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Florida’s AI boom could drain its most vital ecosystem | Opinion
8+ hour, 43+ min ago (654+ words) Two futures of artificial intelligence are unfolding in South Florida. In one, scientists use machine learning to forecast water levels, detect crop diseases, and guide restoration efforts in the Everglades. AI is helping researchers understand complex environmental systems, improve water…...
Republican congressional candidates align themselves with Trump, promise to oust Moskowitz in primary debate
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1153+ words) Four Republican candidates fought to position themselves Saturday as the most viable contender to unseat Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz in a newly crafted congressional district that has become a hotly contested swing seat. Throughout the primary debate, held as part…...
The man who set a Virginia city council member on fire gets 40 years in prison
2+ week, 4+ day ago (184+ words) Shotsie Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty in April to one count each of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the July 30, 2025, attack on Lee Vogler. Witnesses said Buck-Hayes walked into Vogler’s Danville office with a bucket of gasoline, doused him,…...
America’s 250th birthday: Native Americans reflect on complex history
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1105+ words) A century of broken treaties already had spawned distrust of the federal government, and widespread forced assimilation was accelerating. With shifting cultural and social circumstances came declining populations. Survival was hanging in the balance. Renowned for their masterful beadwork, Lakota…...
Trump, Kirk road bills sent to DeSantis
3+ week, 6+ day ago (231+ words) A bill to designate a road in Miami-Dade County after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and name a road in Broward County after President Donald Trump is now on the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis. The measure (HB 33) was among…...
Admin dates make to-do lists a reason to get together with friends
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (932+ words) “You can have both — getting things done and connecting with people,” Thema Bryant, a Pepperdine University psychology professor and past president of the American Psychological Association, said. “At the gym, if I’m taking a group exercise class, I’m less likely…...
More money, more problems for Sheriff Tony | Editorial
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (519+ words) Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony was not in the room. But “the elephant” was. The sheriff once again wants massively more money that he did last year, but two stark differences this year make Tony’s request far more precarious. First, Tony…...
‘It was therapeutic’: Boy reunites with off-duty paramedics who rescued him from drowning
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (394+ words) Tyonne Nelson was celebrating his birthday with family at a Lauderdale-by-the-Sea resort last month when tragedy nearly struck in an instant. Nelson, of Miami Gardens, had spent an hour at the beach near the Plunge Beach Resort with his 5-year-old…...
Suspect faces 5 years in disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (24+ words) The only person ever charged in the unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay is set to be sentenced in federal court....
Judge sides with Arizona election official in ruling that has implications for midterms voting
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (529+ words) The decision could have broad implications in one of the nation’s most prominent battleground states, which will have several high-profile races this fall. Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, has been roiled by election conspiracy theorists ever since President Donald Trump…...