More than 100 specially designed picnic tables, four all-terrain wheelchairs and a detailed inventory of trails usable for visitors with disabilities are highlights of efforts this summer to make Rocky Mountain National Park more accessible. The non-profit Rocky Mountain Conservancy has worked for decades with park officials to improve accessibility. Funding primarily comes from the conservancy, which is the park’s official non-profit partner, along with the National Park Foundation, other... Read More
Spirit Airlines adding direct flight from Fort Lauderdale to Key West
South Florida travelers will soon be able to skip the long drive down to Key West, as Spirit Airlines is set to open services in the Key West International Airport, providing a direct flight to Fort Lauderdale. This is the only direct flight offered between the two locations, according to a news release from the airline. “Spirit Airlines entering the Key West market this November is fantastic news for our passengers,” Richard Strickland, executive director of airports at the Key West... Read More
Weekend things to do: Two nights of Coldplay, Covechella, a Burmese dinner, date night by candlelight
You may have heard that Coldplay is on the road this summer? Indeed, the tour that launched a million hardy-har-har kiss-cam memes will be at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens for two performances on Saturday and Sunday, their first South Florida concerts since 2017. The long-running Music of the Spheres World Tour is, of course, a joyous, life-affirming, glow-in-the-dark party. Perfectly timed. It also represents the band’s first tour since they released “Everyday Life,” a sumptuous... Read More
Immigration crackdown is leading to collapse in nursing-home care | Opinion
As the Associated Press reported July 14 in a piece that is justifiably going viral, there’s a quiet catastrophe unfolding in America’s nursing homes. It’s not a story of medical error or corporate greed. It’s a policy decision — one that may, in the most practical terms, soon render the care of our parents and grandparents impossible to sustain. Across the country, skilled nursing facilities are losing some of their most reliable and compassionate workers. Not because these... Read More
On an outdoorsy adventure with friends, Parkland woman dies after being swept over waterfall
A woman from Parkland died on an Oregon river over the weekend after she and two other people were swept over a waterfall and into the rapids, authorities said. A total of six people were floating in innertubes that had been tied together on the Deschutes River when they missed the last takeout area at Dillon Falls, an “extremely dangerous” part of the river, shortly before 3 p.m., the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Tuesday. Three people were able to jump from... Read More
Erik Menendez is in hospital for a medical condition. His attorney seeks his release
By JAIMIE DING LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney is seeking Erik Menendez’s release from prison because of a medical condition after he was taken to a hospital. The 57-year-old has been serving a life without parole sentence along with his brother Lyle Menendez after being convicted of murdering their parents in their Beverly Hills, California, home in 1989. A judge recently resentenced the brothers to 50 years to life, making them immediately eligible for parole. They will appear in front... Read More
New tropical system could emerge from area of low pressure near Florida, forecasters say
An area of low pressure near the southeastern coast of the United States could become the next named storm of the 2025 hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center said. The system is forecast to move west-southwest over part of Florida and into the north-central part of the Gulf. If it remains far enough offshore, conditions could be conducive to development, the hurricane center said. The system is likely to move over land by the weekend, the hurricane center said. Still, it could bring... Read More
In-N-Out Burger CEO to join the list of high-profile business figures to leave California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As California’s much-loved hamburger chain In-N-Out Burger expands across the country into Tennessee, billionaire owner and CEO Lynsi Snyder has announced she and her family are going with it and heading east, too. “There are a lot of great things about California, but raising a family is not easy here,” Snyder announced last week on the “Relatable” podcast, hosted by conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey. “Doing business is not easy here.” Snyder... Read More
Shark bite at South Florida beach leaves man hospitalized with serious injury
A man was hospitalized after he was bitten by a shark at Hollywood beach Tuesday afternoon, Hollywood Fire Rescue said. Hollywood Fire Rescue and Hallandale Beach Ocean Rescue crews were called to the 4100 block of Ocean Drive shortly before 3 p.m. “following reports of an individual suffering a serious injury,” Hollywood Fire Rescue spokesperson Chai Kauffman said. A man in his 40s was found with an injury to his torso area. The man received medical treatment at the scene and was taken... Read More
Florida Blue members facing loss of in-network rates for Memorial Healthcare System services
Florida Blue policyholders are being notified that Memorial Healthcare System may no longer be in the health insurer’s network. The change would affect as many as 31,000 patients and take effect on Sept. 1. It would mean that Florida Blue policyholders — including individual members, members of employer-based plans, marketplace members, and Medicare Advantage members — would pay higher rates to access certain services and inpatient visits to Memorial’s medical facilities. Also... Read More