OKLAHOMA CITY — Alannah Leach had two hits and knocked in four runs as Tennessee rolled past Florida 11-3 in a Women’s College World Series elimination game Friday night. Tennessee (46-16) pounded out 12 hits in the matchup between two top SEC teams. The seventh-seeded Volunteers advanced to play the loser of Saturday’s Texas Tech vs. UCLA game in an elimination game Sunday. Third-seeded Florida (48-17) was knocked out in two games, including Thursday’s 3-0 loss to Texas. Tennessee,... Read More
Video shows fight that led to Broward jail deputies’ felony charges | Watch
Video shared with the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Friday night shows the fight with a woman being booked into the Broward County jail that resulted in the arrest of three detention deputies on Thursday. Samantha Caputo, 38, was being processed by detention deputies Denia Walker, Cleopatra Johnnie and Sgt. Zakiyyah Polk at the Main Jail on Oct. 4, 2022. The deputies took Caputo to a search cell to change into the jail uniform, according to arrest warrants obtained by the South Florida Sun... Read More
Trump’s education secretary threatens to pull funding from NY over its Native American mascot ban
By PHILIP MARCELO MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk losing federal funding, President Donald Trump’s top education official said Friday. U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, on a visit to Massapequa High School on Long Island, said an investigation by her agency has determined that state education officials violated Title... Read More
Broward animal control officer hospitalized after dog attack, police say
A Broward County Animal Care officer was hospitalized Thursday evening after an American Staffordshire Terrier attacked her at a home in Fort Lauderdale, police and Animal Care officials said. A woman called 911 shortly after 7 p.m., screaming about a dog “mauling” an animal control worker in the 700 block of Southwest 14 Terrace, according to Fort Lauderdale Police spokesperson Casey Liening and the 911 call released Friday. The animal control officer was on a call for a wellness check... Read More
Dozens sickened in expanding salmonella outbreak linked to recalled cucumbers
By JONEL ALECCIA, AP Health Writer Nearly four dozen people in 18 states have been sickened in an expanding outbreak of salmonella food poisoning tied to recalled cucumbers sent to restaurants, hospitals, cruise ships and grocery stores, including Target stores, federal health officials said Friday. At least 16 people have been hospitalized after eating cucumbers produced by Florida-based Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and... Read More
Nova Southeastern wins inaugural “County-Line Cup”
Story Links FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The inaugural year of the “County-Line Cup” rivalry has concluded between Nova Southeastern University and Barry University. The rivalry was instituted at the beginning of the 2024-25 athletic year, with points being awarded based on victories in either head-to-head competition or results at the Sunshine State Conference Championships. The Nova Southeastern Sharks claimed the inaugural “County-Line Cup” crown,... Read More
Wall Street inches lower in quiet trading as more earnings roll in ahead of fresh inflation data
By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT, Associated Press Business Writers Wall Street inched toward tiny losses early Friday as markets digested a mixed bag of corporate earnings ahead of the government’s latest inflation data. Futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were all down 0.1% or less before the bell. The Gap was one of the biggest decliners in premarket, tumbling 15% despite beating Wall Street’s sales and profit targets. Investors were more concerned... Read More
It’s beachy keen! 2 South Florida beaches named best in the state again
Everything is just beachy keen for Delray Beach and Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Delray Beach has shored up its spot as the No. 1 beach in Florida after winning the USA Today 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards for the second year in a row. While Lauderdale-by-the-Sea also made the list again this year, coming in fourth place (after ranking third last year). The coastline competition is anything but a breeze when you consider there are 825 miles of sun-kissed beaches up and down the state,... Read More
Safety expert: Boaters can avoid explosions with a simple sniff test
Of all of the fire prevention measures available to boaters, the most powerful is probably the olfactory systems of captain, crew and passengers. In the wake of two Fort Lauderdale area boat explosions within days of each other this week, the causes invariably were linked to vapors lingering in and around the large gasoline-powered vessels that were destroyed, authorities said. “It’s usually the result of fuel vapors accumulating somewhere,” said Ted Sensenbrenner, director of boating... Read More
A blatant quid pro quo by Trump | Letters to the editor
Re: A Palm Beach tax cheat goes free, thanks to Trump | Pat Beall column Donald Trump is caught in another scandal. Trump has pardoned a Palm Beach County man, Paul Walczak, who pleaded guilty to tax crimes just a month after his mother attended a $1 million-a-head MAGA fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago. This is a blatant quid pro quo, the sort of thing that would have led to the impeachment and conviction of any other president. With Trump, it’s par for the course. Sadly, few Trump supporters will... Read More