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General Daily Insight for October 17, 2025 Be wary of bravado. The confident Sun competes with expansive Jupiter, making it difficult to know where confidence crosses over into cockiness. Later on, the Sun is in conflict with wise Chiron at 7:40 pm EDT, nudging us to try and do things the way that we want to, rather than the challenging (but probably correct) way. Finally, the careful Moon collaborates with communicative Mercury to guide us in healthy expressions of our feelings, rather... Read More

MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss who captivated audiences with his elaborate makeup and smoke-filled guitar, died Thursday. He was 74. Frehley died peacefully surrounded by family in Morristown following a recent fall, according to his agent. Family members said in a statement that they are “completely devastated and heartbroken” but will cherish his laughter and celebrate the kindness he bestowed upon... Read More

A highly touted partnership between Broward Health and Florida Atlantic University to collaborate for clinical training and research has ended abruptly, as has the hands-on experience medical students were getting at Broward County hospitals. Only two years into the 30-year partnership, both the university and the health system say their collaboration fell apart because of proposed changes to the original agreement. The effect is that as many as 200 medical and nursing students are... Read More

Ready to crack into some Florida stone crabs? The first harvests of the season landed at restaurants, wholesalers and seafood markets on Thursday morning, and bargain-seeking buyers have reason to … shell-ebrate: Costs are even with last season, continuing a trend of stable prices set in 2023 and 2024. Seafood purveyors from Broward and Palm Beach counties are reporting robust hauls and even stronger consumer demand, with some shortages of medium-sized claws in the opening days. So... Read More

A controversial luxury high-rise with a cantilevered design sailed through approval by a city planning board Wednesday night despite spirited pleas from residents who objected to the height. The Amalfi condo tower is expected to break ground in late 2026, rising 240 feet high on Fort Lauderdale’s barrier island at 2317 N. Ocean Blvd. When the 39-unit tower opens in 2028, it will stand the equivalent of 24 stories. Stephanie Toothaker, attorney for the developer, argued the tower will fit... Read More

MIAMI GARDENS — Among all the friendships and relationships that Dolphins tight end Julian Hill has, the ones with the kids at His House Children’s Home, a faith-based foster care center not far from the team’s facility in Miami Gardens, are near the top of the list. This is one reason that I tip my hat to Hill, the hard-working third-year player who was signed by the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2023 out of Campbell (N.C.) University. He’s earned that tribute through... Read More

Three live rodents found in a kitchen stuck to a glue trap, about six weevils crawling inside a flour container, and “living/sleeping quarters” directly open to an ice cream shop — these violations and more forced the state to temporarily shut seven South Florida restaurants last week. The Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections... Read More

It’s homecoming weekend at UCF and the Knights are hosting West Virginia on Saturday with hopes of snapping a three-game losing streak. The Orlando Sentinel spoke with Cody Nespor of the Gold and Blue Nation to gain a deeper understanding of the Mountaineers. Here is an edited version of that conversation: What’s stood out about West Virginia’s season? Cody Nespor: “The big thing is just they’ve had so many injuries. There’s just been no consistency, especially on offense. There... Read More

South Florida oncologists are seeing an alarming rise in a hard-to-detect breast cancer that is increasing at more than triple the rate of other breast cancers. Invasive lobular carcinoma, a subtype of breast cancer, concerns oncologists for several reasons: It doesn’t present as a lump the way the more common ductal carcinoma often is found, it is hard to spot on a mammogram, and it doesn’t respond well to chemotherapy. It also tends to spread to the lining of the gastrointestinal and... Read More

Only about a third of more than 122,000 Florida homeowners who signed up to the My Safe Florida Home program since 2022 have completed their home-hardening improvements and received grants, a program official said Wednesday. Steven Fielder, who oversees the program for the Florida Department of Financial Services, told the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee that low-income applicants often fail to finish the program because they can’t afford project costs that exceed the $10,000... Read More