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Palin, Murkowski highlight Alaska’s 2 elections on Tuesday
Alaska voters get their first shot at using ranked voting in a statewide race Tuesday in a special U.S. House election in which Sarah Palin seeks a return to elected

Illegal border crossings fall in July but remain high
Migrants were stopped fewer times at the U.S. border with Mexico in July than in June, authorities said Monday, a second straight monthly decline. Flows were still unusually high, particularly

Miami-Dade police officer shot, suspect dead after shooting in Miami
An officer with the Miami-Dade County Police Department was shot on Monday night in Miami. Local 10 News has learned that the officer is with MDPD’s Robbery Intervention Detail. The

Trump Org. CFO expected to plead guilty in NY tax case
Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief is expected to plead guilty as soon as Thursday in a tax evasion case that is the only criminal prosecution to arise from a long-running

Giuliani targeted in criminal probe of 2020 election
Rudy Giuliani is a target of the criminal investigation into possible illegal attempts by then-President Donald Trump and others to interfere in the 2020 general election in Georgia, prosecutors informed

Buffett’s firm buys more Apple, Amazon while betting on oil
Warren Buffett’s company bet more on high-tech darling Apple and e-commerce giant Amazon during the second quarter, while also investing billions in old-school oil producers Occidental Petroleum and Chevron. Berkshire

Surgeon amputates part of boy’s leg after shark attack while snorkeling in Florida Keys
A shark recently attacked 11-year-old Jameson Reeder, Jr., in the Florida Keys and he and his family need help. Jameson was snorkeling when a shark attacked him. A surgeon had
Guided technology reaches hard-to-treat cancers
Technology is improving precision when it comes to treating tumors, especially in sensitive areas like the abdomen. Specialists at The Miami Cancer Institute, which is part of Baptist Health South

Back-to-school countdown: Here is how Fort Lauderdale High prepares
At Fort Lauderdale High School, dozens of teachers in bright tie-dye T-Shirts were preparing on Monday to welcome back more than 2,000 students to their classroom desks on Tuesday. Erin

Kenya’s Ruto declared president after last-minute chaos
In a chaotic announcement that could foreshadow a court challenge, Kenya’s electoral commission chairman on Monday declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the country’s close presidential race over
Back-to-school countdown: Broward superintendent celebrates hiring gains
With just hours away from the first day of the 2022-23 school year, Broward County Public Schools employees were preparing on Monday for students to return to classrooms on Tuesday

Starbucks asks labor board to halt union votes temporarily
Starbucks on Monday asked the National Labor Relations Board to temporarily suspend all union elections at its U.S. stores, citing allegations from a board employee that regional NLRB officials improperly

Putin vows to expand arms trade with Russia’s allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to expand military cooperation with the country’s allies, noting that Moscow is ready to offer them its most advanced weapons. Speaking at the

Rock icon Melissa Etheridge announces solo off-Broadway show
Rocker Melissa Etheridge has found a new stage: The Grammy- and Oscar-winner will unveil a solo show mixing her music and stories off-Broadway. “Melissa Etheridge: My Window – A Journey

British regulator 1st to OK Moderna’s updated COVID booster
British drug regulators have become the first in the world to authorize an updated version of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine that aims to protect against the original virus and the omicron

Florida gas prices fall for 9th week; average fill-up costs nearly $20 less than in mid-June
Florida gas prices fell for the ninth consecutive week last week, dropping 14 cents per gallon, AAA reported Monday. Gas prices in the Sunshine State have now fallen a total

Lawyers appeal Griner’s Russian prison sentence
Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner on Monday filed an appeal against her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported Monday. Griner, a center for

Malaysia ex-PM begins final bid to toss out graft conviction
Malaysia’s top court Monday began hearing a final appeal by former Prime Minister Najib Razak to toss out his graft conviction linked to the massive looting of the 1Malaysia Development

PM Modi pledges to make India developed country in 25 years
The prime minister on Monday pledged to work with vigor to turn poverty-ridden India into a developed country in the next 25 years. Wearing a flowing, cream-colored turban printed with

Asian shares mixed after China cuts key rate, Japan GDP up
Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday after China’s central bank cut a key interest rate and Japan reported its economy expanded at a faster pace in the last quarter.

