Nearly half of Floridians have sleep issues. Experts offer help.

In the overnight hours, Floridians are waking up, tossing and turning, and desperately trying to get back to sleep. Those old tricks of counting sheep or counting backward from 100 don’t seem to work anymore in an era where overstimulation from devices makes it challenging to slow the brain or shut it off. Sleeplessness and its profound impact on health have led to an industry of medical and behavioral health specialists in the state who offer interventions. From sleep labs to sleep... Read More

Panthers rally to force overtime, but Ducks win in shootout in Quenneville’s return to South Florida

By ALANIS THAMES SUNRISE — Troy Terry and Mason McTavish scored in a shootout, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Leo Carlsson had a goal and an assist, and Cutter Gauthier also scored to help the Ducks end a five-game trip with a victory in coach Joel Quenneville’s first game against his former team. Quenneville, who coached the Panthers from 2019-21, returned to Sunrise for the first time since resigning as Florida’s coach after details of... Read More

Human hairs identify dead suspect in decades-old cold case murder in Davie

Nearly 40 years after a woman’s body was found in a then-remote area of Davie, the man suspected in her murder has been identified by just a few small strands of evidence left behind. A driver on Flamingo Road found the body of Marilyn Decker, 28, floating in a canal on the morning of Oct. 22, 1987. She had been killed somewhere else at least a few days earlier before her body was left in the water in a plastic bag, according to a Fort Lauderdale News report from the time. Davie Police... Read More

Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban government in Istanbul failed after four days

By SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMED ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan’s information minister said before dawn Wednesday, accusing the Taliban government in Kabul of refusing to act against militants blamed for deadly cross-border attacks. The talks followed an earlier round in Doha that produced a ceasefire on Oct. 19 after deadly border clashes between the two sides left dozens dead,... Read More

GATORS PODCAST: Gators aim to end Georgia stranglehold, Lane Kiffin Sweepstakes heats up (Ep. 306)

Florida looks to snap a four-game losing streak to Georgia and get on a November run against all odds. Interim coach Billy Gonzales and his players’ resolve is sure to be tested. Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs are not the dominant force of recent seasons and have experienced some close-calls, but still find ways to win. All eyes, though, are on the winner of the Lane Kiffin Sweepstakes. The Ole Miss coach will have a decision to make. The Rebels and Gators could now find themselves in a battle... Read More

Woman killed in head-on, wrong-way crash in Miramar, police say

A 36-year-old woman died early Monday morning after a head-on collision with another driver in Miramar, police said. Inacia Da Veiga Andrade, of Miami, was driving a 2017 Honda Civic east while in the westbound lanes between the 6000 and 7000 blocks of County Line Road when she crashed into the front of a 2020 Tesla 3, Miramar Police spokesperson Janice McIntosh said in an email Tuesday. The crash was discovered after a Miami Gardens Police officer came across the scene at the 7000 block,... Read More

Fort Lauderdale mayor hosting town hall on proposed revamp of Galleria mall

Curious about the dramatic redesign of the Galleria mall that calls for nine 30-story buildings? Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis is hosting a special town hall meeting tonight for residents who want to learn more about how the project would advance under the state’s Live Local Act. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. at the Coral Ridge Yacht Club, 2800 Yacht Club Blvd. For those who cannot attend in person, the city is providing a live-streaming option. You can watch on Fort... Read More

South Florida agencies seek to plug potential gap as cutoff in federal SNAP food aid looms

South Florida nonprofit food distributors already pressured by tight money and limited supplies are gearing up for what is potentially their biggest challenge of the year: helping low-income residents who stand to lose federal nutrition benefits by the end of this week. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) may run dry if the government remains largely idle into November and the U.S. Department of Agriculture follows through on a pledge to withhold between $5 billion and $6... Read More

US stocks drift near their record heights as PayPal rallies and Royal Caribbean falls

By STAN CHOE, Associated Press Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is drifting near its record heights on Tuesday. The S&P 500 added 0.1% in midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 227 points, or 0.5%, as of 11 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3% higher. All three indexes are coming off their latest all-time highs. Moves were also modest in the bond market as Wall Street waits for a few events that could shake things up. On Wednesday,... Read More