Regional semifinal results Friday Class 4M Palm Beach Central 17, Boca Raton 7 (2nd Q) Santaluces vs. Monarch Western vs. Palmetto Class 3M Blanche Ely at St. Thomas Aquinas West Boca at Coconut Creek Belen Jesuit at Miramar Class 2M King’s Academy at American Heritage Class 1M Cardinal Newman 7, Benjamin 3 (2nd Q) Avant Garde at Chaminade-Madonna Class 1R Pahokee at Williston Saturday Class 2M 6. Calvary Christian at 2. Cardinal Gibbons, noon Regional final matchups Friday, Nov. 24 Class... Read More
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Ex-officer Derek Chauvin makes another bid to overturn federal conviction in murder of George Floyd
By STEVE KARNOWSKI (Associated Press) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is making another attempt to overturn his federal civil rights conviction in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, saying new evidence shows that he didn’t cause Floyd’s death. In a motion filed in federal court Monday, Chauvin said he never would have pleaded guilty to the charge in 2021 if he had known about the theories of a Kansas forensic pathologist with whom he began corresponding... Read More
Flood watch issued for South Florida for Wednesday and Thursday. Heavy rains will pair with king tides.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch that begins Wednesday morning and runs through Thursday morning. The warning stretches from Jupiter south to Homestead, and includes nearly all of the populated areas of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. Additionally, the weather service upped their rainfall predictions for Wednesday morning through Thursday to 2 to 5 inches with locally higher amounts that could reach 8 inches. Though the main rain event will begin Wednesday, heavy... Read More
FBI, Capitol police testify in the trial of the man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ (Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Prosecutors brought forward a string of law enforcement officials Monday to provide context around video that’s at the crux of their case against David DePape, the man accused of attacking former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband at the couple’s San Francisco home last year. DePape has pleaded not guilty to attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official with... Read More
King tides are back in South Florida — and they’ll coincide with heavy rain midweek
King tides will be back this week all over South Florida, lasting through at least Wednesday. The tides will be the highest each morning, with the evening high tides being slightly lower. Based on measurements taken at the South Port Everglades tidal station, Monday’s tide peaked at 7:56 a.m. Tuesday’s high tide will peak at 8:36 a.m., and Wednesday’s high tide will crest at 9:21 a.m. In a statement, the National Weather Service’s Miami office said that “minor coastal flooding is... Read More
Trump’s plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings
By JILL COLVIN (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — A mass deportation operation. A new Muslim ban. Tariffs on all imported goods and “freedom cities” built on federal land. Much of the 2024 presidential campaign has been dominated by the myriad investigations into former President Donald Trump and the subsequent charges against him. But with less than a year until Election Day, Trump is dominating the race for the Republican nomination and has already laid out a sweeping set of policy... Read More
Venomous snake bites nearly double in South Florida. Here’s what to do if you’re ever bitten.
Two months ago, 21-year-old Amazon driver Mone’t Robinson delivered a package to the front porch of a Palm City home. But instead of leaving in her truck, she left in an ambulance. A large eastern diamondback rattlesnake — the most venomous snake in North America — was coiled on the porch and struck her on the back of the leg, just above the knee. By the time medics loaded her into the ambulance, she could “hardly breathe,” and would spend three weeks in the hospital... Read More
To help 2024 voters, Meta says it will begin labeling political ads that use AI-generated imagery
By DAVID KLEPPER (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook and Instagram will require political ads running on their platforms to disclose if they were created using artificial intelligence, their parent company announced on Wednesday. Under the new policy by Meta, labels acknowledging the use of AI will appear on users’ screens when they click on ads. The rule takes effect Jan. 1 and will be applied worldwide. The development of new AI programs has made it easier than ever to... Read More
Dry season outlook for South Florida is wet, say forecasters
It’s going to be a relatively wet winter in South Florida, according to the Miami office of the National Weather Service, which released its dry season outlook for the region on Friday. The forecast focused on the potential impacts from what is expected to be a “strong” El Niño event. “We feel that this El Niño is trending to be one of the stronger El Niños,” said head meteorologist Robert Molleda, “especially compared to those we’ve observed since 1950.” El Niño is a... Read More
Stinky seaweed has spiked tremendously. Here’s why summer blooms now grow so huge.
Sargassum is not what it used to be, and a new study offers clues as to why. The amount of the often-stinky seaweed that washes up on beaches has spiked tremendously in the last dozen years, bringing frustration to South Florida beachgoers and causing real economic damage in the Caribbean. Though it supports marine life in the open ocean, once it decomposes on shore, it can release hydrogen sulfide, a gas that has an odor reminiscent of rotten eggs, and can cause respiratory problems. The... Read More