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- 7 U.S. Senators have sent a letter to the CDC demanding transparency over PrEP patents: ‘We are deeply concerned’
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 07:02 PMSeven senators wrote a letter to two top health officials demanding answers regarding allegations that Gilead Sciences has gouged the prices of the HIV-prevention drug Truvada. The only approved drug for HIV prevention in a method known as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis medication), Truvada reduces...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man was allegedly living in ex-girlfriend’s attic for two weeks before he attacked her
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 12:39 PMA man who allegedly had been hiding in his ex-girlfriend’s attic for two weeks before attacking her faces burglary and unlawful restraint charges, cops said. Cary Cocuzzi, 31, was busted Saturday after authorities said they found him in the woman’s bedroom in her Pittsburgh home.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Cops: 3 drivers hit pedestrian who died and 2 of them haven't been found
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 10:30 AMThe morning he died, Frank Bryant was hit by a Mazda, a Honda and then a Buick, “all of which left the scene,” according to Broward Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Joy Oglesby.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Wish granted: After beating cancer, former Stoneman Douglas football player gets SUV makeover
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 09:45 AMAfter all that Joshua Rhodes has been through the past two years since being diagnosed with brain cancer, a little change was needed. The 18-year-old cancer survivor saw his 2006 Hummer H3 for the first time after the redo he had wished for from Make-A-Wish Southern Florida.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Can’t hold it for 3 hours? Here are the best times to take a pee break during 'Avengers: End Game'
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 09:35 AM“Avengers: Endgame” is three hours and one minute long, which makes one nervous about taking bathroom breaks at the worst possible time. So we did that for you (with as few spoilers as possible):
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Where's Jeopardy? NFL draft may block you from watching James Holzhauer.
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 09:15 AMJames Holzhauer would be a surefire top pick if you were holding a Jeopardy draft this week. But what happens when Jeopardy and the NFL draft fall at the same time and on the same channel?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump tweets, #MeToo scandal at Fort Lauderdale political art show ‘Ripped From the Headlines’
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 05:30 PMFive papier-mache mannequins – four women and one schoolgirl, with cloth gags tied around their mouths – sit on dining chairs at the entrance to the FAT Village Projects warehouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Art and soul: Artist poured his creativity into Wilton Manors home
Tuesday - 04/23/2019 - 05:20 PMA one-of-a-kind home in Wilton Manors owned by an upcycle artist and designer is in itself a work of art. Michael Jude Russo has poured his creativity into the 1,386-square-foot property, and is selling it with most of the sculptures and art on display in the house, studio and gardens.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Fantasy 5 ticket worth more than $200,000 bought in South Florida
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 04:40 AMA single ticket purchased in South Florida was the only one to match all the numbers drawn by the Florida Lottery in Wednesday night’s Fantasy 5 game and it’s worth more than $200,000.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Amendment 4: Florida House passes bill requiring ex-felons pay civil judgments before rights restored
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 08:00 PMTALLAHASSEE — In one of the most-divisive issues of the 2019 legislative session, the House on Wednesday approved a plan for carrying out a constitutional amendment designed to restore the voting rights of felons who have fulfilled the terms of their sentences.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Jussie Smollett scandal: 'Empire' cast inks letter supporting actor
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 11:10 AM"Empire" stars Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard are appealing to Fox for their embattled co-star Jussie Smollett to return for the show's sixth season. Henson, Howard, and the rest of the drama series' top cast, penned an April 19 letter to Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier, Disney TV Studios...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Get ready to play red light/green light to get on I-95
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 11:35 AMDrivers trying to get on Interstate 95 will have to stop on entrance ramps to go faster on the highway. Starting this summer, the state plans to turn on red light/green light signals near the ends of I-95 entrance ramps in Broward County as part of a five-year plan to add ramp signals to the 24...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - No Hurricanes expected to be drafted in first two rounds: Here's where UM players are expected to be selected
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 02:15 PMFor Gerald Willis III, there was a need to prove he was healthy. For Trayone Gray, to show he could move quickly, even with a frame larger than the typical running back.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Of the 21 announced Democratic presidential candidates, who do you support?
