How the church should help the rising number of people sleeping on the streets. Across the country, American cities are unsuccessfully grappling with how best to address homelessness. This month, Austin criminalized sitting, lying, or camping in public. Sausalito, an upscale community in the Bay Area canceled its annual art festival when its location conflicted with the proposed place to relocate the homeless population that is currently living on the city’s waterfront. Los Angeles is... Read More
Month: May 2021
Delivered Twice from Death in Lebanon, Retiree Keeps Serving After Explosion
From an orphanage to Beirut’s fanciest hotel to World Vision’s top ranks, Jean Bouchebel has seen how God does not forsake his church. When Jean Bouchebel retired at age 70, he was not ready to simply relax. Instead, he still works full time, and wakes at 2 a.m. for prayer and meditation. From an orphanage in Lebanon to leadership at World Vision, God’s faithfulness saved Bouchebel multiple times from death during the worst days of civil war. Through his service, thousands of... Read More
FAU should ‘ban the box’ and quit asking students about their arrest records, professors urge
Every Florida public university asks some variation of the question of criminal background, but not all state colleges do. In South Florida, Broward College, Miami-Dade College and Palm Beach State College do not, according to representatives from those schools. Students admitted to certain programs, such as paramedic or nursing programs at Palm Beach State College, for example, still would need to undergo a background check. ... Read More
Two dead, 10 missing after boat from Cuba overturns near Key West
“Our responders are focused on the search for survivors,” said Senior Chief Seth Haynes, Key West command center supervisor. “We will continue to search through the night for those reported missing, and if any mariners see or hear anything, to render assistance if possible and contact the Coast Guard.” ... Read More
Abortion funding in Illinois: From Medicaid to the Reproductive Health Act
In this July 30, 1965 file photo, President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicaid Bill into law while former President Harry S. Truman, right, observes during a ceremony at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo. At rear are Lady Bird Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and former first lady Bess Truman. When Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law, Americans 65 and older were the age group least likely to have health insurance. (Associated Press) ... Read More
Boy accused of killing Florida cheerleader stabbed her 114 times, now charged as adult: state attorney
Fucci, who went to school with her, was arrested a short time later thanks to surveillance video and DNA evidence, according to prosecutors. A knife that was found near the crime scene had the tip broken off, one of multiple signs of how violent the attack was, said R.J. Larizza, state attorney for Florida’s 7th Judicial District. ... Read More
Tech trade groups file suit against DeSantis’ Big Tech censorship law
“We are bringing this suit to safeguard the industry’s free speech right to deliver on their commitments to users to mitigate harmful content online,” CCIA president Matt Schruers said in a released statement. “By constraining digital services’ ability to fight bad actors online, this law threatens to make the Internet a safe space for criminals, miscreants, and foreign agents, putting Floridians at risk.” ... Read More
Body found in pickup truck in Deerfield Beach
At about 8:30 a.m., the Broward Sheriff’s Office received a call and deputies discovered a body inside a pickup truck in a parking lot in the 100 block of Lock Road. Homicide and crime scene units were both on the scene, according to a Broward Sheriff’s spokesman. ... Read More
Florida reports 2,338 new COVID cases and 86 more deaths
Palm Beach County: Test results for residents were reported , leading to a daily positivity rate of %. That’s from % the previous day. Broward County: Test results for residents were reported , leading to a daily positivity rate of %. That’s from % the previous day. Miami-Dade County: Test results for residents were reported , leading to a daily positivity rate of %. That’s from % the previous day. ... Read More
Florida Supreme Court upholds medical marijuana law
Previous court rulings that the license limits were unconstitutional “are based solely on a factual finding that the statutory caps have made medical marijuana unavailable, or insufficiently available, in this state and partly on a legal conclusion that the statutory caps are unreasonable in light of the amendment’s purpose,” the majority opinion, shared by Chief Justice Charles Canady and Justices John Couriel, Jamie Grosshans, Jorge Labarga, Carlos Muñiz and Ricky Polston, said. ... Read More