A growing number of children are being seriously injured or killed while riding e-bikes and other electrified two-wheelers, prompting officials in several states to explore an unusual response: prosecuting parents. In Southern California, one district attorney’s office has opened more than two dozen investigations into parents, with charges already filed against four. Among them is … Read more
A restaurant sitting along the water in Lantana has been serving customers since 1889, making it one of the oldest waterfront dining establishments anywhere in Florida — and after more than a century in business, it’s a single dessert that keeps drawing people back. Located at 300 E Ocean Ave, the restaurant has expanded steadily … Read more
A Chinese restaurant that has quietly become a fixture of South Florida dining is celebrating an achievement few establishments in the industry ever reach — six full decades in business, spanning four generations of one family. Wan’s Mandarin House, now situated at 664 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale, kicked off a five-day anniversary celebration … Read more
Downtown Delray Beach is preparing for its biggest dining celebration of the year, as more than 50 local restaurants, cafés, and eateries gear up to offer special promotions throughout September as part of the city’s eleventh annual Restaurant Month. Running from September 1 through September 30, the month-long event is organized by the area’s downtown … Read more
MIAMI, Florida — For decades, the Hard Rock Cafe on Miami’s Bayside Marketplace was one of those places you just knew. Tourists posed for photos outside it. Families made it a tradition. It was loud, fun, and unmistakably Florida. On August 19, it closes for good. Key West said goodbye first The losses actually started … Read more
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida — A Caribbean restaurant was shut down by state inspectors last month after they found live roaches crawling in the kitchen and a string of conditions that raised immediate health concerns. Foodeyez Caribbean, located at 6268 West Sample Road, was ordered to close on July 30 following an inspection by the Florida … Read more
ROSEVILLE, California — Most people turning 100 would be happy with a cake and a party. Ruby McNally wanted the sky. On Thursday, the Roseville great-grandmother strapped into a harness, boarded a plane, and jumped out of it — tandem skydiving over the city of Davis to mark her 100th birthday. “If you slow down, … Read more
HOLLYWOOD, Florida — Andrea Santos was in the middle of her shift when something made her check her phone. What she saw on her Ring camera stopped her cold. “I looked on my Ring camera. I’m like, ‘Oh my god, where’s that coming from?’ Then it just clicked, and I just ran out of work,” … Read more
ACTON, Massachusetts — A father called police because he could not reach anyone at home. What officers found when they arrived would devastate an entire community. Two people were dead inside a quiet house in Acton — a mother and her teenage son. And the family’s other son, 17-year-old Arjun Aravind, was nowhere to be … Read more
WORCESTER, Massachusetts — A 6-year-old girl can point to every single place the fox got her. The bandages, cuts, and stitches were still fresh when Janessa Pagan-Williams described the moment the animal lunged at her on Jones Street Wednesday evening. She was riding a friend’s bike in the backyard when it happened. “It looked at … Read more