New Zealand river’s personhood status offers hope to Māori
The Whanganui River is surging into the ocean, fattened from days of winter rain and yellowed from the earth and clay that has collapsed into its sides. Logs and debris

US Congress members meet Taiwan leader amid China anger
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen met Monday with a delegation of U.S. Congress members in a further sign of support among American lawmakers for the self-governing island that China claims as

Strike four: Facebook misses election misinfo in Brazil ads
Facebook failed to detect blatant election-related misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil’s 2022 election, a new report from Global Witness has found, continuing a pattern of not catching material that
Lightning strike may have caused fire that consumed several North Lauderdale townhomes
A possible lightning strike sparked a fire at several North Lauderdale townhomes. It happened Saturday afternoon near the intersection of Rock Island Road and Northwest 62nd Street. Two units were
Pedestrian injured after being hit by car near busy Davie intersection
Authorities are investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Broward County. It happened Saturday night at the busy intersection of Griffin Road and State Road 7 in
Drone flying above Fort Lauderdale Beach observes sharks moving close to swimmers
A Local 10 News viewer captured some startling images with their drone off Fort Lauderdale Beach. In the video, multiple sharks can be seen swimming not far from the shore.

Fire at Cairo Coptic church kills 41, including 10 children
A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at

Flash flood warning issued for northern Broward County
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning on Sunday afternoon as rain moved into Broward County. The warning is for northern Broward County. According to the NHC, there

Ship carrying grain for hungry Ethiopia leaves Ukraine
A United Nations-chartered ship loaded with 23,000 metric tons of Ukrainian grain destined for Ethiopia set sail Sunday from a Black Sea port, the first shipment of its kind in

Fireworks blast at Yerevan market kills 1, injures 51
A strong explosion at a fireworks storage area tore through a popular market in Armenia’s capital on Sunday, killing at least one person, injuring 51 others and setting off a

Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ agent says
Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture
Woman dead, officer injured following police-involved crash in Coconut Creek
The Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating a fatal officer involved crash involving a Coconut Creek police officer. The crash occurred shortly before 4 a.m. near the intersection

Mexico president to bypass congress to keep army in streets
Mexico’s president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of the National Guard to the army, a move that could extend the military’s control over policing

Iraqi judiciary says it has no powers to dissolve parliament
Iraq’s top judicial body said Sunday it doesn’t have the authority to dissolve the country’s parliament, days after an influential Shiite cleric gave it one week to dismiss the legislature

Brief scuffles slow tallying in Kenya’s close election
Kenya’s peaceful presidential election saw a brief disruption late Saturday when riot police responded to scuffles at the national tallying center amid tensions over the close results. An agent for

High oil prices help Saudi Aramco earn $88B in first half
Saudi energy company Aramco said Sunday its profits jumped 90% in the second quarter compared to the same time last year, helping its half-year earnings reach nearly $88 billion. The

Josh Green wins Hawaii’s Democratic primary for governor
Hawaii’s Lt. Gov. Josh Green on Saturday won the Democratic primary to be the state’s next governor after a hard-fought race against U.S. Rep. Kaiali’i Kahele and former Hawaii first
Dog dies after apartment complex catches fire in southwest Miami-Dade
Miami Dade Fire Rescue units responding to a Saturday evening fire. Cell phone video from drivers captured the bright orange flames, shooting from an apartment along the 13- thousand block

8 Israelis wounded in Jerusalem shooting
A gunman opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem’s Old City early Sunday, wounding eight Israelis in a suspected Palestinian attack that came a week after violence flared up between

Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime goal of raising taxes on wealthy investors, received nearly $1 million over the past year from private equity
Hundreds drive from Hialeah to Palm Beach to support Trump after FBI search
Hundreds of people departed a Hialeah Publix headed to Palm Beach in a caravan showing support for former President Donald Trump Saturday in the wake of federal agents executing a

Former Deutsche Bank Co-CEO Anshu Jain dies
Anshu Jain, a former co-CEO of Deutsche Bank, has died, his family said in a statement Saturday. He was 59. Jain died after a battle with duodenal cancer, which he

Florida duo arrested in murder of girl, 3, with multiple ‘cuts, burns, and injuries’
Police in west central Florida arrested a man and woman accused of murdering a 3-year-old girl in their care, inflicting gruesome injuries all over her body. Citing St. Petersburg police,

Russian shelling heavy in east; Ukraine strikes key bridge
Russia’s military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, claiming gains, as Ukrainian forces pressed a counteroffensive to try to take back an occupied southern region, striking the last working bridge

3 newborn lion cubs a rare joyous sight in war-scarred Gaza
Three day-old lion cubs were on display Saturday in a cardboard box at a Gaza City zoo, a rare joyous sight for children and adults alike, just days after Israeli

LAPD ends investigation into Anne Heche car crash
The Los Angeles Police Department has ended its investigation into Anne Heche’s car accident, when the actor crashed into a Los Angeles home on Aug. 5. Heche is brain dead

Conspiracies complicate voting machine debate in Louisiana
The need for Louisiana to replace its voting machines is not in dispute. They are badly outdated — deployed in 2006, the year after Hurricane Katrina struck — and do

Shippers prepare for worst as Rhine levels near critical low
Shipping companies prepared to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany’s biggest river neared a critically low point Saturday. An ongoing drought affecting much

