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Crews extinguish boat fire off coast of Hollywood Beach; no injuries reported

WSVN 7News 11/3 6:50A Kathleen Ditton

Crews have extinguished a boat fire that broke out off the coast of Hollywood Beach. Hollywood Fire Rescue, Broward Sheriff s Office Fire Rescue and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue...

Hay bales used for Halloween decorations catch fire at Pembroke Park mobile home; no injuries

WSVN 7News 11/3 6:12A Rubén Rosario

Flames sparked at a mobile home in Pembroke Park. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze near 31st Street and Hallandale Beach Boulevard, Monday...

Nearly 1 week after Melissa struck Jamaica, AIDS Healthcare Foundation is sending pallets of hope...

WSVN 7News 11/3 5:33A Rubén Rosario

Nearly one week after Hurricane Melissa swept across the Caribbean, nonprofit organizations continue to fill pallets with supplies to be flown from South Florida to...

Months before FIFA World Cup lights up Hard Rock Stadium, the spotlight falls on local small...

WSVN 7News 11/3 4:53A Rubén Rosario

Before the World Cup is presented to the winning team next summer, small businesses have a chance to score their own way. Months away from the FIFA World Cup lights up Hard...

‘We have to be locked in’: North Broward Prep’s girls volleyball team poised to vie for state title

WSVN 7News 11/3 3:18A Rubén Rosario

A South Florida high school volleyball team is on track toward a state title, and their head coach said laserlike focus, drive and a young star player are key to their...

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Broward schools end ‘Smart Bond’ program as a new referendum is considered

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/31 2:50A Scott Travis

The SMART Bond program, a school renovation effort that became a symbol of waste and mismanagement for the Broward School District, is coming to an end — at least by name. The...

New College of Florida may be first to sign Trump’s university pledge

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/29 11:00P Lucy Marques

New College of Florida may soon be the first public university in the country to sign President Donald Trump’s higher education agreement. The compact offers preferential tax...

DeSantis wants Florida universities to ‘pull the plug’ on H-1B staff from foreign countries

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/29 5:03A Steven Walker

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wants to pull the plug on H-1B visas at state universities , arguing the program meant to recruit top talent from foreign countries wrongly...

Florida’s ‘anti-communism’ curriculum criticized as ‘propaganda’ by experts

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/27 11:00P Steven Walker

Florida could soon be teaching students about the dangers and evils of communism under proposed new academic standards that some argue amount to propaganda and wrongly aim to...

Florida historian Jim Clark, UCF lecturer and journalist, has died

Florida Education News-South Florida Sun Sentinel 10/27 7:51A Dewayne Bevil

Jim Clark , a UCF senior lecturer, author, historian, political commentator and longtime Orlando Sentinel journalist, has died after a heart attack at his home in Orlando. He...

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Off The Hook Set to Make Lafayette Debut This December

Restaurant News 11/3 7:56A RestaurantNews.com

Fast-casual favorite brings job opportunities and Louisiana flavors to brand-new market Lafayette, LA  ( RestaurantNews.com )  Off The Hook Restaurants , the quick-casual...

Angry Chickz Lights Up Victorville with Its Signature Spice

Restaurant News 11/3 7:08A RestaurantNews.com

California-born brand opens its 30th in-state location and 33rd systemwide Victorville, CA  ( RestaurantNews.com )  The wait is over, Victorville. Angry Chickz , the...

Rock N’ Roll Sushi Pumps Up the Jams in Sikeston

Restaurant News 11/3 6:30A RestaurantNews.com

Rapidly-growing American-style sushi concept increases Show-Me State footprint Sikeston, MO  ( RestaurantNews.com )  The strings are tuned, levels are checked and the mic is...

This is How We Dozen! Krispy Kreme Expands Everyday Menu, Offering Fans More Variety and ‘More Ways...

Restaurant News 11/3 5:28A RestaurantNews.com

Krispy Kreme adds nine new flavors in growing everyday menu to 16 from 10 doughnuts R&B singer, songwriter, producer and Grammy winner Montell Jordan helps celebrate by...

La Poubelle North Beach: Life is a Cabaret

MIAbites 11/3 1:33A Ellen Bowen

North Beach on Miami Beach has always been the mostly residential antithesis to South Beach . Yes, there is the Bandshell and Cuban restaurant, Sazon and across the street Argentinian, Manolo. Locals...

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Dolphins trade Jaelan Phillips to Philadelphia Eagles

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/3 12:58A Chris Perkins

MIAMI GARDENS — The Dolphins traded outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday morning in exchange for a third-round pick, the Sun Sentinel has...

Hurricanes’ Mario Cristobal explains heated discussion with Shannon Dawson

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/3 12:23A Adam Lichtenstein

Miami fans were not the only ones who were frustrated during the Hurricanes loss to SMU. ESPN cameras caught offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson yelling and gesturing at head...

ASK IRA: Is Pelle Larsson playing himself into a rotation role even when Heat are whole?

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/2 11:05P Ira Winderman

Q: Ira, I ve got the answer to all the Heat s problems, so hear me out: transplant Pelle Larsson s heart into Kel el Ware. Pelle leaves it all out there, as he did against the...

How Erik Spoelstra found his scoring savant and fueled the Heat’s offensive eruption

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/2 3:00A Ira Winderman

LOS ANGELES — Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has spent a career collecting people, or at least picking their brains. When Chip Kelly was reinventing college football with...

Dolphins midseason report card: Grades are terrible, same as the 2-7 start

Latest Florida Sports Headlines Sun Sentinel 11/2 2:30A Chris Perkins

MIAMI GARDENS — It was one year ago that the Dolphins checked in with a 2-6 record at the time of their midseason report card . Predictably, the grades weren’t good. The...

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Cross Post: The Organic Science and Research Investment Act: What It Is and How It Benefits All...

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 10/29 7:22A Laura Zaks

Cover crop experiment at Rogers Farm Forage and Crop Research Facility in Orono, Maine. Photo credit: Reana Kovalcik. Editor’s Note: This blog post was written by Gordon Merrick, Policy Program...

The No-Bake Bars I’m Making for Halloween

Love and Lemons 10/29 2:23A Phoebe Moore (L L Recipe Develop

In our house, Halloween has suddenly become a Very Big Deal. Before Jack and I were parents, we barely did anything for the holiday. On a good year, I’d maybe put on the same...

Apple Cider Sangria

Love and Lemons 10/28 3:45A Jeanine Donofrio

This apple cider sangria recipe is my new favorite cocktail for fall entertaining! It s my family s favorite too—they liked it so much the first time I served it that I made...

Easy Sugar Cookies

Love and Lemons 10/26 2:48A Jeanine Donofrio

Hands up if you love soft and chewy sugar cookies! If you have your hand raised, this sugar cookie recipe is for you. Adapted from my snickerdoodle recipe, it yields sugar...

USDA Staffing Crisis: Eroding Capacity Within the Foreign Agricultural Service

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 10/24 3:41A Rebecca Schewe

Grain ship Desert Eagle in Elliott Bay, Seattle “I believe public service is my calling… The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) hasn’t received much coverage in the media, but they do important work...

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