If you have chronic pain — get moving. Untreated aches linked to aging brains.

Your joints may be achy and your back may be sore, but if you have chronic pain of any type, do something about it. New research from the University of Florida Institute on Aging finds chronic pain — left untreated — can cause the brain to show signs of aging, In some individuals, brain aging has led to decreased mobility, Alzheimer’s and even an earlier death. In a two-year study, UF researchers looked at the the brains of 47 older adults 60 to 83 and found “the greater the pain... Read More

Hurricane Michael gets an upgrade to rare Category 5 status

Hurricane Michael, which devastated the Florida Panhandle last fall, was actually stronger than initially measured, prompting forecasters to posthumously upgrade it from a Category 4 storm to a Category 5, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Friday. The upgraded status means Michael was the first hurricane to make landfall in the United States as a Category 5 since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and only the fourth on record. National Hurricane Center scientists... Read More

Davie Jazz Festival to debut at Bergeron Rodeo Grounds this month

Live music, food, adult beverages and fast cars will take over the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds for the inaugural Davie Jazz Festival this month. And organizers promise something for everyone, including newcomers to the genre. In an effort to carve out more opportunities for arts and cultural education, the town of Davie in partnership with the newly founded Davie Jazz Society and other organizations are launching the inaugural Davie Jazz Festival at 4271 Davie Road on Sunday, April 28 with gates... Read More

CNN reporter covering Trump in West Palm Beach stomps lizard on live TV

A slimy lizard in West Palm Beach apparently wasn’t too happy with the way CNN was covering the release of the Mueller Report — and no, that isn’t a commentary on the president. CNN White House Correspondent Abby D. Phillip was reporting from near Mar-a-Lago on Thursday night when she suddenly started squirming and kicking at the ground as a panelist in another box tried to make a point. “Hold on, Abby … what was that,” host Chris Cuomo asked. “That was a lizard climbing on... Read More

Debris delays trains on Metrorail as technicians scramble to get passengers moving

Traffic seems to be moving at a faster clip given the Passover-Easter weekend, but riders on Miami-Dade’s Metrorail Friday morning were experiencing delays due to debris on the tracks. Miami-Dade … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Sheriff should remove deputies seen in video pepper-spraying and punching teens, School Board member says

Broward sheriff’s deputies pepper-sprayed, tackled and punched teens while responding to an after-school call near J.P. Taravella High School on Thursday afternoon, video shot by a student shows. The footage shows at least two deputies take a boy down, bang his forehead into the pavement and repeatedly punch him in the head. “BSO is aware of the video,” Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokeswoman for the agency said Thursday evening. “They’re investigating the incident to determine exactly... Read More