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Six developers are in the running to build a new Fort Lauderdale City Hall. The community lost its gray bunker of a City Hall when a record-breaking rainstorm hit in April 2023 and flooded the basement. The 1960s-era building, damaged beyond repair, has been demolished. A fence surrounds the spot at 100 N. Andrews Ave. where the eight-story building stood for nearly six decades. Fort Lauderdale is still in the process of defining the requirements and scope for the new City Hall, but is... Read More

General Daily Insight for September 02, 2025 It’s the perfect day to get ourselves sorted. Mercury begins things by forming an ephemeral quincunx to Saturn, showing us a way forward — even if the road isn’t entirely clear at first. Fortunately, the road becomes much more visible when Mercury marches into Virgo at 9:23 am EDT, setting us up for two weeks of clear-sighted thinking and efficient planning. Meanwhile, the Moon in Capricorn will lock into a productive trine with the Sun in... Read More

Paramedics flew a boy to a Miami-Dade County hospital after he was bitten by a shark in the Florida Keys on Monday afternoon, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said. The bite happened around 3:25 p.m. in the ocean off Key Largo. Monroe County Fire Rescue paramedics flew the boy to Jackson Memorial Hospital, the sheriff’s office said. Monroe Sheriff Rick Ramsay told the Herald that the 8-year-old boy was snorkeling on Horseshoe Reef when he was bitten. He was in surgery Monday evening,... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he will award former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, two days after his longtime political ally was seriously injured in a car crash. The decision places the award on a man once lauded for leading New York after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and later sanctioned by courts and disbarred for amplifying false claims about the 2020 election. Giuliani was also criminally... Read More

UCF‘s quarterback situation remains uncertain as coach Scott Frost has not named a starter for the upcoming game against North Carolina A&T. “We’re not 100% sure,” Frost said on Monday. “It’s kind of TBD.” UCF (1-0) enters this week with momentum from a tough 17-10 victory against Jacksonville State on Thursday. The game included a weather delay lasting over two hours and saw the Knights lose starting quarterback Cam Fancher. Tayven Jackson stepped in after the delay and... Read More

A Broward judge is facing a reprimand for stepping down from the bench to head for another judge’s courtroom, where he acted as a lawyer for a female friend facing a domestic violence charge. County Judge Woody Clermont, who was first elected to the bench last year, appeared on April 11 in first appearance court on behalf of a “personal friend” who had been arrested and was set to appear in front of the judge on duty. According to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, which polices... Read More

There are more concerts than ever at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, which means there are more fans than ever. However, the world-famous Morrison venue’s relatively modest capacity of 9,525 means there’s also a fixed amount of people and parking per show, which means predictable logistics despite fickle weather. Here are some tips for getting the most out of your concert visit to Red Rocks. Getting there early On-site parking lots open two hours before show time, and staffers will direct... Read More

Memorial Healthcare System’s doctors, specialists, and hospitals are no longer in the network for Florida Blue policyholders, the state’s largest health insurer. As of Sept. 1, the contract between the two parties expires, although negotiations continue. For now, Memorial Healthcare has chosen not to make appointments for Florida Blue’s 31,000 affected policyholders, even those who agree to self-pay or pay out-of-network prices. Contract showdowns between hospital systems and health... Read More

Q: Ira, just saw that Jeremy Lin retired. I thought the Heat retired him years ago? – Harrison. A: So now everyone’s a comedian? For those who don’t get the intended sarcasm, on Feb. 23, 2012, at Kaseya Center, amid the heights of Linsanity, when Jeremy Lin was taking the NBA by storm with the New York Knicks, Erik Spoelstra and the Heat put together a stifling defensive approach that essentially knocked the wind out of the New York guard’s scoring streak and effectively ended the... Read More

MIAMI GARDENS — The revelation is as electric as CJ Daniels’ one-handed catch, the message as welcome as Carter Davis’ winning field goal. The Miami Hurricanes are as good as anyone in college football in August. They’ve arrived as a program to kick off this season. They impressed on the opening stage. They started spreading their wings Sunday night in a 27-24 win against Notre Dame at Hard Rock Stadium that was the signature of this program going back years for what it means and... Read More