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RIDING THE BLUE WAVE
WASHINGTON – On Election Day, America chose diversity. The blue tsunami that swept Democrats back into power in Congress in the Nov. 3 midterm elections also carried to victory candidates with a diverse tapestry of racial, ethnic, religious and...
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NATURE ADVOCATES, TRIBES RESIST TRUMP’S PLAN TO EXPLOIT AND PROFIT FROM SHRINKING THE AMERICAN FRONTIER
Wild things occupied President Donald Trump’s attention last month as he crossed four time zones to a midterm campaign stump. h On Oct. 13, a day slated for a 3,400-mile trip to a rally in Alaska, the president posted three videos on social media. In...
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Change for good?
When paying for items at checkout, stores and restaurants in Florida are increasingly inviting customers to round up purchases to the nearest dollar to support charitable causes. Reddit commenter “Jessie Colt” of South Florida finds the practice,...
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More affordable?
Florida Realtors are cheering the passage of Amendment 3 to lower property taxes saying it will help make homes more affordable. But some experts warn the amendment, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, could raise costs in other ways if cities and...
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Florida remains red
The blue wave Democrats saw cresting Election Day across the country led to not much sea change in Florida, where Republicans continued their long domination of the state’s top offices. Democrats could claim some successes, holding on in some...
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‘HAZARDOUS’
A record amount of rain has swamped Palm Beach County over the past three days, where floodwaters reached waist-high in some areas. The overwhelming floodwaters sent people scrambling. It entered homes, stranded residents, stalled cars, closed parks...
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Ice suspected in crash
A married couple with two toddlers and a 20-year-old co-pilot from suburban Boca Raton were among the nine people killed when a Learjet 60 plane crashed near Greenacres on Nov. 1, their families confirmed. The small plane, bound for the Bahamas from...
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Stinger security
Federal officials have added another layer of protection to the secure area around President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach. And the move comes as a proposal to permanently lock down the airspace over Mar-a-Lago remains in the works. A...
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Vulnerabilities across deeply red states may paint Capitol Hill in a new coat of blue.
Democrats are expected to make significant gains in Congress, governors’ mansions and statehouses nationwide on Nov. 3, but how far and wide the so-called “blue wave” will reach remains uncertain. h In addition to expected wins in traditional...
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Big medical moves
Boston Children’s Hospital, one of the nation’s top pediatric hospitals, plans to open its first clinic outside the Boston area in downtown West Palm Beach. The hospital has signed a lease to open a specialty clinic in the 17-story Esperanté Corporate...
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Poll visit plans cause concern
BRIGHTON, CO – Josh Zygielbaum bristles at the idea that anyone would cheat in the election he’s overseeing. As Adams County’s elected clerk and recorder near Denver, Zygielbaum leads a small army of election workers managing the midterm election for...
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Scary prices
Florida consumers stocking up for Halloween this year are getting an unwelcome trick, not treat: rising candy prices on several popular brands, compared to last year, according to national reports. “The scariest thing Americans face this Halloween...
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Plan changes OK’d
West Palm Beach city commissioners gave initial approval to a plan to allow more development and taller buildings downtown, saying it will lead to a more walkable city center with more open space and middle-class housing. In a packed City Hall meeting...
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King tides flooding cities along Florida’s east coast
King tides overwhelmed sea walls and bubbled up through storm grates along Florida’s east coast Oct. 26, forcing road closures, traffic snarls and exasperated residents to either get their feet wet or turn away from the brackish onslaught. The normal...
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A GREEN DEAL
PopStroke, Tiger Woods’ family-friendly golf and dining venue, is trying to be friendlier to people’s wallets. The company recently rolled out new pricing deals for people aged 60 and above. For $100, seniors can play unlimited mini-golf all day and...
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VERGLADE CHAMPION OR ECOLOGICAL VILLAIN?
“... utterly failed and actively thwarted, at times, efforts to improve what makes Florida so special.”
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Not just a matter of risky behavior
Steven Hamilton was underwater in the jaws of a nearly 12-foot alligator when first responders arrived at a pond just 300 feet from the 71-year-old’s Winter Garden home. At 6 feet tall and 190 pounds, the fisherman wasn’t in the typical group of...
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Shopping shakeup
The Boynton Beach Mall is being sold and will close its doors in mid-January, marking the end of the 41year-old shopping center but the start of the property’s redevelopment into new homes and commercial space. On Oct. 19, a spokesperson for mall...