R Kelly accuser to give key testimony on trial-fixing charge
R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago that starts Monday is in many ways a do-over of his 2008 state child pornography trial, at which jurors acquitted the singer on charges

Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear?
A major economic bill headed to the president has “game-changing” incentives for the nuclear energy industry, experts say, and those tax credits are even more substantial if a facility is

Italy’s Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought
Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country’s largest lake, to near its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water

Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet
Iranians reacted with praise and worry Saturday over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing
Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the

COVID-19 infections decline in Florida; risk of infection is high
As of Saturday morning, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that all of the counties in Florida were at high risk of COVID-19 infection except for Glades,

1 of 4 suspects in XXXTentacion’s murder accepts plea deal to testify
A Broward County murder suspect accepted a deal to testify against his three co-defendants in the 2018 murder of Jahseh Onfroy, better known as 20-year-old rapper XXXTentacion. Robert Allen pleaded

2 injured during shooting in Davie, police say
Police officers found two injured after a shooting on Friday night in Davie. According to Detective Peter Patton, police officers responded to a home along Southwest 58 Terrace near 36

Another business owner accuses Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo of misusing power
Another business owner accuses Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo of misusing his power. Esther Alonso doesn’t want the city to turn Virginia Key — enjoyed by nature lovers who rented paddle

Detectives find 2 dead in parked car at resort in Fort Lauderdale
Detectives were investigating how two people ended up dead in a parked car on Friday in Fort Lauderdale. According to Casey Liening, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department,

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the

Judds asks court to seal report of death investigation
The family of country singer Naomi Judd filed an amended court petition Friday to seal police reports and recordings made during the investigation into her death. The family filed the

Inflation Reduction Act may have little impact on inflation
With inflation raging near its highest level in four decades, the House on Friday gave final approval to President Joe Biden’s landmark Inflation Reduction Act. Its title raises a tantalizing

See the warrant: FBI seized ‘top secret’ documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
The FBI recovered documents that were labeled “top secret” from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, according to court papers released Friday after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that

Large wildfire burning amid drought on Hawaii’s Big Island
A large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii’s Big Island is not threatening any homes, but high winds and extremely dry conditions are making it difficult for crews to

Montenegro gunman kills 11 on the street; police kill him
A man in Montenegro went on a shooting rampage Friday, killing 11 people on the streets of a city before being shot dead, Montenegro state TV reported, quoting police sources.

Deputies search for 14-year-old boy last seen in Weston
A 14-year-old boy was reported missing after he was last seen Thursday afternoon in Weston, authorities confirmed on Friday. According to Broward Sheriff’s Office spokesman Carey Codd, Chase Perrotta was

Dems near congressional passage of climate, health package
Democrats pushed their flagship climate change and health care bill toward House passage Friday, placing President Joe Biden on the brink of a back-from-the-dead triumph on his leading domestic goals

The Trump home search: Push to unseal warrant used by FBI
Former President Donald Trump has called for the “immediate” release of the federal warrant the FBI used to search his Florida estate, hours after the Justice Department had asked a

86-year-old man reported missing in west Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade police are searching for an elderly man who hasn’t been seen since Wednesday. According to police, Borges Diaz, 86, was last seen Wednesday, leaving his home in the area

Deputies: Florida woman livestreamed drowning her chihuahua
A Florida woman is accused of a very disturbing case of animal cruelty. Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey says Erica Black, 32, drowned her chihuahua in a backyard pool last October.

Suspect extradited to Miami following fiery crash in North Bay Village that killed mother, daughters
A 24-year-old man who was arrested last month in North Carolina following a fatal crash that happened in North Bay Village was extradited to Miami Thursday. Julius Bernstein faces charges

Kenya media council: ‘No one’ asked to stop election tallies
The head of Kenya’s government-created media council says local media outlets haven’t been asked to stop their counting of presidential election results after observers noticed a dramatic slowdown in reporting

Grain ship to dock in Ukraine, leave for Africa
Thrown between hope and despair, expectations were raised Friday that the first U.N. grain transport ship could soon be leaving Ukraine for Africa while more Russian shelling struck the east

China’s Huawei says sales down but new ventures growing
Chinese tech giant Huawei said Friday its revenue fell in the first half of 2022 but new ventures in autos and other industries helped to offset a decline in smartphone

Asian shares mixed after new signs of cooling inflation
Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after a muddled day on Wall Street, where benchmarks meandered following another encouraging report about inflation. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 surged 2.6%, catching up on

European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops
Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish cover the wide trench that winds amid rows of trees in France’s Burgundy region in what

In Biden’s big bill: Climate, health care, deficit reduction
The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax

South Korea to pardon Samsung’s Lee, other corporate giants
South Korea’s president will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president as part of a massive corruption scandal that toppled her

