Wood hits two-run home run as Nationals ride opposite-field hitting to win over Marlins

WASHINGTON — James Wood hit a two-run home run, rookie Daylen Lile drove in a run and scored another, and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 5-2 on Tuesday night. Lile hit a bloop double in the second and an RBI single in the third. Lile scored on Riley Adams’ double after his own double. Adams scored on an opposite-field single from Jacob Young. Adams knocked the ball out of the glove of Marlins third baseman Connor Norby on a tag attempt to reach third base on the prior... Read More

Daily Horoscope for September 03, 2025

General Daily Insight for September 03, 2025 Shake-ups are practically unavoidable on a day like this. Messenger Mercury is newly deposited in its home sign of meticulous Virgo, where it will begin the day by making an unusual quincunx to Neptune in Aries. There will be a bigger shock, however, when Mercury squares rebel Uranus in Gemini at 3:40 am EDT. This showers us with fresh ideas and out-of-the-box thinking, so there’s no point in holding ourselves to outdated ways of thinking.... Read More

Trump says video showing items thrown from White House is AI after his team indicates it’s real

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a video circulating online that showed items being tossed out of an upstairs window of the White House was created with artificial intelligence, despite his press team seeming to confirm the veracity of it hours earlier. Trump, who has boasted of being an expert in building design as he takes on remodeling projects at the White House and beyond, told reporters that the video has “got to be... Read More

Eight home insurers fined total of $2.1 million for violations after hurricanes Ian and Idalia

Eight home insurance companies have been fined a total of $2.1 million for claims-handling misconduct, including failure to deny or pay claims on a timely basis, following hurricanes Ian and Idalia, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said on Tuesday. The eight companies, identified in a news release, are American Coastal Insurance Company, American Mobile Insurance Exchange, Centauri Specialty Insurance Company, Clear Blue Insurance Company, Monarch National Insurance Company, Sutton... Read More

Caregiver charged with stealing Plantation senior’s $1.1 million home, life savings

A Lauderhill woman used her position as a home health care provider to con a hospitalized man out of his Plantation home and more than $200,000 in life savings, according to charges filed by the Broward State Attorney’s Office. Lillian Morris, 78, was working as an aide for Synergy Home Care, an independent agency that provides home health services to senior citizens who can’t care for themselves. The Broward Property Appraiser’s Office, the Department of Children and Families and the... Read More

DeSantis defends Pulse crosswalk arrests

Gov. Ron DeSantis defended Tuesday the arrest of protesters accused of using chalk to color a crosswalk near the Pulse memorial in defiance of the state’s crackdown on street art. “You don’t have a First Amendment right to commandeer someone else’s property,” DeSantis said at an  Orlando event. “You have a First Amendment right to paint your own property. Knock yourself out if that’s what you want to do. But when you have a state crosswalk or a state road, the law in the... Read More

The defunded Corporation for Public Broadcasting will get one of TV’s biggest prizes

By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will be honored with one of the television’s top prizes even as it winds down its nearly 60-year work after the U.S. government withdrew funding. The organization, which has helped pay for PBS, NPR, 1,500 local radio and TV stations as well as programs like “Sesame Street” and “Finding Your Roots,” will be awarded the Television Academy’s Governors Award, which honors those who have “made a... Read More

Ticket alert: How to get presale tickets for Ariana Grande’s South Florida concerts

Pop star and Oscar-nominated actor Ariana Grande, pride of Boca Raton, will bring The Eternal Sunshine Tour to Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise next summer for concerts on June 30 and July 2. An artist presale will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, and the deadline to sign up is Sunday, Sept. 7, at 2 p.m. You can register for the presale now at Signup.ticketmaster.com/arianagrande. The general on-sale will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at Seatgeek.com. More information can be found at... Read More

40 best fall-winter concerts in South Florida: From Billie Eilish and Hardy to Raekwon and Sting

The post-Labor Day concert season is the busiest and best time of year for live music in South Florida. Here is a look ahead to the 40 best fall-winter shows happening through the end of the year — each with an efficient update on the show in 10 words or less — from Lady Gaga, Garbage, Jon Batiste and Billie Eilish to Chris Stapleton, Raekwon,  David Byrne and actor Bill Murray. SEPTEMBER Lady Gaga: Actor, singer, pop-culture chameleon is a sellout in Miami. One more show: Wednesday,... Read More

End of the line? Tri-Rail’s options are limited if Florida’s subsidy cut stands

And Brightline and Spirit Airlines think they’re in a financial squeeze. Tri-Rail, another of South Florida’s money-losing transportation companies, has a date certain for its potential demise: June 2027. The red flag goes up if the Florida Department of Transportation, which owns the rail corridor over which the three-county commuter line’s trains travel, refuses to restore a dramatic subsidy reduction it decided to impose earlier this year, and no replacement sources can be... Read More