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Unprecedented challenges for a Florida grocery giant
As discount grocer Aldi and others peel away customers amid rising inflation, Florida’s largest grocery chain is facing unprecedented challenges. A prominent industry trade publication recently asked, “Has Publix lost its magic?” The consensus answer...
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Signs of discontent
WEST PALM BEACH – Fabiana Carrizales has voted twice for President Donald Trump since she became a U.S. citizen. On Oct. 17, however, she joined a “No Kings” protest in West Palm Beach, saying she’d had enough. Standing on the lawn outside the Target...
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3 New slice of life for longtime pizzeria
After two decades at Donald Ross Village, Sal’s Express has been transformed into The Pizza Connection, a remodeled Italian-American restaurant and pizzeria in Palm Beach Gardens. Owner Fabio Bartolotta remains at the helm, working with partner...
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‘Power imbalance’
A Palm Beach County attorney known for representing victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is representing two women accusing former Florida U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of operating a sex-trafficking venture to exploit young women for sex...
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‘I see no win here’
The Social Security Administration on Wednesday announced a 3.6% costof-living adjustment beginning in January 2027 that will be the fifth-largest increase in the past 35 years, directly benefiting 5.4 million Floridians. While that increase sounds...
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PBSO IDs man killed in shooting
The Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Office on Oct. 14 identified the man whom a deputy fatally shot following a vehicle chase on Interstate 95 connected to a pizza delivery robbery. Paramedics pronounced Gregory Dobkin, 51, of suburban West Palm Beach...
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Defense firms surge
South Florida is trending toward becoming a defense industry hub along the lines of Northern Virginia. Daniel Kahan, a lawyer who handles financial transactions for emerging companies, especially in the technology and defense sectors, believes that...
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‘WILDEST THING I HAVE EXPERIENCED’
Isaias did things hurricanes don't, hurling a ruin in the wrong place that snapped pines like pencils and pried sides and ceilings from homes that were opposite of the so-called dirty side of the hurricane. h Climatological tradition says areas east of...
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SPACE SOUVENIR
The custom-sewn white flight jacket with the NASA meatball logo used to fit over the shoulders of legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong while he trained to become the first man to walk on the moon. Fifty-seven years after NASA’s historic Apollo 11 lunar...
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RAPID CHANGES
“Especially with the businesses that are growing and moving here, the opportunities for the future are really endless. And, that is what we want to expose the educational group to: ‘Anything is possible, and it can be done right here in your own...
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‘It’s going to be a mess’
Hurricane Isaias will land a lopsided blow to Florida’s Panhandle with the worst of its pummeling leaning east and a storm surge that could drive 9 feet of saltwater into nearly 200 miles of porous coastline. The storm deepened to a Category 3...
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Vanderbilt West Palm campus moves ahead
Vanderbilt University now has raised $400 million for a West Palm Beach graduate school campus as it nears a $520 million goal for the downtown complex. The new fundraising level comes as the private, Nashville-based university has hired Natasha...
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‘Dangerous hurricane’
The season without a hurricane is ending with a forecast for a coiling Category 2 storm to form in the Gulf on a path toward the soft marshy and white sand belly of Mississippi to the Florida Panhandle. National Hurricane Center meteorologists...
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Change in terms
The Related Ross real estate firm will buy, rather than lease, prime land owned by Family Church in West Palm Beach for construction of the planned Edgeworth luxury condominium complex. A 2024 deal with the church consisted of a 99-year lease on 4.6...
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Do chatbots have free speech rights?
Are the ChatGPT outputs to the accused Florida State University shooter the “hazardous” outcome of a product — or is the information protected speech under the First Amendment? In a new court filing, ChatGPT owner OpenAI says it’s the...
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A troubled tower
A lender for the unfinished Mandarin Oriental condominium in Boca Raton will not be able to seize and sell collateral for the project’s $418 million loan, a New York state court ruled on Oct. 1. The decision puts on hold, for now, any potential that...
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WHAT WE DO Inside a NASA launch director’s biggest decision
Applesauce. That’s what Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A smelled like after a space shuttle launch, according to Mike Leinbach, a longtime shuttle-era launch director. The smell, he said, came from the residual fuel of the solid rocket boosters. He...
