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Friday West Boca Raton 19, Royal Palm Beach 0 (2nd Q) Cardinal Gibbons 24, Deerfield Beach 7 (2nd Q) Dillard 14, Dr. Joaquin Garcia 0 (1st Q) Thursday Coral Glades 35, Boca Raton 26 Calvary Christian Academy 28, North Broward Prep 7 Lake Worth 41, John I. Leonard 0 Somerset Academy Canyons 22, King’s Academy 7 Pahokee 40, Forest Hill 0 Wednesday St. Thomas Aquinas 41, NFL Academy 38 Saturday Coral Springs at Monarch McArthur at Boyd Anderson ... Read More

Buttressed by a new round of financing, Spirit Airlines’ trip through U.S. Bankruptcy Court just got easier. Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., parent company of the Dania Beach-based budget carrier, announced it received approval Friday from the court in the Southern District of New York for up to $475 million in debtor-in-possesion financing from its existing bondholders. The company also won court approvals for a complex agreement with AerCap Ireland Limited, its largest aircraft lessor,... Read More

Parts of Broward County are under a flood advisory Friday afternoon as heavy rain fell during high tide about noon, quickly flooding some roads. Though most of the storms have passed since earlier in the afternoon, areas from Pompano Beach south to Hallandale Beach, including Fort Lauderdale and Dania Beach, are under a flood advisory until at least 3:30 p.m., the National Weather Service Miami said. Numerous roads in Wilton Manors are underwater, the police department said in a post on X.... Read More

In 1979, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a comprehensive international agreement, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), that addresses the basic human rights of women. CEDAW provides an international standard for protecting and promoting women’s human rights and is frequently referred to as the “Bill of Rights” for women. The United States remains the only industrialized western democracy that has not ratified the treaty. In... Read More

Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, one of the most prominent Democrats leading opposition to President Donald Trump, has canceled his appearance at a weekend political event in Palm Beach County. He was supposed to be the keynote speaker for the county Democratic Party’s annual Truman-Kennedy-Johnson Gala. His appearance at the Saturday night dinner was scheduled months ago, but current events intervened. “Due to President Trump’s unprecedented federal overreach in sending armed military... Read More

Q: Ira, Erik Spoelstra will be named the coach for the 2028 Olympic team. Also in the poll of the league’s GMs released Thursday, he was voted the best coach in the league. This is despite the Heat being a play-in team for the past  three seasons. What does that say about the poor job that Pat Riley has been doing? – Joe, Fort Lauderdale. A: Or does it say more about the cyclical reality of the NBA. Keep in mind that ahead of his cycle as USA Basketball’s Olympic coach that Steve... Read More

SUNRISE — Brad Marchand broke a tie at 2:19 of the third period and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers beat Philadelphia 2-1 on Thursday night to spoil Rick Tocchet’s Flyers coaching debut. Marchand fired a wrist shot from the left boards past goalie Dan Vladar and into the top right corner to help the Panthers win their second straight at home to open the season. Marchand missed a chance to pad the lead with 6 1/2 minutes left, sending a wrister over the... Read More

By SEAN MURPHY When Ann Walter looked outside her rural West Texas home, she didn’t know what to make of the bulky object slowly drifting across the sky. She was even more surprised to see what actually landed in her neighbor’s wheat field: a boxy piece of scientific equipment about the size of a sport-utility vehicle, attached to a massive parachute, adorned with NASA stickers. She called the local sheriff’s office and learned that NASA, indeed, was looking for a piece of equipment... Read More

One person died after a home caught fire Thursday afternoon in Margate, according to a North Lauderdale city official. Multiple fire engines and rescue trucks from Margate Fire Rescue and North Lauderdale Fire Rescue arrived at the home in the 5500 block of Southwest Sixth Street shortly after 4:30 p.m., said Mike Sargis, North Lauderdale City Manager. Sargis said the fire chief confirmed one person died. He said he did not have further information. WSVN-Ch. 7 reported that the deceased... Read More

By JONEL ALECCIA A California company has recalled nearly 245,000 pounds of pre-cooked pasta linked to a deadly listeria outbreak and potential contamination of dozens of products sold at grocery stores nationwide. Nate’s Fine Foods of Roseville, California, recalled thousands of cases of linguine, fettucine, penne and other pastas sold to large producers of heat-and-eat meals and pasta salads on Sept. 25, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration notice posted Thursday. The move... Read More