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GAINESVILLE — The ninth in a position-by-position preview of the UF football team leading up to the opening of fall camp. TODAY: CORNERBACK What to expect The Gators’ longstanding claim to DBU, the fictional Defensive Backs University, has become empty words. A program that churned out three NFL first-rounders at cornerback and four second-rounders from 2016-22 has sent one to the NFL in three years — fifth-rounder Jason Marshall Jr. in 2025. UF corners did make some statistical... Read More

DAVIE — Jeremiah Smith’s plan when he got to Ohio State was work hard and see what happens. “The thought process with us was pretty much get in, get your feet wet, whatever playing time you get, do what you got to do,” Smith’s father, Chris Smith, told the Sun Sentinel. “I guess he had his own mindset, so he went there and did what he needed to do to get him a spot.” Smith did not just earn a spot on a talented Buckeyes roster. He established himself as a starter, a star and... Read More

By Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times In the summer of 2021, Priscilla Presley seemed to be riding high. The ex-wife of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll had appeared at Graceland during the annual Elvis Week celebration and later hosted a three-day festival at the famous manse extolling the virtues of elegant Southern living. Then there were the highly anticipated upcoming biopics: director Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” and Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” based on her 1985 memoir, for which she... Read More

Get ready, condominium unit owners. Most of the provisions in this year’s condo reform bill, unanimously passed by the House and Senate and recently signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, take effect on July 1. The bill is the Legislature’s third attempt since the 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside to clarify safety measures imposed to prevent further catastrophes. The new laws were promoted as a way to help low-income condo unit owners remain in their homes by allowing some... Read More

Mitchell Berger has never run for office. But he knows a lot about candidates and campaigns. The Fort Lauderdale lawyer who has held numerous campaign and government roles has now signed on as campaign chair for David Jolly, a Democratic candidate for governor. Democrats have won six statewide elections since 2002; Republicans have won 32. Democrats haven’t won a governor’s race in more than three decades. Berger said his party needs a different approach, one that is offered by... Read More

General Daily Insight for June 28, 2025 We can all stand to do a bit of magical thinking today. Mercury in creative Leo is trining fantastical Neptune in go-getter Aries at 7:37 am EDT, motivating us to expand our minds to encompass unknown possibilities while we leave outdated limitations and boundaries behind. Meanwhile, the Moon is also in Leo, driving us to express ourselves. Luna will square pleasure-loving Venus in Taurus later in the day, so we will hardly be in the mood to keep our... Read More

By LAURIE KELLMAN LONDON (AP) — If world leaders were teaching a course on how to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump early in his second term, their lesson plan might go like this: Pile on the flattery. Don’t chase the policy rabbits he sends running across the world stage. Wait out the threats to see what, specifically, he wants, and when possible, find a way to deliver it. With every Oval Office meeting and summit, the leaders of other countries are settling on tactics and strategy... Read More

A woman was found dead in Plantation early Friday morning after she got stuck partially inside of a clothing donation box, police said. Officers were sent to the 8300 block of West Federated Roadway, near the Broward Mall, shortly before 7 a.m., where the woman was “lodged in a donation box,” Plantation Police spokesperson Officer Chavez Grant said. They determined she was dead. The woman’s name had not been released as of Friday evening. Officers believe her death was an accident,... Read More

By GISELA SALOMON MIAMI (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is terminating legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, setting them up for potential deportation. DHS said that conditions in Haiti have improved and Haitians no longer meet the conditions for the temporary legal protections. The termination of temporary protected status, or TPS, applies to about 500,000 Haitians who are already in the United States, some of whom have lived here for... Read More