By ALANIS THAMES FORT LAUDERDALE — Another close friend of Lionel Messi will soon play in South Florida. Argentine midfielder Rodrigo De Paul has agreed to contract terms with Inter Miami, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The 31-year-old De Paul will leave Atlético Madrid — where he’s played since 2021 — for Major League Soccer on a short-term contract with Inter Miami that could potentially lead to a multiyear deal. He had one year... Read More
Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. There was no specific reason given for her firing from the U.S. attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York, according to one of the people who spoke to the AP... Read More
Florida city removes LGBTQ+ rainbow intersection, quickly complying with state, federal mandate
Orders from the administrations of President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis have achieved what vandals have tried and failed: The elimination of a street intersection on Boynton Beach painted with the rainbow colors of the LGBTQ+ progress pride flag. The rainbow colors were removed Wednesday morning. The intersection, at East Ocean Boulevard and Southeast First Street, close to City Hall, was painted black. Other cities in South Florida — Delray Beach, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm... Read More
Finally! Keep your shoes on at the airport | Editorial
Every now and then we find a bit of good news to celebrate. This is about your shoes. The Transportation Security Administration has decided that air travelers no longer have to yank off their shoes before going through preflight security screening. No more internal grimacing as you walk barefooted into the body scanners, struggling not to think about all the other feet that have trod on the same rubber mat. No more balancing on one foot as you wriggle back into your sneakers or hop around... Read More
‘Mold growth’ on tuna salad; 100+ flies & 60+ droppings: 5 South Florida restaurants & 1 food truck shut
More than 100 live flies buzzing around, 60+ rodent droppings near a container of rice and a prep table, and no potable running water were among the issues that led to the temporary closure of five South Florida restaurants and one food truck last week. 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... Read More
DeSantis remembers removing former Broward elections supervisor from office. He didn’t.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, touting himself as someone committed to fraud-free, glitch-free elections, said Wednesday that he removed Broward’s then-supervisor of elections when he came into office. He didn’t. The county official in question, Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes, was out of office for five weeks by the time DeSantis was sworn in as governor. That’s not how DeSantis recalled it Wednesday at a news conference in Tampa. “I came in (to office and) immediately we removed the Palm... Read More
20 Palestinians killed at Gaza aid distribution site, says Israeli-backed aid group
By MELANIE LIDMAN, WAFAA SHURAFA, and JULIA FRANKEL TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Twenty Palestinians were killed Wednesday, most of them trampled in a crowd at a food distribution site run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip, the group said, the first time it has reported deaths at its operations. They came as Israeli strikes killed 41 others, including 11 children, according to hospital officials. The Gaza Humanitarian Fund accused Hamas of fomenting unrest in the crowd... Read More
First Y2K Summer Jam in Miramar fuses decades, cultures & genres including hip-hop, reggae, dancehall & more
In the multicultural stew that is Broward County, a new music festival coming to Miramar looks so much like a heretofore missing ingredient that its arrival this month might lead one to muse: Well, it’s about time. And actually, time — as in Y2K — is precisely what it’s about. The Y2K Summer Jam, set for Sunday, July 20, at the Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater, will mix genres, decades and cultures into a Caribbean-spiced, musical pepperpot stew of its own, as it expands the popular... Read More
US sends third-country deportees under secrecy to the small African kingdom of Eswatini
By GERALD IMRAY and MICHELLE GUMEDE, Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States has sent five men to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The U.S. has already deported eight men to another African nation, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on sending people to countries where they have no... Read More
Weekend things to do: Darius Rucker, MangoFest, ‘Frozen’ Brunch, $1 Hot Dog Night
South Florida is not a shy and modest place. We like the sound of our own voice, enjoy our music loud, say a lot about ourselves on local menus, and our design and fashion decisions speak volumes. But two of the most powerful statements this weekend will be made quietly, with silent disco and Skittles. Let’s go … THURSDAY Cashing in: Robert “Raven” Kraft is a legendary South Florida runner — he has famously run the same 5- to 8-mile route on Miami Beach every day for more than 50... Read More