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- Trump says U.S. ‘locked and loaded’ after drone attack on Saudi oil sites inflames tensions with Iran; crude oil futures rise dr
Sunday - 09/15/2019 - 08:16 PMA weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom's oil production threatened Sunday to fuel a regional crisis, as the U.S. released new evidence to back up its allegation that Iran was responsible for the assault amid heightened tensions over Tehran's...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Florida insurers must refund $107 million to customers
Friday - 09/13/2019 - 10:06 AMThe premiums that some private insurers charged over the past three years were too high, so now they will have to return some of that money -- a total of $1.3 billion -- to their customers, according to a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Twenty things we learned in the Miami Dolphins' 43-0 loss to the New England Patriots
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - World’s largest jellyfish – with tentacles more than 100 feet long – are washing ashore on Maine’s beaches
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bicyclist dies after colliding with van in Pompano Beach
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 07:41 PMA Pompano Beach bicyclist attempting to cross Powerline Road was struck and killed Friday night when he rode into the path of an oncoming van, detectives said Walter Carter, 43, died after being hit by a Ford van driven by Joshua Tinsdale, 37, also of Pompano Beach, according to the Broward Sheriff’s...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Skip Costco on weekends; get these staples from Amazon instead
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 07:56 AMWho doesn’t love to buy in bulk? There’s no better feeling than stocking up on enough toilet paper to last a year or so many cans of diced tomatoes you could make chili for your whole neighborhood.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- White House says the son of Osama bin Laden has been killed in a U.S. operation
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 03:00 PMThe White House announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, was killed in a U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Two killed in crash on Turnpike in Palm Beach County
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 10:18 AMTwo men were killed early Friday when their car slammed into a support pole near the Okeechobee Boulevard exit of the Turnpike in Palm Beach County, the Florida Highway Patrol says.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Eddie Money, ‘Two Tickets to Paradise’ singer, dies at 70
Friday - 09/13/2019 - 12:14 PMA publicist for Eddie Money said the rock star has died after he recently announced he had stage 4 esophageal cancer. He was 70. Cindy Ronzoni provided a statement from the family and said Money died Friday morning in Los Angeles.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Florida expands python fight; 1,000 apply to become hunters
Friday - 09/13/2019 - 11:20 AMIt’s not a high-paying job, but more than 1,000 people want the chance to kill pythons in Florida’s Everglades. The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board agreed Thursday to double its number of hunters who are trying to eradicate invasive Burmese pythons from 25 to 50.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- How to make a fast buck selling thrift store finds on Poshmark, The RealReal | Doreen’s Deals
Sunday - 09/15/2019 - 08:19 AMAfter scouring South Florida thrift stores for luxury goods, I’ve decided to keep a few treasures I’ve found. I’m regularly using a cute Fendi purse and a pair of vintage Gucci sunglasses that I scored for less than $8.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Driver runs over, kills Deerfield Beach woman lying on ground
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lottery winner plans to breathe new life into historic neighborhood that time forgot
Friday - 09/13/2019 - 02:36 PMWe’re a long way from Memphis. But lottery winner-turned-developer Miguel Pilgram, 50, wants to bring a little Memphis Blues to Fort Lauderdale’s historic Sistrunk Boulevard. And that’s not all. His three-phase plan — representing a total investment of $19 million — would transform the area like...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Baby girl’s death under investigation
Sunday - 09/15/2019 - 12:31 PMA baby girl died Saturday morning after she was found unconscious and not breathing in a Pompano Beach hotel room around 7:30 a.m., detectives say. Detectives are now investigating the infant’s death, said Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff’s Office.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Broward deputy responding to crash hits off-duty deputy, driver
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 09:59 PMIn a scene reminiscent of the “Blues Brothers” or “Gone in 60 Seconds” movies, one crash led to another Friday night on Interstate 95 near Deerfield Beach. A Broward Sheriff’s deputy responding to a crash on I-95 hit an off-duty Sheriff’s Office deputy who had stopped to help, as well the driver...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vaping is deadly. So is gun violence. Yet Trump, McConnell won’t act to control guns. | Editorial
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 06:00 AMThere’s a new deadly menace stalking America: vaping. Health authorities blame it for sickening at least 380 people so far and killing six of them. So President Trump is moving to ban most flavored e-cigarettes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Firefighters lead the largest-ever Tunnel to Towers event in Fort Lauderdale
