By MICHELLE L. PRICE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will. He has used them in an unprecedented way, not only as the underpinning of his economic agenda, but also as the cornerstone of his foreign policy in his second term. He has wielded the import taxes as a threat to secure ceasefiresfrom countries at war. He has used them to browbeat nations into promising to do more to stop people and drugs... Read More
Broward hospital systems again seek the state’s blessing for closer cooperation
Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare System are again asking the Florida Legislature for authority to increase cooperation between the two government-run hospital systems, arguing that closer collaboration would enhance efficiency and improve health care. If enacted, the proposal would allow the two organizations, which between them operate 11 hospitals in the county, to do more together — without running afoul of antitrust laws prohibiting anticompetitive behavior. By declaring such... Read More
Say ‘no’ to Islamophobia and all forms of hate | Opinion
There is a candidate on the ballot for mayor of New York City who is of the Islamic faith, Zohran Mamdani. Since winning the Democratic primary, Mamdani has surged in the polls and simultaneously been the target of cruel, prejudiced attacks. Many of these attacks come from an irrational fear and hatred of the Islam. This is no accident, rather increasingly a systemic enterprise, as explained by Nathan Lean, author of “The Islamophobia Industry.” Historically, Islam is the latest in a long... Read More
Florida State has 5 rushing touchdowns in 42-7 rout of Wake Forest
By BOB FERRANTE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Tommy Castellanos threw for 271 yards and had one of Florida State’s five rushing touchdowns in a 42-7 rout of Wake Forest on Saturday. Sam Singleton had 14 carries for 91 yards and a 10-yard touchdown as the Seminoles (4-4, 1-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) halted a four-game slide and earned their first ACC victory since a 14-9 win over California on Sept. 21, 2024. Florida State opened with a stunning upset of Alabama and then grabbed victories in... Read More
Marchand scores goal in regulation and shootout as Florida beats Dallas 4-3
By TIM REYNOLDS SUNRISE — Brad Marchand capped an emotional night by getting what became the winning goal in a shootout, and the Florida Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Saturday night. Marchand got a tribute score, Sam Reinhart got a milestone one and Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 20 shots, six of them in overtime — and five in the final 61 seconds of the extra period. Marchand scored in his first game back after returning to his native Nova... Read More
Dave Hyde: UM’s ends in self-inflicted miscues in loss to SMU
Inexplicable. Inacceptable. Incomprehensible. The “U” is infuriatingly back. Back like no one wanted. Back to its frustrating football of recent decades. Back again with step-on-the-rake mistakes and self-inflicted pain in Saturday’s 26-20 loss at Southern Methodist that takes big-picture ideas like the ACC Championship Game and College Football Playoff off the table. Lose once like this to No. 16 Louisville, as Miami did a couple of weeks ago, and you get your seasonal mulligan. Lose... Read More
A food emergency simmers in Florida | Steve Bousquet
A lot of people in South Florida are worried about where their next meal will come from, and it’s a lot more people than you think. Mike Stocker/Sun Sentinel Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel columnist. By one recent estimate, 252,859 people in Broward alone are eligible for SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — what used to be called food stamps. That’s nearly 13% of the county population — more than one of every eight people in Broward. Many are young... Read More
What’s happening this November: LagoonFest, BEER-B-Q, Tequila Festival & more
One of the best things about South Florida is that our subtropical climate means that we can have festival fun just about all year long. With that in mind, welcome to “SoFlo Festivals, Festivities & Family Fun,” a new feature that will give you a monthly look ahead to celebrations throughout Palm Beach and Broward counties. Here’s our list for November, but keep coming back to this post because we’ll continue to add events. BEER-B-Q ON 38TH AVE. The sixth annual edition of this... Read More
Ira Winderman: A blueprint needed in Rozier-Heat-NBA conundrum? Here’s one rendering
LOS ANGELES — You start here with the reality that the Miami Heat most likely were going to carry into the season before the FBI patted itself on the back by creating the moniker “Operation Nothing But Bet”: Terry Rozier was not going to play for the Miami Heat this season while counting $26.6 million against the salary cap and luxury tax. And where do the Heat stand at the moment in the wake of Rozier’s gambling arrest? Terry Rozier not playing for the Miami Heat this season while... Read More
See Tom Hanks’ ‘Apollo 13’ spacesuit, Al Pacino’s ‘Scarface’ shirt in new ‘Sunshine Cinema’ movie exhibit
Before Hollywood, California, became America’s undisputed film capital, silent-film studios flocked to two equally sunny locales to strike it big: Palm Beach and Jacksonville. These winter movie meccas rich in warmth and inexpensive labor drew some 30 New York- and Chicago-based studios to the thriving Florida cities during the 1910s. Here, studios made over 300 mostly short films and marketed them to a movie-obsessed public. By decade’s end, the studios were gone or bankrupt and its... Read More