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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers hired Skip Schumaker as their manager Friday night, agreeing on a four-year contract with the former NL Manager of the Year, who had been in their organization for the past year. Schumaker’s deal was announced after Chris Young, the president of baseball operations, acknowledged earlier in the day that the Rangers were focused on an internal candidate in their search to replace Bruce Bochy. Schumaker had been in a senior advisory role with the... Read More

By MARTHA BELLISLE SEATTLE (AP) — In what appears to be the first major challenge to the new $100,000 fee required for H-1B visa applications, a coalition of health care providers, religious groups, university professors and others filed a federal lawsuit Friday to stop the plan, saying it has “thrown employers, workers and federal agencies into chaos.” President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Sept. 19 requiring the new fee, saying the H-1B visa program “has been deliberately... Read More

Spirit Airlines, as part of its campaign to shrink to profitability, has asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court for permission to terminate the leases of 87 Airbus jetliners, a move that would cut the South Florida-based carrier’s fleet by about 40%. The Dania Beach-based airline, which has been simultaneously shaving cities from its route network while furloughing hundreds of employees, was operating 214 planes when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time on Aug. 29. In a... Read More

MIAMI GARDENS — Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who had surgery Tuesday to repair damage from a season-ending injury that included a dislocated left knee and ACL damage, among other things, visited the facility during a team meeting Friday as they prepared for the Carolina game. “Tyreek was in the building today,” coach Mike McDaniel said. Players said it was a meaningful visit. “He just came into the team meeting room and he was just there, you know what I’m saying?”... Read More

First, let’s pronounce it right. It’s PA-dl. Padel may soon be bypassing pickleball as the South Florida sport trend of the moment, with courts and clubs opening up all over Broward and Palm Beach counties. The game originated in Mexico and spread through Latin America. In the U.S., Florida is the sport’s fastest-growing state, with 56 clubs and 268 courts, about 41% of the total, according to the latest estimates from the International Padel Federation. Padel is a member of the... Read More

KYIV, Ukraine — Just hours after a deadly Russian attack on Kyiv, Jewish community members gathered on Sept. 28 for the 84th anniversary of the Babyn Yar Massacre, in which Nazi forces killed 33,771 Jews on the outskirts of the city in 1941. At a second ceremony on Sept. 29, the CEO of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center, Anna Furman, revealed that researchers with her center had uncovered the identities of an additional 1,000 people buried in the ravine — names that had until now... Read More

At five South Florida restaurants temporarily shut by the state last week, violations ranged from 50 rodent droppings in a kitchen to 14 live roaches to “no potable running water.” 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 that happen weekly and spotlight places ordered shut for “high-priority violations,” such as improper food... Read More

The abuses at the infamous Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna are the basis for Colson Whitehead’s novel, “The Nickel Boys.” He won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2020. It is tough to make it to the last page. But to do so is to bear witness and to affirm that injustices inside those walls happened and were a mortal mistake. State of Florida Victor Jones’ execution was scheduled for Sept. 30. Repeated legal efforts to stop it were not successful. Five years after... Read More

Amid battles about the detention center dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, the Trump administration has awarded $608 million to Florida for the state’s immigrant-detention efforts, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official confirmed Thursday. The funds came from $150 billion Congress funneled to the Federal Emergency Management Agency this year to assist with President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration sought federal money to cover the... Read More

The Hurricanes’ first ACC availability report came out Thursday evening, listing the player who will not be available for Saturday’s game against Florida State. No starters were listed as being out or questionable for Saturday’s game. Defensive end Hayden Lowe, who UM coach Mario Cristobal said was out for the year, was one of the players listed as out. Defensive lineman Daylen Russell, who has played 14 snaps, was listed as questionable. Running back Jordan Lyle and wide receiver Jojo... Read More