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For the first time, Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare System will jointly venture into the volatile and potentially lucrative Affordable Care Act marketplace by launching their own insurer for Broward County residents. The insurer, called 22 Health, will debut its plans on Nov. 1 and has a competitive hook: access to physicians and specialists at the county’s two largest public health systems, which include 11 hospitals. The new 22 Health will directly compete with Florida Blue’s... Read More

Glades Central senior quarterback Taj Barnes had two touchdown passes and the Raiders defense created three turnovers and made a statement with a 14-0 victory against host Pahokee in the annual Muck Bowl on Friday night. Glades Central (9-1) defeated rival Pahokee for the second straight season in the Muck Bowl. The Raiders jumped out to a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter.  Sauvernson Paul recorded an interception for the Raiders at the Blue Devils 30-yard line. Glades Central... Read More

DALLAS — The Hurricanes may be without key players when they face SMU on Saturday. Miami listed wide receiver CJ Daniels, cornerback OJ Frederique and defensive tackle Ahmad Moran Sr. as questionable for the game vs. the Mustangs. Daniels is Miami’s No. 2 wide receiver this season. He has 351 yards and a team-best six touchdown catches. Frederique, a sophomore, has started all seven of Miami’s games this year at cornerback. The St. Thomas Aquinas alum has seven tackles and five pass... Read More

A woman facing charges in connection with a road-rage shooting on Interstate 95 near Boca Raton told investigators that she fired a “warning shot” that was meant to hit the other driver’s truck, not the driver himself, according to a probable cause affidavit. Breanna Evans, 26, of Delray Beach, was held in the Broward Main Jail as of Friday. She faces charges including two counts of attempted murder, one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle and one count of shooting from a... Read More

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, after meeting with a half dozen South Florida Venezuelan-American leaders, has called on President Donald Trump to impose tough sanctions against the regime of Venezuela strongman Nicolas Maduro to “starve”  the South American ruler from power. “What needs to happen is that Donald Trump needs to put the sanctions back on Venezuela and starve the regime, not enrich Maduro” by continuing to allow Venezuelan oil to flow to foreign buyers, she told... Read More

Critics were hoping a public outcry would stop Fort Lauderdale from moving forward with a controversial plan to replace beachside basketball courts with pickleball courts. So far, that’s not happening. Fort Lauderdale officials say the matter was decided nearly two years ago when the commission agreed to the plan as part of the $2 billion redevelopment of Bahia Mar. Under the deal with Bahia Mar, the city is required to convert the existing basketball courts into at least two public... Read More

On a November day in 1970, at a momentous time in the most consequential year of his life, one of the most famous people in the world was sitting alone on a blanket by the ocean south of the pier in Deerfield Beach, as far away from the pressure of being George Harrison as he could get. The Beatles guitarist and songwriter had just days before put the finishing touches on his solo album, “All Things Must Pass,” a deeply personal statement that would forever change critical perceptions of... Read More

MIAMI GARDENS — Dolphins general manager Chris Grier has been fired. Yes, the official wording is that the Dolphins and Grier mutually agreed to part ways. But Grier, who had a 54-55 (.495) record with the Dolphins, 54-57 (.487) if you include the two playoff losses, was essentially fired. The dismantling of a failed Miami Dolphins era has begun, and the 2026 rebuild, something we all saw as inevitable, is underway. About two months ago I wrote that Dolphins owner Steve Ross must show... Read More

Democratic Delray Beach City Commissioner Rob Long faces an independent and a Republican in a Dec. 9 special election for the state House. Neither of his opponents is well-qualified for office. Offer valid for non-subscribers only ... Read More

A teenage boy who was killed in an intense blaze at his home in Margate was trapped inside a back bedroom of the home when he died, according to a fire rescue report released Thursday. Nearly 40 Margate Fire Rescue firefighters and EMS responded to the home in the 5000 block of Southwest Sixth Street about 4:30 p.m. Oct. 9 and were met with thick, black smoke billowing from all visible sides of the building. Witnesses immediately told them a child was trapped inside the bedroom, the... Read More