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Nearly half of Fort Lauderdale’s water quality testing sites fail to meet clean water standards on most days, according to an annual report released on Tuesday by Miami Waterkeeper. It’s not all doom and gloom, however, some sites are almost always clean.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Renters in South Florida need to make over $100,000 in order to rent comfortably in the tri-county area, according to a new study.
In order to avoid paying more than 30% of their income toward rent, the average household would need to make at least a yearly income of $112,183 to afford the typical rent in South Florida, the study conducted by researchers at Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University and University of Alabama revealed.

Dear Amy: I am an older woman, retired after a long career as a counselor.
I am the oldest of five siblings. My sister is one year younger.
She is very talented, creative and generous.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS (AP Business Writer)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal safety regulators are urging consumers to stop using baby pillows that have been linked to 10 infant deaths but are still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, despite being recalled two years ago.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO (Associated Press)
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities came under pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge a white woman who fired through her front her door and killed a Black neighbor in a case that has put Florida’s divisive stand your ground law back into the spotlight.

By DOUG FERGUSON (AP Golf Writer)
The PGA Tour ended its expensive fight with Saudi Arabia’s golf venture and now is joining forces with it, making a stunning announcement Tuesday of a merger that creates a commercial operation with the Public Investment Fund and the European tour.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Katie Walsh | Tribune News Service (TNS)
June is Pride Month, a celebration of LGBTQIA+ pride and commemoration of the history of the fight for gay rights. Pride Month was started after the 1969 Stonewall riots sparked a series of gay liberation protests, and unfortunately, more than 50 years later, Pride Month has taken on a new resonance as the civil rights of queer and transgender people are being rolled back at an alarming rate in the United States.

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and SUSIE BLANN (Associated Press)
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, flooding villages, endangering crops and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides in the war scrambled to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

LaMond Pope | Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Anderson Comás thought of those who feel like they don’t have support and wanted to do his part to help when he decided to come out as gay in February.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

A verbal fight between two large groups on the Hollywood Broadwalk quickly turned physical and then escalated into a spray of bullets, with at least one of three gunmen intentionally trying to kill someone, an arrest warrant released Monday says.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share