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By ANTHONY SANFILIPPO PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Javier Sanoja hit his first major league home run, had five RBIs and the Miami Marlins rallied to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5 in 10 innings on Sunday. Sanoja, who was starting in place of injured outfielder Griffin Conine, hit a 1-1 sweeper from Phillies reliever Orion Kerkering into the left field seats for a three-run homer to give the Marlins a 5-4 lead in the eighth inning. The Marlins fell behind 3-0 in the first inning, but scrapped... Read More

Denis Arndt, a former helicopter pilot whose acting career reached its zenith when he made his Broadway debut at age 77 in the comedy “Heisenberg” and earned a Tony Award nomination, died March 25 at his home in Ashland, Oregon. He was 86. His wife, Magee Downey, confirmed the death. She said the specific cause was not known. Arndt built his reputation as a stage actor at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the 1970s and ’80s. He later became a familiar face on television series like... Read More

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Two days after Joe Highsmith made a nervy par putt to make the cut, he won the Cognizant Classic with the lowest weekend ever at PGA National and is going to the Masters. Highsmith rallied from a four-shot deficit Sunday with three straight birdies around the turn and a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th that all but clinched it, giving him another 6-under 64 to win his first PGA Tour title by two shots. “Winning was the last thing on my mind,”... Read More

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who has penned best-selling books, ran unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast, has been chosen to serve as FBI deputy director. President Donald Trump announced the Originally Published: February 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM EST ... Read More

By Ari Natter, Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter. The employees, responsible for designing and maintaining the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons at the National Nuclear Safety Administration, were part of a larger wave of workers dismissed from the Energy Department, drawing alarm from national... Read More

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — White Abarrio won the $3 million Pegasus World Cup by 6 1/4 lengths at Gulfstream on Saturday. He ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.05 under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., who earned his third career Pegasus victory. Sent off at 5-2 odds, White Abarrio paid $7.60, $3.80 and $3. Locked returned $3.20 and $2.40, while Skippylongstocking was a neck back in third and paid $4.40. Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan finished ninth in the 11-horse field, making him 0 for 4 since his... Read More

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday evening just before as a federal law that bans the popular social media platform went into effect. By 10:50pm Eastern Standard Time, the app was not found on Apple and Google’s app stores, which are prohibited from offering the platform under a law that required TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the platform or face a U.S. ban. When users opened the TikTok app... Read More

An early morning car-truck crash Saturday caused the death of a driver in northwest Fort Lauderdale and is being investigated as a DUI traffic homicide, police said. The incident caused a Comcast outage that affected 1,000 customers in the neighborhood, according to a utility worker. Fort Lauderdale police did not provide the drivers’ identities, but acknowledged the person who died was a woman who died after being hospitalized. “One driver died from their injuries at the hospital and... Read More

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Backup Billy Atkins threw for 181 yards and a touchdown in his first start since 2022, leading James Madison to the program’s first bowl win after topping Western Kentucky 27-17 on Wednesday night in the Boca Raton Bowl. JMU was without starting quarterback Alonza Barnett III, who suffered an injury against Marshall on Nov. 30, and the Dukes turned to Atkins, who had just three pass attempts in the last two years. Atkins went 4 for 5 on a fourth-quarter drive,... Read More

State semifinals 6A West Boca Raton 14, Miami Southridge 11 5A St. Thomas Aquinas 16, Bradenton Manatee 13 4A American Heritage 38, St. Augustine 28 1A Clearwater Central Catholic 22, Cardinal Newman 21 Chaminade-Madonna 35, Jacksonville Trinity Christian 6 State championship games At Pitbull Stadium, FIU, Miami Wednesday 1A Chaminade-Madonna vs. Clearwater Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Thursday 5A St. Thomas Aquinas vs. Niceville-Lakeland winner, 7:30 Friday, Dec. 13 6A West Boca Raton vs.... Read More