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GAINESVILLE — That didn’t take long. Billy Napier is back on the hot seat as Florida (1-1) opens SEC play at No. 3 LSU after the Gators’ staggering loss to unranked USF Saturday night in the Swamp. The Tigers (2-0) are a tough out at home, where the Gators have won just twice in 10 tries since 2003. The questions entering Saturday night’s visit to storied Tiger Stadium begin with the obvious. How much heat is on Napier? Plenty, yet a lot of football also remains. But so do the same... Read More

TALLAHASSEE — A battle about the constitutionality of a state requirement that convicted sexual predators have the words “SEXUAL PREDATOR” on their driver’s licenses has gone to the Florida Supreme Court. Attorneys for Michael Crist, who was accused in 2019 of trying to cover up the sexual-predator designation on his license, filed a notice last week that is a first step in asking the Supreme Court to review an Aug. 15 ruling by the 5th District Court of Appeal that upheld the... Read More

A customer at a 7-Eleven in Dania Beach shot two men, killing one,  after he and a clerk were robbed on Saturday evening, deputies said. The customer was in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at 800 Stirling Road when Justin Kessel, 19, robbed him at gunpoint, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday. Kessel then went inside and robbed the clerk, while the man got a gun from his car. Kessel ran back toward the man after robbing the clerk, and he shot at Kessel multiple... Read More

One of the best things about South Florida is that our subtropical climate means that we can have festival fun just about all year long. So with that in mind, welcome to SoFlo Festivals & Family Fun, a new feature that will give you a monthly look ahead to celebrations throughout Palm Beach and Broward counties. Here is our list for September, but keep coming back to this post because we’ll continue to add events. Hispanic Heritage Night This Village of Wellington event will feature... Read More

By JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Legislators toppled France’s government in a confidence vote on Monday, a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth prime minister in 12 months. Prime Minister François Bayrou was ousted overwhelmingly in a 364-194 vote against him. Bayrou paid the price for what appeared to be a staggering political miscalculation, gambling that lawmakers would back his view that France... Read More

It’s an uncomfortable fact of Jewish life in contemporary America: You need a ticket to attend most High Holy Day services. Synagogue leaders know that many flock to their local congregations on these ceremonious fall days, a time of repentance, prayer and kinship, and the congregations use the money they get from tickets to fund programs for the rest of the year. Rosh Hashana, or the Jewish New Year, begins on the evening of Sept. 22, ushering in a 10-day period of reflection that... Read More

Every fall, coastal residents of Florida wait and wonder: Will the water stay clear, or will the red tide return? This harmful algal bloom, caused by the algae Karenia brevis, does not devastate our shores every year — but it never truly goes away. Its cycle is a reminder that even when it fades from headlines, it lingers offshore, waiting for the right conditions to bloom again. Red tide is not a one-time disaster. It is a recurring phenomenon, sometimes mild, sometimes devastating. In... Read More

Along a narrow lane in front of a Home Depot in central Broward County, Jorge Villa waited with a group of day laborers, hoping contractors exiting the store might offer them some work. He pulled out his wallet and proudly displayed photographs of family members in his native Venezuela. His personal goal, Villa said, was to send as much money as possible back home and eventually, start his own trucking business. Now, he’s not so sure how long that will last. From her home in Plantation,... Read More

Today is Monday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2025. There are 114 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 8, 1986, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” began the first of 25 seasons in national syndication. Also on this date: In 1504, Michelangelo’s towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy. In 1565, a Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Florida. In 1664, the Dutch... Read More

INDIANAPOLIS — All of a sudden, in the wake of a disappointing, jaw-dropping season-opening 33-8 loss at Indianapolis, the Miami Dolphins are facing a nearly must-win game in Week 2 against New England. If the Dolphins lose their home opener next week to the winless Patriots (they lost at home to Las Vegas, 20-13) they’re facing an almost certain 0-3 start. And then the pressure really would start to build on coach Mike McDaniel and general manager Chris Grier, and by association,... Read More