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After a $15 million makeover, Huizenga Park will reopen with events on Saturday and Sunday, bringing a valuable green interruption to the rapidly developing downtown core in Fort Lauderdale. For anyone who remembers the old park — in the center of everything at Las Olas Boulevard and Andrews Avenue, but somehow underloved and lightly used — this new gathering space on the New River is a revelation. At once both more attractive and more functional, it is even better than advertised. The... Read More

Observations and other notes of interest from Tuesday night’s 130-117 victory over the Sacramento Kings: – There’s something about Pelle Larsson. – There just is. – It’s not just sticking his nose in there. – It’s adding a degree of toughness and pushback in a Heat season that could use some toughness and pushback. – Recall all those times DeMar DeRozan had punked the Heat over the years, no matter the uniform? – Then consider Larsson twice stepping up against DeRozan in... Read More

CORAL GABLES — Jim Larrañaga’s name now hangs from the rafters at the University of Miami. The Hurricanes paid tribute to the retired coach on Tuesday night before their Atlantic Coast Conference game against Florida State, unveiling a banner in celebration of Larrañaga during a pregame ceremony. The banner displayed his name and title, along with the years he was Miami — 2011 through 2024. Florida State won the game, 65-63. Larrañaga unexpectedly retired in December 2024 to end a... Read More

Say goodbye to those pretty black olive trees on Las Olas. The fate of Fort Lauderdale’s famous tree-lined median on its equally famous boulevard was sealed Tuesday night when the commission decided the median must go to make way for wider sidewalks and outdoor cafes. Today, four blocks of olive trees line the shops section of Las Olas. Construction will not begin on the long-planned redesign of those blocks for another two to three years. But eventually, the trees will be removed along... Read More

By MELISSA GOLDIN, Associated Press President Donald Trump marked his first year back in office by presiding over a meandering, nearly two-hour-long press briefing to recount his accomplishments, repeating many false claims he made throughout 2025. Among the topics about which he continued to spread falsehoods were the 2020 election, foreign policy, the economy and energy. Here’s a closer look at the facts. 2020 election TRUMP, referencing former President Joe Biden: “… a man that... Read More

For Andrew Wiggins, the start of the Miami Heat’s five-game trip was a moment of celebration that could not fully be celebrated. In his first game back to Chase Center since being dealt to the Heat last February from the Golden State Warriors in the deal that sent Jimmy Butler to the Bay Arena, Wiggins was feted with a pregame tribute video that lasted over two minutes and then shared a series of embraces with his former teammates afterward. What happened in between, however, was less... Read More

Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Broward County returned to a Miami federal courtroom Tuesday to be arraigned on charges related to her alleged theft of $5 million in government relief funds. But the law firm that has been temporarily representing the congresswoman requested and was granted another postponement after Miami attorney David Markus of Markus Moss PLLC advised a federal magistrate that there are still financial and “other complications” that need to be resolved... Read More

The Trump administration might be considering granting asylum to British Jews, according to Trump’s personal lawyer, who said “the UK is no longer a safe place for Jews.” Robert Garson, a Jewish attorney from Manchester, England, who now practices in Aventura and has rising influence in the Trump administration, said he proposed the move to the State Department in an interview with The Telegraph. Garson said his proposal was well received despite the Trump administration’s general... Read More

Broward prosecutors dropped witness tampering charges against Jamell YNW Melly Demons, the former rapper accused of the 2018 murders of two childhood friends and fellow artists after a late-night recording session in Fort Lauderdale. Assistant State Attorney Alixandra Buckelew made the announcement in court Tuesday morning during a status conference. Jury selection in the case was scheduled to begin this week. The Broward State Attorney’s Office is expected to release a... Read More

As the winter cold season arrived and high school volleyball season approached, a stuffy nose and a headache were annoyances for 15-year-old Aedan Jones, not alarms. But days before Christmas, the Fort Lauderdale High School junior’s headache worsened, and a fever set in. What happened next set into motion a spiral of events that turned a sinus infection into a brain infection and launched Jones’ ongoing battle to live. With a slight fever, Jones’ mother brought her typically healthy... Read More