South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- Last known person born in the 19th century dies in Japan at age of 117
Saturday - 04/21/2018 - 10:35 PMThe world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai in southern Japan, town official Susumu Yoshiyuki confirmed.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Queen Elizabeth II attends pop concert for 92nd birthday
Saturday - 04/21/2018 - 05:35 PMQueen Elizabeth II celebrated her 92nd birthday with a Saturday night concert in London featuring British singers such as Sting, Tom Jones and Jamie Cullum. Kylie Minogue, Shaggy and Craig David also were set to perform for the "Queen's Birthday Party" at Royal Albert Hall.Elizabeth — the world's...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 4 former presidents among hundreds at Barbara Bush's funeral
Saturday - 04/21/2018 - 12:40 PMFour former presidents joined ambassadors, sports stars and hundreds of other mourners on a gray, rainy day Saturday at the private funeral for Barbara Bush, filling the nation's largest Episcopal church a day after more than 6,000 people paid their respects to the woman known by many as "America's...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bikini-clad women sought in fraud probe
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 10:50 PMTwo women were wearing bikini tops while shopping with a stolen credit at the Boynton Beach Mall, authorities say. Now the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is looking for them in connection to a fraud investigation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Guns and alcohol: Ex vice mayor of Ocean Ridge turns down plea deals, heading to trial in shooting incident
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 07:10 PMLate one night in the seaside town of Ocean Ridge, sounds of gunfire suddenly interrupted the quiet. Three local officers hurried to investigate the 911 calls, eyeing a few homes as the possible source of the shots.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Owner of Chit Chat’s Bar was woman found dead in Pompano Beach home, cops say
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 06:30 PMSherry Palmer, who was the popular owner of Chit Chat’s bar in Pompano Beach, was the woman whose decomposed body was found Tuesday by deputies searching her home. Also in the house: Patrick Palmer, 51, her husband and bar chef who was found unconscious on the bloody floor.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Assisted living home owner arrested on elder abuse charges
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 05:00 PMThe operator of a West Palm Beach assisted living facility has been arrested on charges of elder abuse. Bhoodram Parsaram, 52, of Wellington, has been accused of leaving residents overnight unattended and restrained at BP Assisted Living Facility at 1174 Wynnewood Drive.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- E. coli outbreak warning expands to all romaine lettuce
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 05:23 PMPublic health officials are now telling consumers to avoid all types of romaine lettuce because of an E. coli outbreak linked to the vegetable that has spread to at least 16 states and sickened at least 60 people, including eight inmates at an Alaska prison.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Artist, DJ and producer Avicii dead at 28
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 03:02 PMAvicii, the Grammy-nominated electronic dance DJ who performed sold-out concerts for feverish fans around the world and also had massive success on U.S. pop radio, died Friday. He was 28.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Cops identify man shot dead while calling 911 about an intruder
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 10:35 AMPolice say Bradley Neal Parker, 61, is the Plantation man who was shot dead after calling 911 to report someone was inside his apartment. The shooting happened about 2:30 a.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Hyde: Heat turnovers, missed free throws miss real issue — 76ers are flat-out better | Commentary
Saturday - 04/21/2018 - 08:10 PMThere was the theory the Miami Heat missed too many foul shots, the theory they still need more from Hassan Whiteside, and the theory they lost Game 4 on Saturday after breaking down defensively on two season-bending Philadelphia 76ers possessions.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Verne Troyer, best known as Mini-Me in ‘Austin Powers,’ dead at 49
Saturday - 04/21/2018 - 05:45 PMVerne Troyer, the actor best known for portraying Mini-Me in the “Austin Powers” trilogy, has died. He was 49. The actor struggled for years with alcoholism, as well as depression, according to a post on his Instagram account Saturday confirming his death.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- PHOTOS: Las Olas Wine and Food Festival
Saturday - 04/21/2018 - 08:05 AMThe 23rd annual Las Olas Wine and Food Festival, “five blocks of sips and samples” in downtown Fort Lauderdale, with more than 50 South Florida restaurants and dozens of national wineries.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Killer clown case subject of '48 Hours' investigation
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 10:10 PMThe saga of Wellington's 28-year-old killer clown case will be the subject of Saturday’s edition of “48 Hours.” The May 1990 death of Marlene Warren — who was shot in the face on her Wellington doorstep at the hands of someone disguised as a clown — went cold for decades.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Columbine 19 years later: How far have we come?