Man arrested for beating up dog to death in Broward
Police officers arrested a 28-year-old man on Thursday after he was accused of beating up Jack, an eight-month-old American pit bull terrier, to death in Broward County. Daniel Lamont Gray,

Child injured during hit-and-run crash in Broward
Detectives are investigating a hit-and-run crash that left a child injured on Thursday afternoon in Broward County. According to Gerdy St. Louis, a spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies

Armed man killed after trying to breach FBI office, standoff
An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office on Thursday was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene and engaged

Broward County Public Schools prepares buses for next school year
Akaya Giles was preparing to start driving students to and from public school starting on Monday in Broward County. Giles, who described herself as a “rookie,” got into a school

Buried as numbers, more of Bucha’s victims are laid to rest
With graves marked only with numbers, not names, burial services were held Thursday for 11 more unidentified bodies found in Bucha, the town outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv that

J&J COVID vaccine factory forced to trash even more doses
About 135 million more doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory will have to be destroyed due to quality problems, Congressional panel leaders said Thursday.

Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling was expected to lead to abortion

Big climate bill; Spending green bucks to boost green energy
After decades of inaction in the face of escalating natural disasters and sustained global warming, Congress hopes to make clean energy so cheap in all aspects of life that it’s
‘We train so that we don’t get it wrong’: BSO deputies train for school shooting
As students prepare to go back to school, Broward County deputies trained for the worst-case scenario Thursday, holding an active shooter simulation at Deerfield Beach High School. “We looked at

Homestead woman arrested after emaciated dog found tied to tree with no food, water
A Homestead woman is facing an animal cruelty charge after officials found an emaciated dog tied to a tree outside her home with no food or water Wednesday morning, according

US wholesale inflation fell in July for 1st time in 2 years
Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy’s inflationary pressures

Woman accused of robbing man of luxury watches, cash in Fort Lauderdale found in Nevada
A 23-year-old woman has been arrested months after she allegedly robbed a Fort Lauderdale man of his luxury watches, iPhone and cash, authorities said. The robbery occurred June 10 at

Brazil manifestos seek to rein in Bolsonaro before election
Brazilians poured into the University of Sao Paulo’s law school to hear a manifesto denouncing the brutal military dictatorship and calling for a prompt return of the rule of law.

Breyer, Gorsuch join to promote education about Constitution
Recently retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has become the honorary co-chairman of a nonpartisan group devoted to education about the Constitution, joining Justice Neil Gorsuch at a time of
Ex-Hollywood cop’s battery trial to continue in two weeks after unexpected setbacks
The battery trial for a former Hollywood police officer who is accused of hitting a handcuffed suspect resumed Wednesday. The trial was supposed to only last a few days, but

Firefighters combat major wildfire in southwestern France
More than 1,000 firefighters were struggling Thursday to contain a major wildfire which has burned a large area of pine forest in southwestern France, in a region that was already

Germany: Pressure grows on Scholz over tax scam ties
Germany’s main opposition party has called on Chancellor Olaf Scholz to explain his role in a large-scale tax evasion scam while he was mayor of Hamburg. Scholz has been dogged

Trump’s bond with GOP deepens after primary wins, FBI search
Donald Trump ‘s pick for governor in the swing state of Wisconsin easily defeated a favorite of the Republican establishment. In Connecticut, the state that launched the Bush family and

Asian shares track Wall Street gains on cooling inflation
Shares advanced Thursday in Asia after benchmarks closed at three-month highs on Wall Street as investors cheered a report showing inflation cooled more than expected in July. Hong Kong, Shanghai

Blinken in Rwanda to discuss Congo tensions, human rights
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Rwanda, the last stop on his three-nation tour of Africa where he has articulated Washington’s new strategy for engaging with sub-Saharan African

Cancellation of Atlanta festival sparks new fight over guns
Tens of thousands of Music Midtown festivalgoers are no longer going to descend on Atlanta’s massive Piedmont Park next month to cheer on hip-hop star Future or watch beloved rock

Life gradually returns a year after fire chars Sierra Nevada
The flames fade away. Firefighters extinguish the last embers. A final curl of smoke uncoils in the wind. A wildfire in the California wilderness has come to an end, and

Officer, police dog injured in crash that causes major backups on Florida Turnpike
The northbound lanes of the Florida Turnpike were blocked in southwest Miami-Dade on Wednesday afternoon because of a crash involving a Miami-Dade K-9 officer. Police said the crash happened shortly

Joe Arpaio loses 3rd comeback bid in town mayoral race
Joe Arpaio, the 90-year-old former Arizona sheriff who was a once powerful figure in Republican politics but was ousted nearly six years ago amid frustration over his headline-grabbing tactics and

FBI’s Wray denounces threats following search of Trump home
The director of the FBI had strong words Wednesday for supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the wake of his agency’s search of