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Keys Sanctuary To Unveil 'Restoration Blueprint'

It's been more than 20 years since the last comprehensive plan to manage the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

New School Year Brings Focus On Security And Mental Health

New Exhibit At The Boca Raton Museum Of Art Honors Women Astronomers And Scientists

For Many Venezuelan Asylum Seekers, This South Florida Ballet School Is A Lifeline

By Lily Oppenheimer • 21 minutes ago

Thousands of Venezuelans seeking political asylum continue to live in South Florida as a bill that would grant them Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, stalls in Congress. The U.S. House attempted to fast-track the bill to pass last month, but those efforts ultimately failed before the Senate left for a six-week break.

NYPD Fires Daniel Pantaleo, Who Used Banned Chokehold On Eric Garner Before His Death

By Bobby Allyn • 1 hour ago

Updated at 2:35 p.m. ET

New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced Monday that the police department is terminating the officer involved in the fatal 2014 altercation with Eric Garner, ending a five-year battle over the officer's status.

Officer Daniel Pantaleo used a chokehold on Garner, which is banned by the city's police department, O'Neill said.

Florida's Iconic Palm Trees Threatened By Invasive Disease

By Associated Press • 5 hours ago

Florida's iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill.

Spread by a rice-sized, plant-hopping insect, lethal bronzing has gone from a small infestation on Florida's Gulf Coast to a nearly statewide problem in just over a decade. Tens of thousands of palm trees have died from the bacterial disease, and the pace of its spread is increasing, adding to environmental woes of a state already struggling to save its other arboreal icon, citrus trees, from two other diseases.

South Florida Republican Congressman Brian Mast Predicts Washington Will Pass Meaningful Gun Laws

By ANTHONY MAN • 9 hours ago

John McCall / South Florida Sun Sentinel

U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, who once had an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association, says Congress should — and will — pass new gun restrictions in the aftermath of the most recent mass shootings, in El Paso and Dayton.

The South Florida Republican said universal background checks would become law. And, he said, restrictions on assault weapons could pass also.

“One of the changes is that you see a lot more [Republican] representatives from across the country ... that are stepping out in ways they didn’t previously step out,” Mast said. “I’m glad to see them doing that.”

Parts Of Lauderhill Told To Boil Water After FPL Breaks Water Main

By David Fleshler • 9 hours ago

Boil-water notice issued for Lauderhill areas.

A boil-water notice was issued Sunday evening for parts of Lauderhill after Florida Power & Light Co. broke a water main.

Covered by the notice are the following areas: 2351-2551 NW 41st Avenue, 26th Street from State Road 7 to Northwest 42nd Avenue, and 2439-2701 State Road 7.

Amid A Brewing Royal Scandal, Prince Andrew Distances Himself From Epstein

By Scott Neuman • 9 hours ago

Updated at 10 a.m. ET

A day after a British tabloid published video purporting to show Prince Andrew seeing off a young woman at financier Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan mansion in 2010, Buckingham Palace released a statement saying the Duke of York is "appalled" by reports of "Epstein's alleged crimes."

Assault Weapons Definition In Crosshairs As Economists Evaluate Proposed Constitutional Amendment

By Blaise Gainey • 9 hours ago

Earlier this month the state’s financial impact estimating group struggled to define certain portions of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban assault weapons. Friday the group met again, and this time they invited the petition sponsor to help clarify portions of the proposal.

How Much Hotter Are The Oceans? The Answer Begins With A Bucket

By Rebecca Hersher • 10 hours ago

If you want to know what climate change will look like, you need to know what Earth's climate looked like in the past — what air temperatures were like, for example, and what ocean currents and sea levels were doing. You need to know what polar ice caps and glaciers were up to and, crucially, how hot the oceans were.