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 07:00 PMThirteen killed. 24 wounded. Those numbers still haunt Columbine. On April 20, 1999, two teenage gunmen walked into the high school in Littleton, Colo., firing nearly 200 rounds in what remains one of the deadliest school shootings in the nation’s history.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Despite warnings, Floridians seem more than ready to cut their own taxes
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 04:40 PMWith worries that a pair of constitutional amendments on the ballot in November will have the combined effect of blowing a hole in county and state budgets, we asked readers whether they were prepared to turn down opportunities to increase the homestead exemption by $25,000 and make it hard for...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - SunTrust says ex-worker may have stolen data on 1.5 million clients
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 04:52 PMSunTrust Banks Inc. says accounts for 1.5 million clients could be compromised following a potential case of data theft. The Atlanta bank said Friday that a former employee may have stolen the data and an investigation is ongoing.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Deputies launch 'no confidence' vote in Sheriff Scott Israel
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 03:55 PMUpset with Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, members of a union of rank-and-file deputies will vote electronically over the next week on whether they have faith in his leadership. The so-called “no confidence” vote, slated to begin tonight, is a first for the office.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Two deputies slain at Florida restaurant: 'We may never have an answer'
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 03:09 PMInvestigators in Florida say they may never know why a man - a recluse from a rural farm community who rarely ventured into town - killed two sheriff's deputies while they sat in a Chinese restaurant.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 'Smallville' actress arrested in sex trafficking in 'guru to stars' case
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 03:33 PMFederal prosecutors say a television actress best known for playing a young Superman's close friend has been charged with sex trafficking for helping recruit women to be slaves of a man who sold himself as a self-improvement guru.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ripped tire treads, old keys and scrap make eye-catching art on Earth Day
Saturday - 04/21/2018 - 08:05 PMYou’ve never looked at trash quite like this. One beach noodle, four plastic beach buckets, 20 fishing gloves, 200 flip-flop sandals and 250 plastic straws drew gaggles of gawkers throughout the day, doing selfies and Instagramming away.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 76ers grind down Heat 106-102, series deficit now 3-1
Saturday - 04/21/2018 - 05:15 PMThis is what a talent deficit looks like in the NBA. It eventually wears you down after relentless grinding of your own. The Miami Heat again came out full of fight and fury in Saturday's Game 4 of this opening-round playoff series.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- #NeverAgain movement needs more young voters signing up to succeed | Editorial
Saturday - 04/21/2018 - 09:30 AMParkland student activists who’ve inspired the nation with their #neveragain movement need help turning their youthful passion into new voters for sensible gun laws. The legions of young new voters expected to spring from the student-led marches, walkouts and demonstrations have yet to appear.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Broward judge accused of bullying frail defendant, who later died
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 09:55 PMA Broward judge is under fire after she repeatedly snapped at a frail inmate who later died at her Lauderhill home. Circuit Court Judge Merrilee Ehrlich, who was first elected in 2008, presided over first appearance court last weekend, setting preliminary bail amounts for the most recently arrested...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Landlord's cyberstalking via Craiglist sex ads was 'evil,' judge says
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 05:45 PMMen showed up at her home and her job at all hours of the day and night, thinking she had posted Craigslist ads to summon them for sexual encounters. Disturbing emails laced with pornographic images flooded her inbox.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ted Deutch's challenger shows some political fundraising muscle
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 04:40 PMJavier Manjarres is showing some financial strength in his effort to unseat congressman Ted Deutch – a sign the race could be the best funded challenge since Deutch was first elected in 2010.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- For parents of Carmen Schentrup, constant reminders of the daughter they lost at Stoneman Douglas
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 06:05 PMTwo months after losing their daughter Carmen Schentrup in the Stoneman Douglas massacre, April and Phil Schentrup talk about grief, moving forward and what they've done with the $5,628.84 she had in her savings account.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bison on the loose in Tallahassee — because it's Friday in Florida
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 03:10 PMThere’s a bison on the loose in Tallahassee — because, you know, it’s Friday and this is Florida. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office first tweeted about the roaming bison early Friday afternoon, and the agency was having a little fun with its man, er, bisonhunt.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Target and Walmart offer new free services as Amazon ends Whole Foods digital coupons | Doreen's Deals
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 10:05 AMShopping on Amazon may be convenient, but Target and Walmart are still very much in the retail horse race, offering trendy new services in stores. Target is expanding Drive Up, a free service that brings online orders of merchandise (not groceries, unfortunately) out to customers' cars.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Video game champ Billy Mitchell fighting back after being stripped of record scores
Friday - 04/20/2018 - 04:15 PMSouth Florida’s Billy Mitchell, once declared the Video Game Player of the Century, is now facing the ultimate test of his skills: salvaging his reputation. Twin Galaxies, competitive gaming’s governing body, found him guilty of cheating.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share