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Three people were displaced from their Deerfield Beach home after it was damaged by smoke from a fire on Sunday morning. Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue crews responded at about 6 a.m. to a 911 call about a house fire at 181 SW 2nd Court, according to a news release from the agency. Firefighters arrived to find smoke and flames visible from the front of the home, the release said. “Crews initiated an aggressive fire attack, stretching hose lines and making entry to quickly locate and extinguish the fire, which was concentrated near the front entry,” it added. About 35 firefighters...

By DAN GELSTON CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Lionel Messi got a rise out of the crowd when he scored on a free kick late in the second half to pull Inter Miami within one and Telasco Segovia tied the game in the final minutes, helping Inter Miami rally from a two-goal deficit to tie the Philadelphia Union 3-3 on Saturday night. Messi, the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner and 2022 World Cup champion, scored a crucial goal in his first game since he challenged Inter Miami during a rare television interview to stick together after a loss against Orlando. They stuck together down the stretch to stun the...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fire Department says authorities are responding to injuries after ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge.

Denis Arndt, a former helicopter pilot whose acting career reached its zenith when he made his Broadway debut at age 77 in the comedy “Heisenberg” and earned a Tony Award nomination, died March 25 at his home in Ashland, Oregon. He was 86. His wife, Magee Downey, confirmed the death. She said the specific cause was not known. Arndt built his reputation as a stage actor at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the 1970s and ’80s. He later became a familiar face on television series like “L.A. Law” and “Picket Fences” and played one of the detectives who interrogate Sharon Stone in a famous...

Billy Cypress, who was the longest-serving Chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, has died. He spent decades advocating for tribal sovereignty and environmental protection of their land. Cypress was first elected to the Miccosukee Business Council in 1973, serving for over a decade before being elected Chairman. He held the office for over 26 years. The Miccosukee Tribe announced that Cypress died on Feb. 28 at age 74. To read the full report, click here for miamiherald.com

By TIM REYNOLDS SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nate Schmidt and Carter Verhaeghe had third-period goals, Anton Lundell had a goal and two assists and the Florida Panthers topped the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Thursday night. Uvis Balinskis also scored for Florida, which jumped Toronto for first in the Atlantic Division. Leon Draisaitl scored his 44th goal for the Oilers, who also got goals from Brett Kulak and Zach Hyman. It was Edmonton’s first time on the Panthers’ ice since June 24, when Florida topped the Oilers 2-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Panthers won the clubs’ first meeting earlier...

By TIM REYNOLDS SUNRISE — Matthew Tkachuk scored for a sixth consecutive game and added two assists, sparking a four-goal second period that lifted the Florida Panthers to a 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist while Sam Bennett, Gustav Forsling and Anton Lundell also scored for the Panthers, who got 26 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky to win for the fifth time in their last six games. Brady Tkachuk scored for Ottawa, which got 43 saves from Linus Ullmark. It was the third time the Tkachuk brothers — soon to be USA Hockey teammates in the...

A passenger plane carrying 181 people on board crashed while landing in an airport in southwestern South Korea on Sunday, killing at least 23 people, officials said. The passenger plane operated by South Korea’s Jeju Air was landing in Muan International Airport when it veered off the runway, local fire department officials said. They found 23 bodies and were transporting them to local hospitals, said Lee Seong-sil, a Muan Fire Department official. “We are trying to find more casualties,” he said. This article originally appeared in The New York Times.