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Billionaires shape FL higher ed, business
Ken Griffin and Stephen Ross are doubling down on higher education in South Florida in a bid to make the region a leader in business, technology and innovation. On Sept. 30, Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh announced plans to build a new...
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‘He acted selflessly and courageously’
The fatal shooting of a West Palm Beach minister early on Sept. 27 may have been a case of mistaken identity, according to the arrest report of the man facing murder charges. The alleged assailant, Hugh Milner Jr., thought his ex-girlfriend was in a...
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STAYING ALIVE
Once praised as the right way to build and run a passenger rail line in the U.S., with nearly $1 billion in taxfunded help, Brightline is now saddled with billions of dollars in debt and seeking to give its Miami-to-Orlando service to creditors willing...
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‘Good for county’
Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday, Sept. 29, approved an agreement with Related Ross to develop an 18-story, 400-room hotel next to the County Convention Center in West Palm Beach. The vote was 6-1, with Commissioner Gregg Weiss casting the...
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Weekend nor’easter brings ocean swells, strong waves
Palm Beach County saw fierce, choppy waves at its beaches over the weekend. The rough surf battered the shore as the air felt noticeably cooler for the first time this fall season, even dipping into the low 70s. A cold front blew through Sept. 25, and...
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‘I thought I was dying’
Clare was blue, her blood losing oxygen as her heart stuttered then stalled. Her husband, Aaron, was barely conscious, his face bleeding into a puddle near his head, trying but unable to move. Moments earlier they were walking. Her arm was around his...
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Our Sunday refresh offers more local news and sports, as well as “Weekend Exclusive” content to help you navigate your lives. So enjoy your Sunday reading filled with stories that will inspire, educate, inform and entertain you.
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Brightline files for bankruptcy
Brightline insisted trains will keep rolling a day after filing for bankruptcy restructuring. The parent company and affiliates of Brightline, whose Miami-to-Orlando line includes stops in West Palm Beach and Boca Raton, began what the company said...
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Trump seeks trade win during Xi visit
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Sept. 24 for a state summit expected to be heavy on symbolism but light on substance, with both leaders keen to showcase stable ties despite a deep...
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Trump on Venezuela: To victor goes the oil
President Donald Trump boasted at the United Nations that to the “victor belong the spoils” in touting what he called a record-setting oil deal with Venezuela’s ruling regime. The president’s comments come as the already slow pace of a democratic...
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Publix BOGO vs. Walmart, Aldi
Publix’s BOGO specials are a big draw for Florida’s largest grocery chain, but do they really save you money versus shopping elsewhere? USA TODAY Network-Florida on Sept. 16 and 17 compared prices of 10 Buy One, Get One Free items at Publix to prices...
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Camp David-like golf retreat mulled
Palm Beach County has directed its staff to explore an offer from President Donald Trump to build a Camp David-like retreat at Trump International Golf Club. The details of the offer, first disclosed by The Palm Beach Post, remain sparse, but the...
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Citrus CRISIS
Citrus greening, a pandemic blamed for killing over 90% of Florida’s citrus production, has gained a foothold across all major citrus-producing states in the United States — Florida, California, Texas and, most recently, Arizona. Editor’s note:In...
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INDEX
History ................. 12A InFocus ................. 14A Sunshine Living ...... 17A Local ......................... 33A Sports .......................... 1B Weekend Exclusive... 1D Business ...................... 1E Accent...
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Study: FL grocery shoppers pay more than most states
As consumer prices continue to climb, a new report recently ranked grocery prices in Florida among the highest in the country. The report by Self Financial compared prices of the same 30 essential grocery items at Walmart stores in all 50 states, as...
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Housed in squalor
The men of Alligator Alcatraz lived in the equivalent of cages, drinking dirty water out of dirty cups and eating food stored at temperatures that let it spoil. They lived with 30 men crammed into quarters built for 11. They bathed in bug-infested...
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Fed raises rates for first time in 3 years
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve policymakers responded to stubborn inflation by opting to raise their benchmark short-term interest rates for the first time in three years on Sept. 16, just days after President Donald Trump said the United States should...
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USPS mail ballot changes blocked
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 14 declined to let the U.S. Postal Service tighten the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections that will decide control of Congress. The ruling was a loss for President Donald Trump,...
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How to save as gas rises
Gasoline prices have topped $4 per gallon in Florida and are higher than that at many stations across Palm Beach County, consistently one of the most expensive markets for fuel in the state. Florida gas prices spiked recently to $4.07 a gallon on...
