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By MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writer Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs in the U.S. remain low despite uncertainty about how tariffs will impact the economy. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims for the week ending June 28 fell by 4,000 to 233,000, less than the 241,000 that analysts forecast. The four-week average of claims, which evens out some of the weekly volatility, fell by 3,750 to 241,500. Applications for... Read More

June marked the return of report-card season at our schools — and that included our South Florida eateries, where 74 restaurants and food trucks earned straight As. In June, 74 “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 months to a... Read More

Perhaps like you, my “For You” page (a cesspool of AI treachery and some undeniably fine music) has been filled with riffs from the original Broadway production of “Hamilton.” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s spectacularly entertaining musical — about America’s transition to democracy and the creation of the Declaration of Independence, told through the eyes of Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father and Caribbean orphan — remains a crowning achievement in American theater. But what TikTok... Read More

Finally freed from their tiny metal cage, Bella, Blue, North and Supreme burst out into the sun and ran circles in the Fort Lauderdale backyard. They had the zoomies. The four French bulldogs had been cooped up in the May heat, sitting in their own feces and urine and sometimes left without adequate food and water for five days, according to Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Whitney Ptak. A man and his son are now facing a series of criminal charges in the dogs’ neglect. “Those Frenchies ran... Read More

Former Miami Dolphins tight end Jonnu Smith revealed his perspective on the contract situation that went awry with the team, ultimately leading to this week’s trade to the Pittsburgh Steelers. First, Smith expressed that he cherishes how the Steelers came forward as a team willing to deal for him and nearly tripled his salary for 2025 after the Dolphins didn’t pony up the extra cash. “I’m in a situation where I’m appreciated,” Smith said on retired Dolphins tackle Terron... Read More

By RIO YAMAT, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is awaiting trial in the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, has lost a bid for a new trial in a separate battery case tied to a jailhouse fight. The ruling came Wednesday after a tense hearing in a Las Vegas courtroom that underscored the high-profile status of the defendant and his upcoming trial in one of hip-hop’s most infamous crimes. The jurors who convicted Davis of battery in the jailhouse fight were... Read More

The odyssey of a Fort Lauderdale attorney who disappeared with at least $630,000, some of which was intended for an octogenarian woman’s care, went to Philadelphia, returned to Fort Lauderdale and will end in Texas. Specifically, a federal prison in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. On Thursday in Fort Lauderdale federal court, Judge David Leibowitz ordered John Spencer Jenkins, 55, to surrender Friday to start serving time at a federal prison in the Metroplex, where Jenkins has family. After... Read More

A Broward County elementary school physical education teacher was arrested Tuesday on seven counts of possession of child pornography, police said. Craig Rogers, 60, a teacher at Westchester Elementary School in Coral Springs, is accused of operating a social media account that was sharing child pornography with other users through Kik, a messaging social media platform, Coral Springs Police said in a news release Wednesday. A Coral Springs Police detective with the Internet Crimes Against... Read More

A much-awaited report is now public of Delray Beach’s investigation of alleged threats and intimidation against a city official who manages code enforcement. The 52-page report by lawyer Brooke Ehrlich does not substantiate claims by Jeri Pryor, director of Neighborhood & Community Services. But this case is far from over. The report faults City Manager Terrence Moore in several areas, essentially for not defending city employees more forcefully. It recommends that Moore take action —... Read More

By JAIMIE DING LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a federal immigration building in downtown Los Angeles guarded by U.S. Marines, daughters, sons, aunts, nieces and others make their way to an underground garage and line up at a door with a buzzer at the end of a dirty, dark stairwell. It’s here where families, some with lawyers, come to find their loved ones after they’ve been arrested by federal immigration agents. For immigrants without legal status who are detained in this part of Southern... Read More