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General Daily Insight for August 06, 2025 Balancing sensitivity and action could challenge us today. As the grounded Capricorn Moon disagrees with protective Venus and overbearing Jupiter, we may be frustrated when our efforts to get things done step on others’ toes. Once pushy Mars moves into approval-craving Libra at 7:23 pm EDT, we’ll potentially feel entitled to have everyone agree with whatever we did as long as we can prove that the rules are on our side somehow. It doesn’t... Read More

By JACQUES BILLEAUD and LISA BAUMANN, Associated Press A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people, the tribe said in a statement. A Beechcraft King Air 300 from the CSI Aviation company left Albuquerque, New Mexico, with two pilots and two health care providers, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and CSI Aviation. It crashed in the early afternoon near the airport in Chinle, about 300 miles... Read More

By AMANDA SEITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary and a longtime vaccine critic, announced in a statement Tuesday that $500 million worth of vaccine development projects, all using mRNA technology, will be halted. The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the... Read More

Midsummer is usually when sargassum, the floating seaweed that often washes up in malodorous piles on Florida beaches, starts to wane. But not this year. Total amounts of the floating seaweed in the Atlantic Basin have actually continued to increase, according to a monthly report by University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab. The lab uses satellite imagery to determine sargassum matt density in different sectors of the basin, which stretches from the Gulf to the coast of West... Read More

A stunning set of twin towers slated for downtown Fort Lauderdale will rise nearly 54 stories, adding architectural drama to the city’s growing skyline. Ombelle, a $600 million development set to open in 2028, is expected to break ground by the end of the year. The project, led by New York developer Dependable Equities, will rise at 300 NE Third Ave. in Flagler Village, a trendy arts and entertainment district known for its tall apartment towers and vibrant street life. Plans call for... Read More

MIAMI GARDENS — Depth is always important in the NFL, and with training camp now 11 practices old after Tuesday’s session it’s time to take a look at the Miami Dolphins’ second- and third-team players, guys who could be pressed into action in critical situations. I like the Dolphins’ depth at inside linebacker, I don’t like their depth at cornerback or on the offensive line. Recent Dolphins history tells us quarterback depth could be important, and at this point it appears it’s... Read More

Spirit Airlines is adding Caribbean vacation spots to its schedules with new flights to Grand Cayman and to the Central American diving haven of Belize, the Dania Beach-based carrier announced Tuesday. “Fort Lauderdale is our home,” John Kirby, vice president of network planning, said in a telephone interview. “It’s one of our better performing stations. We think there is an opportunity to do more in Fort Lauderdale. There are many markets unserved from Fort Lauderdale. Belize and... Read More

On a spring evening in Nuremberg, an orchestra of New York students gathered for a concert celebrating 80 years since the end of World War II. They also came with a peace mission. Bard College’s The Orchestra Now, or TŌN, was invited by the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and made its first overseas trip for the concert on May 8. At the hour of Germany’s surrender in 1945, they performed a program by Felix Mendelssohn — whose music was banned under the Nazis because of his Jewish... Read More

The chicken tender battle rages on here in South Florida, with the competition heating up faster than the oil used to cook them in. New chains have been flocking to our area in recent years, and — unless you’ve been cooped up — you’ve seen that you can’t drive a few blocks on a busy street without one trying to lure you in for a bite of their core offering: chicken tenders that are deliciously deep-fried on the outside and bursting with juicy white meat on the inside. (Take the... Read More

Two people were rescued after a small plane crash-landed in the Everglades in Broward County Tuesday morning, officials say. The Cessna 172 took off from North Perry Airport about 8 a.m., according to FlightAware. About 30 minutes later, it crash-landed on a dirt levee in the Everglades due to engine trouble, Broward Fire Rescue Chief Michael Kane said. The two occupants got out of the plane and first responders took them to a command post at Holiday Park, Kane said. They were not... Read More