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Rarely have we seen a day when the Florida East Coast Railway has publicly spoken ill of Brightline, its higher speed passenger rail partner in South and Central Florida. Nor has it openly uttered objections against a planned commuter rail line Brightline envisions operating in concert with Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties over the FECR-owned corridor east of Interstate 95. Until recently. In a sharply worded lawsuit filled last month in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, the venerable... Read More

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a twin sister who lives in the same town that I do. We look reasonably similar, especially to those who don’t know us well. We share some social circles, but of course we also have many separate acquaintances, co-workers and friends. My dilemma is that when someone in public greets me or begins a conversation with me, I often either don’t know them at all or I vaguely recognize them as an acquaintance of my sister’s (say, a member of her church or extended... Read More

A Jewish group is outraged by Lithuania’s plans to convert a sports complex into a convention center at the site of a historic Jewish cemetery, reversing decades of advocacy to commemorate the memorial site. The Snipiskes Jewish Cemetery, currently buried beneath the Soviet-era Vilnius Sports Palace, has long been a source of contention between the government and Jewish groups that sought to preserve the memory of the Jews buried there. In recent years, a working group that included Rabbi... Read More

General Daily Insight for August 05, 2025 Making progress on our problems is presently possible, but we’ll have to know our limits. As the inquisitive Moon in Sagittarius aligns with careful Chiron, we’re equipped to dig into deep issues. Watch out — impatience could be our enemy when Luna squares driven Mars. The Moon then shifts into practical Capricorn at 1:04 pm EDT, encouraging us to limit our focus to issues that can reasonably be addressed in the moment. Taking the easy wins... Read More

By MAURICIO SAVARESE SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest for the country’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election — a case that has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration. The trial is receiving renewed attention after U.S. President Donald Trump directly tied a 50% tariff on imported Brazilian... Read More

A man who was suspected in multiple armed robberies and in a recent shooting died Sunday after a shooting with a Hollywood Police officer, the police department said. The man, whose name has not been released, was allegedly involved in five different crimes in Hollywood and Miramar within the span of a few days last week and had a warrant for his arrest as of Sunday afternoon, Deanna Bettineschi, a spokesperson for Hollywood Police, said in a news release Monday. While surveilling him about 4... Read More

It’s the thick of South Florida’s slow summer season, but even without the tourists watching, our Broward and Palm Beach county eateries acted on their best behavior last month. In July, 115 “gold-star” restaurants and food trucks made the list of perfect inspections because not one violation — minor, intermediate or high-priority — was red-flagged at the time of the surprise visit from Florida safety and sanitation inspectors. Inspections typically take place at random every six... Read More

A longtime South Florida dermatologist died recently after falling while on a hiking trail in North Carolina, police said. Dr. Barry Dubner, of Parkland, was found by first responders about 9 a.m. July 30 after he fell down a steep embankment on the Glen Burney Falls Trail in Blowing Rock, N.C., a town in the western part of the state north of Asheville. After medics and first responders tried to rescue him, he was pronounced dead at the scene, Blowing Rock Police Department said in a news... Read More

By RIO YAMAT, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Susana Pacheco accepted a housekeeping job 16 years ago at a casino on the Las Vegas Strip, she believed it was a step toward stability for her and her 2-year-old daughter. But the single mom found herself exhausted, falling behind on bills and without access to stable health insurance, caught in a cycle of low pay and little support. For years, she said, there was no safety net in sight — until now. For 25 years, her employer, the... Read More

In Miguel Angel Ferrer’s feature film, “The Shadow of the Sun” (“La Sombra del Sol”), the main character Leo is reluctant to step outside his familiar situation, despite its dreariness, into the future. A similar hesitance plagued Ferrer, too, who describes the a-ha moment when he decided to make the movie that would go on to win numerous film festival awards and be selected as Venezuela’s official entry for Best International Film at the 2024 Academy Awards. It was during the... Read More