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Today is Friday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2026. There are 321 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 13, 2016, Justice Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative member of the U.S. Supreme Court, was found dead at a private residence in the Big Bend area of West Texas; he was 79. Also on this date: In 1935, a jury in Flemington, New Jersey, found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-slaying of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of... Read More

GAINESVILLE — Florida golfer Matthew Kress  arrived as an unsung teenager lacking the pedigree, résumé and confidence of many fellow Gators. Coach JC Deacon’s 2021 squad featured accomplished amateurs, blue-chip recruits and seasoned collegians brimming with potential. Behind the scenes, Kress quietly wondered whether he belonged. Day by day, he became indispensable to Florida’s surge of success, including 17 tournament victories with Kress in the lineup. If Deacon’s team... Read More

A federal judge in Orlando ordered two more Venezuelan migrants released from ICE custody on Thursday and said he suspected foul play by the agents involved in their detentions. In one case, U.S. District Judge John Antoon, who released another detainee earlier this month, said the warrant ordering Junier Silva-Parucho’s arrest on Jan. 29 arrest was signed three hours after he was taken into custody. The warrant for Silva-Parucho, a construction worker with a pending asylum application and... Read More

By BERNARD CONDON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The top antitrust official in the Trump administration is leaving her post amid tension about greenlighting big mergers in recent months. Gail Slater, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for antitrust, posted on X Thursday that it was with “great sadness” that she was leaving after just a year in the role. The move comes after a back-and-forth decisions about whether to allow Hewlett Packard Enterprises to buy a... Read More

Larisa Blyudaya did a favor for a friend. Her family paid a devastating price for her kindness. Blyudaya, 46, and her son, Ben Azizov, 19, were shot and killed in the Victoria Park neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, their bodies discovered Tuesday after police responded to a “wellness check” at their apartment. The tragedy of their deaths multiplied in Sarasota, where Russell Kot, believed to be the shooter, found and murdered three other members of Blyudaya’s family: her mother, Florita... Read More

After a week of pleasant weather, which should continue through Friday, there’s a chance of rain this Presidents Day weekend. Saturday should be mostly sunny, but with a 20% chance of rain. Highs will be in the mid-70s with winds from the east gusting to 18 mph. Winds are forecast to shift Saturday night, emanating from the southeast, and bringing clouds and moisture. Chances of showers increase throughout the day Sunday, with a 30% chance of rain after 1 p.m. Daytime highs will be in the... Read More

The gun lobby pays a whole lot of money to its lawyers, but James Uthmeier is a bargain. He’s free — pro bono, as lawyers would say. Trouble is, he works for us — not the gun lobby. Uthmeier is Florida’s attorney general, not counsel to the NRA. His office alone represents the state in criminal appeals, where he’s expected to defend the laws of the state. He shouldn’t be asking courts to throw out laws he doesn’t like. But he does. Three strikes in a row Three times now, he’s... Read More

South Florida homes have been sitting on the market for longer than nearly anywhere else in the country, even as closures on sales have climbed. According to a recent Redfin report analyzing MLS data from December 2025, the Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area tied with the San Antonio metro area for the second-slowest housing market in the country that month, with the Miami and West Palm Beach metro areas taking the next two spots in the top five. Austin, Texas, topped the list. Real... Read More

Roach infestations led to the temporary closure of two Broward County restaurants last week, with state inspectors finding about 86 dead roaches throughout a sub shop and 45 live roaches in an arepa spot’s kitchen. Meanwhile, a third restaurant was operating without running water, among other issues. No Palm Beach County restaurants were ordered shut last week. The South Florida Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and... Read More

GAINESVILLE – Florida’s House voted late Wednesday to establish the American flamingo as the new state bird, a step toward knocking the mockingbird off its perch after nearly a century. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the Senate will go along with the plan. The House voted 112-1 to approve the bill. The Legislature has considered changing the state bird for at least five years. Some lawmakers wore pink clothing during the vote, including Rep. Lindsay Cross, D-St. Petersburg,... Read More