursday ruled that the Florida Division of Elections is required to update its website to reflect the number of valid petition signatures for a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment. Judge Jonathan Sjostrom backed arguments by the Smart & Safe Florida political committee, which faces a Sunday deadline for submitting enough valid signatures to put the proposed amendment on the November ballot. The committee filed a lawsuit this month... Read More

An investigative subcommittee that spent months examining U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has found “substantial evidence of conduct” described in a criminal indictment against her last year and is bringing multiple charges against her. The House Ethics Committee announced the findings of its investigative subcommittee on Thursday. The Republican chairman and top Democrat on the committee said they would convene an adjudicatory subcommittee — made up of different members from... Read More

UCF football coach Scott Frost addressed the media Thursday, providing his thoughts on how the Knights did with their recent transfer portal acquisitions. Overall, the second-year coach, in his second term at UCF, said was happy with the talent UCF is bringing in. Frost likes to joke about his relationship with first-year UCF general manager Trent Mossbrucker, with whom Frost said he has a great relationship. He and Mossbrucker worked hand-in-hand to build UCF’s current roster with the... Read More

The governing board of Tri-Rail will address the issue of replacing departing Executive Director  David Dech at its board meeting next month, one of its members said Thursday. Dech, who has been executive director of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority since 2022, resigned the post effective March 16 after accepting an offer as president of a commuter rail line in Indiana. In a telephone interview Thursday, Broward County Commissioner Lamar Fisher, who serves on the SFRTA... Read More

Royal Caribbean is making waves in the cruise industry with big plans for the next several years, including a new class of oceangoing ships and 10 new river ships. Royal Caribbean Group announced a series of agreements with the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in France to secure the construction of its new Discovery class. Jay Schneider, Royal Caribbean’s chief product innovation officer, previously noted that the new ships would be smaller than the cruise line’s gigantic Icon class... Read More