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Expert: ‘Plenty of blame’ in deadly Amazon plane crash
More than a week after an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport, slamming into two vehicles, killing five people and injuring another five, people are still questioning how this happened. Officials with the National...
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WHAT WE DO Divided nation?
It’s been about a year since Frank Cerabino, The Palm Beach Post’s longtime columnist, decided to retire from the paper and pick up his pickleball paddle full time. Frank entertained, educated, poked and prodded Palm Beach County readers for 34 years....
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Etched in memory
NEW YORK – As the United States marked 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Americans across the country gathered to honor the nearly 3,000 people who perished and reflect on the day that forever changed the nation. A quarter-century...
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THEY NEVER FORGET
In memoriam See the names of the 2,977 victims of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Inside Palm Beach police chief, a 9/11 responder, shares story for first time. The World Trade Center billows with smoke after hijackers crashed planes into the north...
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NYC releases 9/11 air quality data, records
NEW YORK – Shortly before the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, New York City’s law department has released reams of data and records about the air quality on and after Sept. 11, 2001. About 170,000 pages of records are now accessible...
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Official hails deal
Palm Beach County Administrator Joe Abruzzo will ask commissioners this month to approve a deal with Related Ross to develop a second convention center hotel in downtown West Palm Beach, a project that he and Related Ross say could generate as much as...
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Texan captures crown
WEST PALM BEACH — Miss Texas is now Miss America. Regan Hutsell won the 2027 crown on Sept. 6 during a ceremony at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, capping a week of competition featuring contestants from all of the 50...
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Outbreak shows health system under strain
YPSILANTI, MI – During the height of the summer outbreak of cyclosporiasis, Dea Lancaster set aside her usual duties as nurse coordinator at Michigan’s Washtenaw County Health Department to call patients, asking about their symptoms and tracing the...
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REMEMBERING SEPT. 11, 2001
Sometimes when I’m about to go to bed, I do one last flip through the TV channels to make sure I didn’t miss anything I may need to know for my job the next day. When I stumble across a show about Pearl Harbor, I always pause. The grainy...
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Journalist, feminist icon Steinem dies
Civil rights activist and journalist Gloria Steinem died Sept. 2, at age 92, according to her official Instagram page. Steinem “passed away peacefully at her home in New York City, surrounded by some of the many who loved her,” the post read....
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Woods convicted of lesser charges
STUART — Tiger Woods’ driver’s license was suspended for five years and he will pay $1,500 in fines in a plea agreement made at a hearing Sept. 2 at the Martin County Courthouse. Woods, 50, was charged with DUI following a crash on Jupiter Island on...
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Weighing options
Two more old condominium complexes along the West Palm Beach waterfront could be purchased by real estate developers wanting to tear them down and rebuild new luxury high-rise residential towers on their sites. The bulk purchase offers come as the...
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Iran’s leader says he still wants talks to end the war
DUBAI – Iran is still seeking a negotiated solution to its conflict with the United States, President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Aug. 31, a day after the two countries resumed hostilities for the first time since late July, driving oil prices up more...
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Florida’s economy reshapes election
Florida’s affordability problems are top talking points for candidates up and down the ballot from both parties – with property insurance and taxes the chief targets. But the state’s cost of living woes run much deeper. For many Floridians, home...
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AIrrIvALs
It’s got a new name. So, what’s next for President Donald J. Trump International Airport? Fifth in a five-part series.
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Dems make use of grand jury leak
Sensing a political opening, Florida Democrats pounced after a leaked grand jury report concluded that the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis misused $10 million in taxpayer money from a Medicaid settlement intended for needy children’s...
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Donalds picks Avila as his running mate
MIAMI – Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds’ choice of Cuban-American state Sen. Bryan Avila as a running mate defines the GOP attack in the stretch run to November’s general election, while shoring up the South Florida bulwark that served...
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Global forecasters track potential tropical storms
Amid the peak of hurricane season, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center were tracking nine different storms and potential storms early Aug. 24, including seven in the Pacific Ocean and two in the Atlantic Ocean. In Hawaii, residents won a...
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Florida home sales stay on hot streak
There’s encouraging news for those looking to sell homes in Florida — provided they keep things in perspective. For the 11th month in a row, Florida Realtors in July sold more homes than they did a year ago. On the whole, those homes also sold for...
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