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Arthaus, a modern 26-story tower with workforce housing apartments proposed near downtown, got a green light from the Fort Lauderdale commission during a recent City Hall meeting. The tower will rise nearly 300 feet high at 500 SW Second Ave., one block south of the New River and just west of the railroad tracks. Miami-based Moderno Development Group, the developer of the $150 million project, assembled the parcel through multiple transactions for a combined $6.7 million. The site is... Read More

Q: Ira, ask Andy Elisburg about the rules that prevent the Heat from signing another player, like Precious Achiuwa, and now the Rockets can’t replace Fred VanVleet. Why wouldn’t the NBA want to allow teams to have enough players? – Sandy. A: First, with all due respect to Andy Elisburg, I highly doubt the Heat general manager is stressing over Houston’s misfortune, although certainly empathetic. As for teams lacking the ability to add players due to rules regarding the tax, aprons... Read More

GAINESVILLE — Florida has done it before. Coach Todd Golden’s Gators are now trying to do once more what only two other programs have done during the past 50 years: Repeat as national champions in men’s basketball. Since John Wooden’s UCLA dynasty ruled the sport, winning seven straight during the ’60s and ’70s, only Duke (1991-92), UF (2006-07) and UConn (2023-24) have gone back-to-back. Golden’s squad opened practice Monday with a legitimate shot to join those teams. But these... Read More

General Daily Insight for September 23, 2025 We — as well as the planets — are all over the place. Mars is making an unusual quincunx to mystical Neptune, causing our energy levels to ebb and flow in unpredictable waves. Meanwhile, the Sun will make its annual opposition to Neptune at 8:53 am EDT, further complicating the process of figuring out what we’re doing in this moment, let alone how to direct our lifelong passions. Fortunately, the Sun will then trine eclectic Uranus,... Read More

Spirit Airlines’ aggressive cost-cutting campaign reached into the ranks of its flight attendants Monday as the budget carrier announced the furloughs of 1,800 or one-third of the cabin crew employees by Dec. 1. The action comes after the South Florida-based budget airline, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for a second time in late August, confirmed last week that it intends to slash capacity by 25% in November. It has also informed its unionized pilots that it is seeking... Read More

By ALI SWENSON and AMANDA SEITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence. Speaking from the White House, Trump said women should not take acetaminophen, also known by the brand name Tylenol, “during the entire pregnancy.” He said the Food and Drug Administration would begin notifying doctors that the use of acetaminophen “can be associated” with... Read More

A 37-year-old man died Sunday after Broward Sheriff’s deputies responded to a “disturbance” call in a neighborhood near Fort Lauderdale and a deputy-involved shooting unfolded. Someone called 911 shortly after 5:30 p.m. about a person walking around with a gun in the area of the 2500 block of Northwest Ninth Court “with children in the area, and possibly under the influence of drugs,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday. Witnesses told deputies that the armed man,... Read More

The coming week looks to be peppered with periodic showers and thunderstorms in South Florida, but should not be quite as wet as last week, the National Weather Service said Monday. “In general, it’s not looking as stormy as it was last week,” NWS meteorologist Sammy Hadi said. “The majority of the rain will be falling across inland areas.” Tuesday morning should see a bit of sunshine mixed with coastal showers, giving way to cloud cover and afternoon thunderstorms migrating... Read More

By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A number of charities on Monday severed ties with Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, after British newspapers published an email that she reportedly wrote to the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, describing him as a “supreme friend.’’ Julia’s House, a children’s hospice, said that the reported correspondence made it inappropriate for Ferguson, also known as the Duchess of York, to remain a patron.... Read More