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A historic cold front brought record-breaking low temperatures to South Florida on Sunday, with parts of Miami and West Palm Beach reaching their coldest marks in over 100 years. Temperatures dipped to 31 degrees in Palm Beach and 35 degrees in Miami, marking the region’s most significant cold snap since 2010. ... Read More

Through the changes on the Miami Dolphins’ coaching staff this offseason, the team is now bound to retain two key defensive assistants from the previous staff. The Dolphins, under new coach Jeff Hafley, are bringing back Joe Barry, who was linebackers coach and defensive run game coordinator the past two seasons, and defensive line coach Austin Clark, according to a league source. Clark is back in the same role, and Barry’s title isn’t entirely settled yet, according to a source, as... Read More

Roland Steadham, a longtime meteorologist for multiple South Florida TV news stations, was one of two people killed in a small plane crash last week in Idaho. Steadham, 67, was the current chief meteorologist at CBS 2 in Boise. He and Dallin Laufenberg were killed in the crash, his news station reported. Steadham worked for WTVJ-Ch. 6 as chief meteorologist from 1996 to 2006 and for WPLG-Ch.10 on weekend mornings in 2013 and 2014. He also worked with WSVN-Ch. 7 beginning in 1993 and later in... Read More

Baptist Health has begun to transform the healthcare landscape of western Broward County with the official groundbreaking of its Sunrise hospital. The $500 million hospital marks a significant expansion into Broward County for the not-for-profit organization, which has spent over a decade building its outpatient presence. The new seven-story Sunrise hospital bordering the Sawgrass Expressway also represents just one component of Baptist Health’s aggressive growth strategy into Broward and... Read More

Q: Ira, how does a team bottle this? Sunday showed so many good things. So now undefeated in February? – Sam. A: Well, yes, so far undefeated in February. Going undefeated in February? A deep breath please. The Bulls are not good. And without Josh Giddey they are very not good. As with any individual game, perspective is needed. The reality is the Heat should have taken all three from Chicago. Another reality is their last four victories have included the two against Chicago, one against a... Read More

By OLIVIA DIAZ, Associated Press Olivia Dean clinched the Grammy for best new artist Sunday in a milestone moment for the British pop singer-songwriter known for her soulful voice and timeless sound. Dean, who is part of a growing class of young U.K.-born vocalists, made waves last year with her romantic sophomore album “The Art of Loving,” with tracks including “Man I Need,” “A Couple Minutes” and “So Easy (To Fall In Love).” “I want to say I’m up here as a granddaughter... Read More

MIAMI — Perhaps it was the return of Davion Mitchell. Perhaps it was the humiliation of falling 18 hours earlier to a team that scheduled it as a day of rest. Or perhaps there is rekindled hope of the move into February leading to a move out of nearly permanent residence in the play-in bracket. Looking far more cohesive and connected than in either of the previous two games in this unusual three-game head-to-head series, the Miami Heat made quick work of the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night... Read More

MIAMI — Amid a less-than-stellar season, the Miami Heat nonetheless will have a representative at the Feb. 15 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles. Bypassed in the combined fan/player/media balloting for starters, the Heat wound up with guard Norman Powell being selected by conference coaches as an East reserve, with the announcement coming Sunday as the Heat faced the Chicago Bulls at Kaseya Center. It is the first All-Star berth for Powell in his 11 seasons, with the All-Star Game to be... Read More

South Floridians awoke Sunday to find “frozen” iguanas in their yards, streets, sidewalks and driveways after record low temperatures stunned the invasive reptiles. At 8:50 a.m., 10 minutes before the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission opened its Sunrise drop-off location Sunday morning, John Bridgman and his wife, Lindsey, waited with a trash bag filled with two dozen iguanas. The FWC opened five designated drop-off offices in the South and Southwest regions on Sunday and Monday to... Read More

Parts of South Florida awoke Sunday to record low daily temperatures, the coldest in more than a century, according to the National Weather Service in Miami. At the national weather station near Miami International Airport, a preliminary report showed the temperature at 35 degrees Fahrenheit at 6:53 a.m. That’s a degree lower than the city’s daily record set in 1909 at 36 degrees. Similarly, at Palm Beach International Airport, the temperature recorded by the National Weather Service at... Read More