U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz spoke about their commitments to the Jewish community and their respective parties’ plans to combat antisemitism and strengthen ties with Israel at an Israeli-American summit attended by thousands on Friday afternoon. Speaking in front of a packed ballroom at a Hollywood beach resort, Bondi touted the Trump administration’s crackdown on antisemitic and anti-Israel acts, while Wasserman Schultz reassured attendees that... Read More
Coconut Creek Police ask for help in decades-old murder case after victim’s name is revealed
A woman who was fatally shot in the head and known as “Jane Doe” for the past 45 years has been identified as Barbara Overby, 24, of Fort Lauderdale, the Coconut Creek Police Department said Wednesday. Now that Overby has been identified, police are asking members of the public to come forward with any leads that might help identify her killer, the department said in a Facebook post. On Sept. 28, 1981, officers went to the 6700 block of Lyons Road to investigate after a woman’s body... Read More
Justice Department says members of Congress can’t intervene in release of Epstein files
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer was told in a letter signed by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton that he must reject a request made earlier this week by the congressional cosponsors of the Epstein... Read More
Judge sides with expelled parishioners in ongoing Piney Grove church dispute
A Broward judge ordered one of Broward’s oldest churches to restore the membership and voting rights of more than 50 expelled parishioners who sued last fall after accusing the pastor of ignoring church bylaws and improperly using church funds to make a $200,000 downpayment on a home in West Palm Beach. Both sides were framing Broward Circuit Judge Daniel Casey’s ruling as a partial victory. Pastor Ezra Tillman, who was appointed senior pastor at First Baptist Piney Grove in March 2023,... Read More
Ukraine’s young skiers practice in a bombed-out Olympic training base
By ILLIA NOVIKOV CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Young athletes in northern Ukraine spend their days cross-country skiing through a scorched forest, focused on their form — until a siren inevitably shatters the silence. They respond swiftly but without panic, ditching their skis and following coaches to an underground bomb shelter. It’s an ordinary training session at the complex that produced Ukraine’s first Olympic medalist. Sleeping children no longer dream of Olympic glory in the... Read More
Miami Hurricanes watch parties: Where to celebrate CFP national title game in South Florida
So you couldn’t score a wildly expensive ticket to Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship game between the Miami Hurricanes and Indiana Hoosiers. Well, you’re not alone, and so what? There are still plenty of ways to cheer on the home team, which last won a national title in 2002, at official CFP events and watch parties popping up at bars, clubs and restaurants throughout South Florida. While you may not be at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, a watch party has its... Read More
How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, MARC LEVY and JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid to take urgent steps to boost energy supply and curb price hikes, holding a Friday event aimed at addressing a rising concern among voters about the enormous amount of power used for artificial intelligence ahead of elections later this year. The White House said its National Energy Dominance Council and the... Read More
MLK Day 2026 in South Florida: Parades, festivals, marches, service projects & more
The theme for this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as set by the The King Center in Atlanta, is “Mission Possible 2: Building Community, Uniting a Nation The Nonviolent Way.” In South Florida, you can honor that call and the legacy of the civil rights leader through service projects, marches and other events leading up to and on the federal holiday, which is celebrated every third Monday of January (King’s birthday month). Below, find activities planned through Monday, Jan. 19, in... Read More
‘Totally blindsided:’ Fort Lauderdale may put sewage facility in new downtown park
There are consequences to a fast-growing downtown: Tens of thousands of flushing toilets. That could mean that a long-awaited city park being planned in the heart of Fort Lauderdale’s Flagler Village will end up being the home of a high-capacity sewage lift station needed to accommodate the city’s rapid growth. Mayor Dean Trantalis said he was “totally blindsided” by the news delivered by City Manager Rickelle Williams during an annual goal-setting meeting on Tuesday. “I think we... Read More
DeSantis agency’s order to election supervisors could damage Florida marijuana referendum effort
A state agency under control of Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued 11th-hour instructions for verifying petition signatures that could hamper efforts to get a referendum to legalize recreational marijuana on the 2026 Florida ballot. DeSantis does not want recreational marijuana legalized in Florida. He was the most prominent opponent of a similar 2024 referendum, which failed. Last week, the Secretary of State’s Office — which is run by a DeSantis appointee — issued a directive to the... Read More