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Dear Eric: For the past several years, our family has celebrated the new year with another family at a very specific location on the Jersey Shore. It’s been a lovely yearly tradition. This year, for whatever reason, we did not book the hotel. There was no mention of the trip all year, with us assuming it was not happening. Then, a couple of weeks before the new year, the other family sheepishly mentioned they had booked a room at the same hotel we have stayed at for years. They asked if... Read More

BOCA RATON — The Hurricanes’ hot bats took nine innings to show up, but they arrived just in time. Miami (10-0) scored seven runs in the ninth inning, coming back from a three-run deficit to beat Florida Atlantic (3-5) 11-7 in Boca Raton on Wednesday night. The victory extends UM’s season-opening win streak to 10 games — the program’s longest season-opening winning streak since 2013. There are several other undefeated teams around the country, including Texas, Texas A&M,... Read More

By MARK ROSNER AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Alex Condon scored 23 points, Boogie Fland had 22 and No. 7 Florida beat Texas 84-71 Wednesday night for its eighth consecutive victory. Florida (22-6, 13-2 Southeastern Conference) has won seven straight SEC road games. The Gators have outscored their last eight opponents by an average of 20.5 points, rounding into form as they seek to defend their national title. The 6-foot-11 Condon converted 10 of 12 shots from the field. He had five points and an... Read More

A day after President Donald Trump demanded Congress impose new rules governing elections, Republicans in the Florida House of Representatives passed a state-level measure Wednesday that mirrors much of what Trump wants on the national level. The legislation would make multiple changes in Florida election law. The provisions with the biggest potential impact on voters would require citizenship verification of registered voters and eliminate some forms of identification that have long been... Read More

By JESSE BEDAYN and MICHAEL BIESECKER A grand jury on Wednesday rejected indictments over the fatal shooting last year of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration agent during a traffic encounter in Texas, prosecutors said. The shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez on March 15, 2025, by a Homeland Security Investigations agent wasn’t publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security until The Associated Press and other media outlets reported it last week. The Cameron County District... Read More

A 35-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a crash last summer that killed a man riding a scooter west of Boca Raton, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said. John Arthur Adams, of Deerfield Beach, was driving a 2024 Chevrolet Trax shortly after 11 p.m. July 16, near Sandalfoot Boulevard and North Branch Road. Alexander Daniel Acevedo, 28, of Boca Raton, was driving an electric scooter east on Sandalfoot Boulevard when Adams’ Chevrolet drifted over a center turn lane... Read More

More than a decade after a woman was kidnapped outside of a Tamarac apartment and sexually assaulted, one of two suspects has been identified as a result of renewed DNA testing. Melvin Kendrick, 59, of Coral Springs, was arrested Feb. 19 on charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment in connection with the July 10, 2015, assault, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday. The victim, who was 21 years old at the time, was walking alone outside toward the parking lot of the... Read More

The Las Olas Art Fair will return to downtown Fort Lauderdale this weekend, the first major event on the city’s beloved shop-lined thoroughfare since city leaders, after much deliberation, voted in January to remove the median and its regiment of black olive trees. Their logic is unassailable: The sidewalks must be widened. The makers of Ozempic do not like to hear such things, but we’re just taking up more and more space these days. And just think about how much easier it will be to... Read More

TALLAHASSEE — After a contentious debate, the Republican-controlled House voted along party lines Wednesday on bills that designates a road in Miami-Dade County and a day annually after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Republicans claimed Kirk was “effective” in teaching people how to civilly engage others. Democrats said Kirk repeatedly expressed racist and misogynist views. Marco Island Republican Rep. Yvette Benarroch said her bill establishing a day of remembrance (HB 125)... Read More