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Insurance companies will always be held responsible for any decisions made with help from artificial intelligence even as the technology becomes more widely adopted and may someday be used to pay claims, insurance experts told a panel of state legislators on Tuesday. The Florida House of Representative’s Subcommittee on Insurance and Banking invited several national insurance advisers to provide an overview of insurers’ use of AI in their industry, in part to address concerns that AI... Read More

Comic theater is a challenging adroit meld of wry humor, physical slapstick, verbal timing, invisible stagecraft and a devotion to maximizing the opportunities for unscripted bits of business. All of this is delivered with an infectious joy in New City Players’ rendition of the ever-reliable “The 39 Steps.” It reigns as one of the most produced award-winning modern plays in world theaters as well as by scores upon scores of American regional companies. This wicked satire of spy novels... Read More

Paula Andalo, KFF Health News About 1,500 federally funded health centers that serve millions of low-income people face significant financial challenges, their leaders say, as the government shutdown compounds other cuts to their revenue. Some of these community health centers may have to cut medical and administrative staff or reduce services. Some could eventually close. The result, their advocates warn, may be added pressure on already crowded hospital emergency rooms. “This is the... Read More

Those of us who love to eat out have had many encounters with irritating servers. But those same waiters and waitresses may also find us diners annoying and exasperating. Can’t we all just get along? It’s no secret that South Florida restaurant patrons can be demanding. But even in the face of rude diners, restaurants are supposed to train their staffs to be polite and efficient. This is actually a complicated process behind the scenes, said Peter Ricci, director of the hospitality and... Read More

After waiting more than seven weeks for Gov. Ron DeSantis to set a special election to fill a vacant state representative seat in Palm Beach County, a candidate for the job wants a judge to order the governor to act. Candidate Emily Gregory’s campaign filed a lawsuit against DeSantis on Tuesday in Palm Beach County Circuit Court. “As residents face skyrocketing property insurance, rising costs of living, and underfunded schools, House District 87 has been left without a voice in... Read More

Two years after the Oct. 7 massacre, Israelis are moving into kibbutzim in numbers not seen for years, part of a deliberate effort to repopulate and rehabilitate communities devastated in the Hamas-led attack. The push is most visible along the Gaza border, but it extends to the north as well, where Hezbollah fire kept communities thinly populated for more than a year and a half. Leaders of the movement speak of kibbutzim as the country’s living perimeter. Neri Shotan, who runs the Kibbutz... Read More

As part of our Guide to the Arts in PRIME Magazine, theater writer Oline H. Cogdill offered her Critic’s Picks for the best shows coming up in South Florida.  ‘The Mountaintop’ Oct. 24-Nov. 9 at Palm Beach Dramaworks, West Palm Beach. 561-514-4042 or palmbeachdramaworks.org. On a stormy night, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returns to his motel room, exhausted and elated, having just delivered what would be his final speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” All he wants is a... Read More

Two years ago, the attack on Israel marked a turning point for the Jewish community and for higher education. Across the country, a resurgence of antisemitism at many colleges and universities has too often been met with silence and even tolerance. It is a test of principle — and many institutions are demonstrating systemic moral failure. History has shown us what happens when hatred goes unchecked, and Jewish students on many campuses today are left asking whether their academic community... Read More

MIAMI — So who scores for the Miami Heat in the early-season absence of Tyler Herro? Norman Powell stepped forward with the likely answer in Monday night’s 103-93 exhibition loss to the Milwaukee Bucks at Kaseya Center. Scoring 18 points in his 16 first-half minutes before getting the rest of the night off, the Heat’s prime offseason acquisition stepped up from deep to provide the type of spark that will be needed with Herro expected to miss the first month of the regular season... Read More

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to protect Google from a year-old order requiring a major makeover of its Android app store that’s designed to unleash more competition against a system that a jury declared an illegal monopoly. The rebuff delivered in a one-sentence decision by the Supreme Court means Google will soon have to start an overhaul of its Play Store for the apps running on the Android software that powers most smartphones that compete against... Read More