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Just 36 hours before Florida’s new DOGE team arrived in Broward County, on the prowl for questionable local government spending, North Lauderdale city commissioners pondered a spending issue — and voted to triple their own salaries, to $57,094 a year. They also voted themselves an $8,400-a-year car allowance. The mayor will get more: an annual salary of $68,800 and $9,600 car allowance. North Lauderdale’s move outraged state Rep. Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, who called it... Read More

Victoria’s Secret models have stripped down to their lingerie here. Cardi B performed on New Year’s Eve. LIV, one of the most popular nightclubs in the country, beckons the big-spending partyers. In an earlier era, Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball were regulars. Since it opened in 1954, in a region known for hype cycles, for boom and bust, the Fontainebleau Miami Beach has rolled with the times by adding and renovating. Now, it’s time for another major overhaul, one that will add a water... Read More

Had it been around in 2022, Wesley Armstrong, 37, might have been a passenger on the Rotary Connection, the free bus service that launched in Fort Lauderdale this week. Armstrong was homeless at the time, an ex-con, unwanted by family who had frankly had enough of his cycle of addiction and the illegal conduct that accompanied it. Just three years later, Armstrong is clean. He has a job and a permanent place to stay. And he volunteers as a driver for the Rotary Connection bus, operated by... Read More

An appeals court stepped in this week to delay the upcoming retrial of Jamell “YNW Melly” Demons, the Florida rapper accused of killing his two friends in an apparently unprovoked attack after a late-night recording session in 2018. Demons was first tried in 2023, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of fellow rappers Anthony Williams and Christopher Thomas. That trial ended with a hung jury, followed by plans to bring the case in front of a new jury. But the road to... Read More

ATLANTA (AP) — Drake Baldwin homered twice and drove in five runs, Marcell Ozuna also went deep and the Atlanta Braves rallied past the Miami Marlins 8-6 on Thursday night. Ozuna and Baldwin each had three hits for the Braves, who snapped a three-game skid after trailing 6-2 in the sixth inning. Miami has dropped three of four since winning five straight and nine of 11. Baldwin and Ozuna launched back-to-back solo homers with two outs in the first, the seventh time Atlanta has hit... Read More

General Daily Insight for August 08, 2025 Strong passions deserve a proper outlet! When the big-picture Aquarius Moon conjoins tempestuous Pluto, our emotional upsets could seem to take on grand importance. Action-oriented Mars then trines brilliant Uranus at 2:45 pm EDT, encouraging us to address our frustrations in creative or atypical ways. On the other hand, once Mars goes on to oppose restrictive Saturn, we will have to contend with the limitations of reality. Any delays we experience... Read More

By LEA SKENE BALTIMORE (AP) — The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring with his girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs. Brandon Russell, 30, was convicted by a jury earlier this year. Prosecutors presented evidence detailing his longstanding affiliation with white supremacist causes and his recent efforts to organize “sniper attacks” on electrical... Read More

Ten South Florida restaurants were temporarily closed last week because of violations including roaches “crawling on bread rack,” silverware stored under a fish tank and more than 100 dead flies “on clean dishes, on shelves and floors.” The Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that happen weekly and spotlight places ordered... Read More

Dr. Steven Katz, the chief of emergency medicine at Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines, chose to go into his field for one simple reason: to help people. But that passion and philanthropic spirit have taken him far beyond his career. Katz founded the nonprofit Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF) Brotherhood Mission to Israel in 2023 to raise money for the country and the Jewish people. Along with other community members, Katz travels to Israel once a year to pitch in however needed —... Read More

By ISABELLA VOLMERT, Associated Press Vice President JD Vance visits Indiana on Thursday to discuss redistricting with Republican leaders as President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on GOP states to redraw congressional boundaries and give the party more winnable seats in the 2026 midterm elections. Vance is scheduled to hold private meetings with Gov. Mike Braun and others before attending a GOP fundraiser Thursday night in the solidly Republican state. Braun told reporters Tuesday he... Read More