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By Christopher Elliott | Travel Troubleshooter Q: I booked an 11-day coastal cruise on the Majestic Princess from Seattle to San Diego. I made the reservation online and gave Princess my credit card information for the fare and travel insurance. Princess confirmed my booking, charging my card for the fare but not the insurance. The next day, I received a “shortfall notice” that the travel insurance charge must be paid by the end of the day. Since it was 10 p.m., I called the provided... Read More

Traffic was lined up along Las Olas Boulevard approaching the Intracoastal bridge hours before the scheduled start of the Florida Panthers Stanley Cup victory parade on Fort Lauderdale Beach (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Fans carry a Stanley Cup replica in front of the Elbo Room at the corner of State Road A1A and Las Olas Boulevard before the start of the Florida Panthers victory parade on Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Fans... Read More

It’s the Sunday after the Florida Panthers won back-to-back Stanley Cups — no need to ask where the boys are. Fort Lauderdale beach, of course. The oceanfront along A1A will once again provide the most beautiful backdrop in Stanley Cup championship parade history beginning at noon, when thousands of fans are expected to line the glamorous stretch of seashore to pay tribute to their blue-collar heroes. Last year’s Florida Panthers parade drew an estimated 200,000 spectators, who braved... Read More

Q: Saw the Desmond Bane trade for Memphis rebuilding with multiple first-round draft picks. As Tyler Herro is similar talent as a borderline All-Star player, would the Heat consider a similar trade, to trade Herro to rebuild? – Fred, Royal Palm Bach. A: First there are some subtle differences. Foremost, Desmond Bane was no more than a third wheel for the Grizzlies, behind Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr., with ample options currently on Memphis’ roster to compensate for the dealing of... Read More

By SEUNG MIN KIM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One image shows President Donald Trump staring straight ahead stone-faced, monitoring the mission that took out three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites on Saturday. In another image, Trump stands as his chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, appears to speak. And whenever Trump is pictured, he is donning a bright red hat blaring his signature campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” The series of photos that the White... Read More

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press After nearly two years of stark divisions over the war in Gaza and support for Israel, Democrats seemed at odds over policy toward Iran as progressives demanded unified opposition before President Donald Trump announced U.S. strikes against Tehran’s nuclear program. Party leaders were treading more cautiously. U.S. leaders of all stripes have found common ground for two decades on the position that Iran could not be allowed to... Read More

SUNRISE — This is what it looks like, feels like, sounds like. “Everything in this organization is the best,’’ Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad said. This is why it happens, how it happens, who will keep it happening. “It’s not slowing down,’’ team captain Aleksander Barkov said. There’s so much vapid talk of “culture” and “leadership” around sports, especially South Florida sports, especially on teams lacking them of late. So, listen to the two-time champs... Read More

A 16-year-old boy was killed and four teens were hospitalized when a crash flipped a Mercedes Benz and pushed it into oncoming traffic in Pompano Beach on Friday night, deputies said. Two people in a nearby car also were hospitalized. The 16-year-old was driving the Mercedes west down East Copans Road approaching Leisure Boulevard just before 8 p.m. with four other teens inside, three 17-year-old boys and one 17-year-old girl, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said in a media release. At the... Read More

R. Emmett McTigue left us the same way he lived — quietly and without fanfare. He died June 13 in his sleep at his Fort Lauderdale home, his son Patrick said. He was 92. Mike Stocker/Sun Sentinel Steve Bousquet, South Florida Sun Sentinel columnist. A confidante of two Democratic governors and a pillar of Broward civic life, McTigue was a foundational figure in the 1970s and 1980s, in two decades of transformational change and growth. A courtly and thoughtful man, he disliked flamboyance... Read More

Soccer fans can kick it at the Promenade at Coconut Creek with a family friendly event devoted to the beautiful game. The Soccer Experience is set for 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, launching the shopping/dining/entertainment destination’s Summer of Family Fun series. Staged in front of of the retail complex’s butterfly mural show, there will be a Penalty Shoot Game and a Soccer Field Game as well as other interactive activities. There will also be a DJ spinning tunes. “During this... Read More