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 01:31 PMRegis Smeltz was the first firefighter in full gear to cross the finish line in the annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk, which saw the largest-ever crowd in the event’s eight years in Fort Lauderdale.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mother charged in crash that killed 5-year-old son
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 03:12 PMA 22-year-old, critically injured woman is facing charges following the car crash that killed her 5-year-old son in Margate. Imani Fatimah Malik was arrested Friday and charged with vehicular homicide and reckless driving, court records show.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Advice to lawmakers: If you’re going to have an affair, don’t have it with a lobbyist | Editorial
Friday - 09/13/2019 - 03:57 PMStuff happens. We get that. When people in politics head to Tallahassee for the Florida Legislature’s two-month annual session and preceding committee weeks, they enter a world of abundant power, personality, money and ambition.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Deadline extended to Nov. 1 to nominate South Florida’s Top Workplaces
Friday - 09/13/2019 - 04:49 PMThere’s still time to nominate employers as the Top Workplaces in South Florida. The nomination deadline has been extended from Sept. 13 to Nov. 1. So far, 90 private, public and nonprofit organizations in South Florida have invited their employees to take the annual Top Workplaces survey, sponsored...
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- Penthouse fit for an ambassador back on the market for $4.7 million | Photos
Thursday - 09/12/2019 - 06:00 AMSharon Day, the U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica and former co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, recently re-listed her 6,627-square-foot Fort Lauderdale penthouse for $4.7 million. The four-bedroom, six-bath penthouse unit, on the 28th floor of the L’Hermitage condominium at 3100 N....
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hyde: Two Dolphins games down after Sunday’s drubbing, 14 losses to go? | Commentary
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump dismisses new allegation against Brett Kavanaugh as ‘lies,’ while some Democrats call for justice’s impeachment
Sunday - 09/15/2019 - 02:09 PMAt least two Democratic presidential candidates are calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the face of a new, uninvestigated, allegation of sexual impropriety when he was in college.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Tourists got ripped off in Florida. The state offered refunds, but who knew? | Steve Bousquet
Friday - 09/13/2019 - 05:19 PMFlorida is a breeding ground for more than mosquitoes. Ripoffs of all kinds thrive here. You name it. Medicare fraud, moving companies or the unlicensed roofer who shows up after a hurricane.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Boca Raton teen dies Saturday in I-95 crash
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 06:15 PMA Boca Raton teenager died early Saturday after crashing into the wall of an overpass on Interstate 95, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Douglas Przybyszewski, 16, of Boca Raton, lost control of the 2004 Cadillac DeVille he was driving and died at the scene, troopers said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- In Parkland exhibit ‘Anguish in the Aftermath,’ a minefield of grief and tells
Friday - 09/13/2019 - 12:31 PMPhotographer Ian Witlen discovered it during the first interview he recorded: When survivors talk about tragedy, they have tells. A teacher’s stoic, sideways glance. A student’s hand nervously touching his brow.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Despite debacle, direct deposit is still the best way to get paid
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 09:00 AMDon’t opt out of using direct deposit to receive your pay from your employer. It’s still the safest and quickest way to get paid. That’s the advice provided by the president of a South Florida staffing agency days after fearing that a reverse direct deposit scandal that plunged hundreds of his...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tropical Storm Humberto could complicate Bahamas relief efforts
Saturday - 09/14/2019 - 08:48 AMRelief agencies on Friday scrambled to deliver food and shelter materials to hurricane-ravaged communities in the Bahamas in advance of another storm that could drop as much as 6 inches of rain on the islands this weekend.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ask a real estate pro: How do I get my neighbor to remove items from lawn before hurricane?
Friday - 09/13/2019 - 11:41 AMQ: When the last hurricane was threatening, our neighbor would not take in his lawn furniture despite the community management posting notice. We were worried that the furniture would damage our house in the storm.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Assistant principal accused of striking student retires
Friday - 09/13/2019 - 06:22 PMAn assistant principal at a school for troubled students has decided to retire early rather than fight allegations that she struck a student with a walkie-talkie and then tried to interfere with an investigation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share