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Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed new board members to Memorial Healthcare System, the large taxpayer-funded hospital system in South Broward County. The seven-member board of the South Broward Hospital District has been operating with only five members since April. The two new board members are Violet Lowrey, the retired director of Student and Career Services at Keiser University, and Diana Taub, a consultant who also serves on the State Retirement Commission. Taub, a retired teacher and... Read More

As the City of Deerfield Beach considers whether to renew its contract with the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the city manager and the county’s chief law enforcement officer each claim the other is stepping outside their boundaries to score political points with false accusations. City Manager Rodney Brimlow is a former employee of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, a position that gives him unique insight in determining whether the law enforcement agency is best suited to meet the city’s law... Read More

By PAUL WISEMAN and DIDI TANG WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s two biggest economies. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he signed the executive order for the extension, and that “all other elements of the Agreement will remain the same.” The previous deadline was set to expire at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Had that happened the U.S. could... Read More

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C. on Monday, saying it’s needed to fight crime even as city leaders pointed to data showing violence is down. He took command of the police department and deployed the National Guard under laws and Constitutional powers that give the federal government more sway over the nation’s capital than other cities. Its historically majority Black population wasn’t... Read More

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man accused of faking his death and fleeing to the United Kingdom to avoid rape charges faced an alleged victim in court Monday as a jury trial in Utah began. The man known in the U.S. as Nicholas Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, is accused of sexually assaulting two women in Utah in 2008. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prosecutors are trying the cases separately, with the first set in Salt Lake County. Rossi, 38, was... Read More

A South Florida man was arrested at a Publix in St. Lucie County on Sunday morning after a woman told one of the store’s employees that he had kidnapped her in Broward County, police said. Michael Francis Jablonski, 60, of West Palm Beach, parked his white van at the Publix at Tradition Square in Port St. Lucie shortly before 9:30 a.m. Sunday and entered the store. The woman also entered the store at some point and reported to an employee that a “family friend” had kidnapped her in... Read More

Shortly after requesting initial financial information, Florida DOGE officials are seeking more from Palm Beach County officials and will be visiting their offices next week for further review into the county’s spending. In a letter sent to County Mayor Maria Marino on Aug. 7, the state Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, officials wrote that county taxpayers “have watched as your county government has increased annual estimated property tax collections by nearly $480... Read More

Holocaust survivors say the hostage videos published in recent days recall for them their own torture and deprivation under the Nazis eight decades ago. “Their bodies are painfully thin—nearly Muselmänner—their eyes terrified and vacant, their faces marked by despair and hopelessness. These images take me back to those dark days—to the hell, the hunger, the orphanhood, and the fear,” Israel Shaked said in a statement released by the International March of the Living, which brings... Read More

Falling is a serious concern among seniors. Every year, about 1 in 4 people age 65 or older experience a fall, according to the National Council on Aging. And worse — once a person falls, the risk of falling again doubles. This can lead to not only physical injuries, but a reduction in confidence, causing many seniors to forgo daily activities in fear of getting hurt. But it’s not all bad news. Being proactive can go a long way toward preventing health problems, experts say. William... Read More