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Find out the average price of home insurance in your county, and how much it increased since 2022

By Ron Hurtibise | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel First, some good news for insurance consumers in South Florida: The average annual cost to insure a single-family home increased at a lower percentage rate in Broward and Miami-Dade counties than in Florida’s other 65 counties, according to data released by the state. Homeowners along Florida’s Gulf Coast and […]

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Beyoncé wins album of the year at the 2025 Grammys for ‘Cowboy Carter’

The Recording Academy has reformatted its award show to benefit to help wildfire victims By Associated Press | [email protected] By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé has won album of the year for “Cowboy Carter” at the 2025 Grammys, delivering her — at last — the show’s elusive top award. The superstar, who is

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Black History Month in South Florida: Parades, festivals, art & music

By Kari Barnett | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel UPDATED: February 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM EST February is Black History Month, and South Florida is honoring the occasion with a variety of activities that salute the accomplishments of Black Americans. Whether you choose to enjoy a parade or festival, watch music and dance performances, or explore art exhibits,

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Torey Alston hired as Broward College president

By Scott Travis | South Florida Sun Sentinel UPDATED: January 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM EST Torey Alston, who has served in a number of high-ranking positions with local and state government agencies, will become the next president of Broward College. The Board of Trustees unanimously chose Alston over one other finalist, Jose Llontop, a financial administrator for

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A ‘huge demand’: 162 new apartments planned near Fort Lauderdale’s Sistrunk Boulevard

 By Lisa J. Huriash | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel UPDATED: January 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM EST A community of 162 new apartments is proposed to rise off Fort Lauderdale’s Sistrunk Boulevard — aiming to help address “a huge demand” for residences. The new community, Village of the Arts, is proposed as mixed-use development on a 1.67-acre

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New property insurer approved for Florida, plans 81,040 Citizens takeouts

By Ron Hurtibise | [email protected] | South Florida Sun Sentinel UPDATED: January 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM EST Another new property insurer has been approved by Florida regulators to offer coverage in the state — the 11th since the Legislature enacted reforms to shore up insurers’ bottom lines. Mangrove Property Insurance, based in St. Petersburg, was approved on Jan.

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Elon Musk chooses Miami for Neuralink brain-implant research

Elon Musk’s Neuralink company makes devices that link the human brain to computers, focusing on giving people with quadriplegia or paralysis the ability to control computers and devices with their thoughts. The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Miami will be the second U.S. site to

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