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 10:45 AMTo a lot of Democrats, former Vice President Joe Biden is an elder statesman warmly referred to as “Uncle Joe.” To President Donald Trump, he’s “Sleepy Joe.” For all of us, as of Thursday morning, he is the 21st Democrat to enter the 2020 presidential race.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Inside the NFL draft party process: How varying celebrations fit different players
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 07:25 PMFor prospective NFL stars, celebrating the success of getting drafted has to be done the right way. “It’s like 20 years of hard work that you put into it to play at the highest level,” said former Miami Dolphins cornerback Patrick Surtain, who was selected in the second round in 1998.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ask a real estate expert: Tell your buyer every little detail — or risk blowing the sale
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 07:00 AMQ: I just lost the sale of my house because our buyer learned we changed out a broken toilet without getting a permit from the city. I did not even know this was required.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Joe Biden enters the presidential race, testing whether his time has come — or come and gone
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 06:30 AMWhen Joe Biden ran for president for the first time, 30 years ago, the World Wide Web had not yet been invented. When he ran again 10 years ago, Twitter was in its infancy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Florida fisherman contracts flesh-eating bacteria; nearly loses arm
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 05:35 AMMike Walton thinks it was getting pricked by a fish hook — something that’s happened to him plenty of times before — that led to him contracting the rare and sometime deadly “flesh-eating” bacteria that nearly caused him to lose his arm.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 'I expect law enforcement to protect him,' mom says of son slammed by deputies
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 09:50 PMDelucca “Lucca” Rolle hasn’t returned to his freshman classes at J.P. Taravella High since a Broward Sheriff’s deputy slammed his head into the pavement on Thursday. “Soon,” his mother, Clintina Rolle, said softly.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ken Kercheval, who played the beleaguered Cliff on ‘Dallas,’ dies at 83
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 07:55 PMKen Kercheval, who played perennial punching bag Cliff Barnes to Larry Hagman’s scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on the hit TV series “Dallas,” has died at his home in Indiana.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Houston girl, 13, dies after beating by female classmates
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 04:12 PMA Houston middle school student died Wednesday morning, just days after she was jumped by three teenage girls, according to authorities and the young girl’s mother. Kashala Francis, 13, was heading home and only a block away from Attucks Middle School on Thursday, when she was jumped by two teenage...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NAACP, family attorney call for criminal charges against deputies in teen's arrest
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 11:35 AMA week after an unarmed black teen was forcefully arrested by white deputies, nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump and NAACP leaders called for criminal charges to be filed against the cops.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Twist & shout: 7 freebies for National Pretzel Day on Friday
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 08:30 AMEnjoy some hand-held happiness with free pretzels and drinks to celebrate National Pretzel Day on Friday, April 26. Here are seven deals to twist and shout about. Auntie Anne's Pretzels Use a QR code found at Auntieannes.com/national-pretzel-day to get a free original or cinnamon sugar pretzel...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bruce Springsteen new album 'Western Stars' out June 14 -- single dropping tonight
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 09:29 AMBruce Springsteen's long-promised solo album, "Western Stars," will finally be released on Columbia Records on June 14. The first single and video from it, "Hello Sunshine," will be released just after midnight ET tonight. According to the announcement, the album -- Springsteen's first new studio...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pulse memorial funding up in air amid state budget talks
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 09:25 AMTALLAHASSEE – Money for a memorial to honor victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub mass shooting in Orlando was included in budget talks late Wednesday night, one day after lawmakers zeroed out funding for the project.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Crash involving 18-wheeler and car closes stretch of U.S. 27 in west Broward
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 07:25 AMDrivers heading south on U.S. 27 through Pembroke Pines were being detoured off the highway at Pines Boulevard Thursday morning because of a crash involving a car and a tractor-trailer.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- A ‘Chris Smith Bridge’ on Broward Boulevard? Not so fast | Editorial
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 04:00 PMFlorida legislators like to name roads and bridges to honor the memory of prominent people or heroes, including each other. But this time, they’re going too far. The annual road-naming bill meandering its way through Tallahassee this session, SB 100, has a provision to name a bridge in Fort Lauderdale...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ex-cop Nouman Raja faces lengthy sentence in Corey Jones fatal shooting
Thursday - 04/25/2019 - 06:00 AMCorey Jones lived for 31 years before South Florida police officer Nouman Raja shot and killed the stranded motorist next to a highway exit-ramp. In a Palm Beach County courtroom Thursday, ex-cop Raja could be punished with a prison term that exceeds Jones’ lifespan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Royal Caribbean’s upgraded Bahamas island CocoCay about to open
Tuesday - 04/23/2019 - 04:19 PMRoyal Caribbean is ready to get its private Bahamas party started as the first visitors to the line’s upgraded private island CocoCay are about to arrive. Dubbed Perfect Day at CocoCay, the cruise line is investing $200 million into the destination that will soon open a 13-slide water park, zip...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man not guilty in retrial of Hard Rock parking lot sexual battery case
Wednesday - 04/24/2019 - 07:20 PMJames Amelio was convicted of sexual battery in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. On Wednesday, after a two-day retrial, he was a free man — a new jury found him not guilty of attacking a drunk woman in the “Lucky Street” parking garage at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near Hollywood.
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