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CHINO, Calif. (AP) — A police department in Southern California recovered about $30,000 worth of Labubu dolls that were stolen from a warehouse, the agency announced this week. The collectible items have recently surged in popularity. The Labubus were stolen in a series of trips that spanned multiple days, the Chino Police Department said in a social media post. Law enforcement found the items at home in Upland, a city in the state’s Inland Empire. The announcement comes as authorities... Read More

By MARTÍN SILVA REY MEXICO CITY (AP) — Torrential rains forced Mexico City’s main airport to shut down flights for hours on a second consecutive day Tuesday, causing chaos in one of Latin America’s busiest travel hubs. The Mexican capital is seeing one of its heaviest rainy seasons in years, leading to constant flooding in other parts of the city. Airport authorities said all runways were operating again by midday, after all flights were suspended for at least four hours early... Read More

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARÍA VERZA WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico has expelled 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks sending drugs across the border, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The cartel leaders and other prominent figures were being flown from Mexico to the U.S. on Tuesday, the person said. They spoke on the... Read More

Two teen girls were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Tuesday afternoon after a personal watercraft they were riding on crashed in the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale, fire rescue officials say. Shortly after 3:30 p.m., witnesses called 911 to report a crash involving two personal watercrafts in the Intracoastal near the 2800 block of Northeast 24th Court, Frank Guzman, a spokesperson for Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, said. The two girls were riding together on one of the... Read More

The newly unveiled W Pompano Beach Hotel and Residences is part of a wave of luxury development coming to Pompano Beach. The 24-story beachfront tower, developed by Related Group in collaboration with BH Group and hospitality leader Marriott International, is expected to break ground next year and open in 2029, the developer said this week. Rendering of the newly unveiled W Pompano Beach Hotel and Residences. In addition to the 296-key hotel, there will be 77 luxury residences and nine... Read More

Welcome to one of the driest summers in more than 30 years in South Florida. The rains of rainy season just have not shown up. Most of South Florida is still experiencing “severe” drought conditions, even in summer, and coastal Broward County and the Everglades section of Miami-Dade County are in extreme drought conditions. In fact, the driest areas of South Florida are going through the most extreme drought of any area in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River. 2025 has been the... Read More

A Hallandale Beach man accused of killing his live-in girlfriend with a spear in 2019 was found guilty of second-degree murder by a Broward jury. Adam Crespo, 49, faces a maximum punishment of life in prison when he is sentenced Oct. 31 for the murder of Silvia Galva, with whom he had a long-term relationship. Although they never married, Galva had legally changed her name to Crespo prior to her death. Crespo’s trial began two weeks ago and featured an unusual courtroom series of visual... Read More

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four people have been arrested in connection with a burglary earlier this summer at a Los Angeles home reportedly owned by actor Brad Pitt, police said Tuesday. Officers responded June 25 to a break-in at the house in LA’s Los Feliz neighborhood. Police said at the time that suspects broke in through the front window, ransacked the home and fled with miscellaneous property. Detectives have made four arrests, Officer Drake Madison said Tuesday. He said the suspects’... Read More

Hate crimes against Jews in the United States reached an all-time high in 2024, accounting for 70% of all religiously motivated hate crimes, according to FBI data released recently. The new FBI report released Aug. 5 found that hate crimes against Jews accounted for over 17% of all reported hate crimes in the United States in 2024, marking a 16% rise from 1,998 anti-Jewish hate crimes in 2023 to 2,321 in 2024. More than half of the incidents were related to vandalism, with “intimidation”... Read More

Jimmy Buffett is a big deal here in Florida. So much so that last year the Florida Legislature officially designated Aug. 30 as Jimmy Buffett Day, about a year after the tropical rock singer-songwriter passed away. It’s no surprise then that South Florida is getting ready to celebrate Buffett and his musical legacy this month with everything from trivia and costume contests to a free beach bash concert. After all, while Key West may have been Buffett’s creative incubator and musical muse,... Read More