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By SARAH BRUMFIELD Authorities are looking for the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie after they say she was taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona, against her will over the weekend. It’s imperative that Nancy Guthrie, who was last seen Saturday night, is found soon because she could die without her medication, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said. The sheriff held a news conference Tuesday and urged the public to offer tips, but revealed few new details about... Read More

An appetite is developing for 5 p.m. dinner on the town. No matter their age, a growing number of diners are choosing to eat before sundown, according to reservations trackers. You won’t hear the term “early bird special” too much anymore. “Happy hour,” “early dinner” and “first dinner” are the terms luring in a new contingent who prefer the evening meal closer to the afternoon. This includes the under-50 set. “Early diner here, we’re in our 30s and love a 5 p.m. dinner... Read More

Our new feature, SoFlo Festivals, Fairs & Festivities, gives you a monthly look ahead to celebrations throughout Palm Beach and Broward counties. Here’s our list for February, but keep coming back to this post because we’ll continue to add events. Also, prices may not reflect taxes and fees. Kindness 2026: ‘It Starts with You’ This wellness, health and fitness fair will include yoga sessions, storytelling, poetry and other stage performances. And — in addition to arts and... Read More

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2026. There are 330 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 4, 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, 19, was kidnapped in California by the radical Symbionese Liberation Army. Hearst was caught on camera participating in a bank robbery with the extremist group that April and subsequently found guilty of bank robbery and sentenced to seven years in prison. (President Jimmy Carter commuted her sentence, and she was later pardoned.) Also... Read More

MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Tuesday night’s 127-115 loss to the Atlanta Hawks: – So Chicago decided enough of the fool’s errand of play-in purgatory. So Nikola Vucevic was dealt Tuesday. – Before that, Atlanta decided something had to change from their play-in pointlessness, so they dealt Trae Young. – And now here stand the Heat, after a week of toe-to-toe against the Bulls and the Hawks, again tracking toward the play-in, as if inescapable. – The... Read More

By MEGAN JANETSKY MEXICO CITY (AP) — Historians and observers accused the Trump administration of trying to rewrite American history to justify its own foreign policy decisions toward Latin America by posting a “historically inaccurate” version of the Mexican-American war. The Monday statement from the White House commemorating the anniversary of the war described the conflict as a “legendary victory that secured the American Southwest, reasserted American sovereignty, and expanded... Read More

Florida auditors who crossed the state looking to expose fraud and waste in government spending recently issued a report on their findings. But local government officials say that they failed to identify any examples of egregious waste. The state’s Department of Governmental Efficiency started scrutinizing various county and city governments last year. And Florida’s chief financial officer, Blaise Ingoglia, subsequently kicked off a “fiscal accountability tour,” in which he accused... Read More

A Broward County man who was previously arrested in connection with the assault of a woman whose body was found on Hollywood beach in December has now been charged with murder. The body of Heather Asendorf was found on Hollywood beach by a passer-by on Dec. 26, and within days, Hollywood Police had arrested Brandon McCray, but he had not been charged with Asendorf’s murder. On Thursday, McCray, 28, of Coconut Creek, was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping... Read More

By DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as TikTok: chicken nuggets lovingly topped with a dab of caviar. McDonald’s is embracing the trend this Valentine’s Day with a limited-time McNugget Caviar kit. The free kit, which will be available on McNuggetCaviar.com on Feb. 10, pairs a one-ounce tin of Paramount’s Siberian sturgeon caviar with a $25 McDonald’s gift card to buy McNuggets. McDonald’s is even throwing in some crème fraiche and a... Read More

Ninety-two restaurants and food trucks revved up for South Florida’s traditional high season by scoring top marks for their squeaky-clean kitchens, from 3030 Ocean and a Duffy’s Sports Grill in Broward County to Gourmet Killer Dogs and Pizzaioli in Palm Beach County. These “gold-star” eateries made the state 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... Read More