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The Downtown Fort Lauderdale Day of the Dead celebration returned Saturday, drawing large crowds for a unique showcase of culture and spooky fashion. Festivities began at Esplanade Park, culminating in the iconic Skeleton Processional costume parade. View photos of the colorful Catrinas, flower-flinging Frida Kahlos, and other participants as they marched through the Himmarshee District before the final street party. ... Read More

Progressive’s auto insurance division recently announced that it will begin paying back about $950,000 in excess profits taken in over the past three years from its policyholders in Florida. The average credit would be about $300, Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a news conference on Oct. 22. “It might be a check. It might be a credit on your bill,” DeSantis said. But the company left customers confused over how that payback would take place. In a written statement later that day, a... Read More

By MICHELLE L. PRICE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will. He has used them in an unprecedented way, not only as the underpinning of his economic agenda, but also as the cornerstone of his foreign policy in his second term. He has wielded the import taxes as a threat to secure ceasefiresfrom countries at war. He has used them to browbeat nations into promising to do more to stop people and drugs... Read More

Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare System are again asking the Florida Legislature for authority to increase cooperation between the two government-run hospital systems, arguing that closer collaboration would enhance efficiency and improve health care. If enacted, the proposal would allow the two organizations, which between them operate 11 hospitals in the county, to do more together — without running afoul of antitrust laws prohibiting anticompetitive behavior. By declaring such... Read More

There is a candidate on the ballot for mayor of New York City who is of the Islamic faith, Zohran Mamdani. Since winning the Democratic primary, Mamdani has surged in the polls and simultaneously been the target of cruel, prejudiced attacks. Many of these attacks come from an irrational fear and hatred of the Islam. This is no accident, rather increasingly a systemic enterprise, as explained by Nathan Lean, author of “The Islamophobia Industry.” Historically, Islam is the latest in a long... Read More

By BOB FERRANTE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Tommy Castellanos threw for 271 yards and had one of Florida State’s five rushing touchdowns in a 42-7 rout of Wake Forest on Saturday. Sam Singleton had 14 carries for 91 yards and a 10-yard touchdown as the Seminoles (4-4, 1-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) halted a four-game slide and earned their first ACC victory since a 14-9 win over California on Sept. 21, 2024. Florida State opened with a stunning upset of Alabama and then grabbed victories in... Read More

By TIM REYNOLDS SUNRISE — Brad Marchand capped an emotional night by getting what became the winning goal in a shootout, and the Florida Panthers beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Saturday night. Marchand got a tribute score, Sam Reinhart got a milestone one and Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 20 shots, six of them in overtime — and five in the final 61 seconds of the extra period. Marchand scored in his first game back after returning to his native Nova... Read More

Inexplicable. Inacceptable. Incomprehensible. The “U” is infuriatingly back. Back like no one wanted. Back to its frustrating football of recent decades. Back again with step-on-the-rake mistakes and self-inflicted pain in Saturday’s 26-20 loss at Southern Methodist that takes big-picture ideas like the ACC Championship Game and College Football Playoff off the table. Lose once like this to No. 16 Louisville, as Miami did a couple of weeks ago, and you get your seasonal mulligan. Lose... Read More

A lot of people in South Florida are worried about where their next meal will come from, and it’s a lot more people than you think. Mike Stocker/Sun Sentinel Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel columnist. By one recent estimate, 252,859 people in Broward alone are eligible for SNAP, or the  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — what used to be called food stamps. That’s nearly 13% of the county population — more than one of every eight people in Broward. Many are young... Read More

One of the best things about South Florida is that our subtropical climate means that we can have festival fun just about all year long. With that in mind, welcome to “SoFlo Festivals, Festivities & Family Fun,” a new feature that will give you a monthly look ahead to celebrations throughout Palm Beach and Broward counties. Here’s our list for November, but keep coming back to this post because we’ll continue to add events. BEER-B-Q ON 38TH AVE. The sixth annual edition of this... Read More