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By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico fell by half in January from record highs in December to the third lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency, authorities said Tuesday. The sharp drop is welcome news for the White House, even if it proves temporary, as immigration becomes one of the biggest issues in this year’s presidential election, with exit polls showing it is the top concern among... Read More

This week began warm and breezy, but by mid-week, you can expect cooler and drier air in South Florida. Evening temperatures Tuesday night into Wednesday morning will drop into the mid- to upper-40s in inland sectors south of Lake Okeechobee, and into the low- to mid-50s in coastal areas, National Weather Service forecasters said. “High pressure building in from the north will bring our winds out of the northerly direction,” said weather service meteorologist Chris Fisher,  “and... Read More

By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN (Associated Press) DENVER (AP) — A county coroner reported suspicions about bodies being poorly treated by a Colorado funeral home more than three years before nearly 200 decomposing bodies were discovered inside a decrepit building in October, according to newly unsealed court documents that raise questions about how the mistreatment of corpses was able to continue for so long. The concerns raised by the Fremont County coroner also included worries about... Read More

A parade starts off the opening weekend festivities at the 32nd Annual Florida Renaissance Festival, taking place at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The festival runs Feb. 3rd, 2024 through March 24th, 2024, Saturday\xe2\x80\x99 and Sunday\xe2\x80\x99s only from 10:00AM to Sunset. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — Wayne Kramer, the co-founder of the protopunk Detroit band the MC5 that thrashed out such hardcore anthems as “Kick Out the Jams” and influenced everyone from the Clash to Rage Against the Machine, has died at age 75. Kramer died Friday at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, according to Jason Heath, a close friend and executive director of Kramer’s nonprofit Jail Guitar Doors. Heath said the cause of death was pancreatic cancer. From the late 1960s to early 1970s,... Read More

By JOSH DUBOW (AP Pro Football Writer) SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw for 267 yards and a touchdown, and the San Francisco 49ers rallied from 17 points down at halftime to beat the Detroit Lions 34-31 on Sunday and reach the Super Bowl. The 49ers (14-5) scored 17 points in an eight-minute span of the third quarter to tie the NFC championship game and then pulled away in the fourth quarter to earn a rematch against Kansas City after losing to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl four... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico reached an all-time high in December since monthly numbers have been released, authorities said Friday, exposing a growing vulnerability for President Joe Biden in his campaign for a second term. The Border Patrol tallied 249,785 arrests on the Mexican border in December, up 31% from 191,112 in November and up 13% from 222,018 in December 2022, the previous all-time high. Arrests fell more than half during the first two... Read More

What do the finches of the Galapagos Islands and the lizards of a tiny island at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden have in common? They’ve both shaped ideas on how Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution works. But the lizards of Fairchild are shaking things up. A recent study by Georgia Tech evolutionary ecologist James Stroud shows that evolution can happen much faster than Darwin thought. Lizards, lassos and a paradox To figure this out, Stroud and his team took advantage of South... Read More

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ (Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A farmworker charged with killing seven people last year in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms was indicted by a grand jury in an effort by prosecutors to move the case along, authorities said. Chunli Zhao was in court Tuesday to be arraigned on seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder, but his arraignment was continued until Feb. 29, San Mateo County... Read More

By The Associated Press SUNRISE — Dylan Larkin scored a power-play goal 1:09 into overtime and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Wednesday night, snapping a 10-game losing streak in the head-to-head series. Michael Rasmussen and Robby Fabbri scored in regulation for the Red Wings, who are 6-0-1 in their last seven games. Alex Lyon made 32 saves against his former team. “We’ve got our identity going and it’s just been great,” Larkin said. “You are confident... Read More