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Live state semifinal high school football scoreboard

State semifinals 6A West Boca Raton 14, Miami Southridge 11 5A St. Thomas Aquinas 16, Bradenton Manatee 13 4A American Heritage 38, St. Augustine 28 1A Clearwater Central Catholic 22, Cardinal Newman 21 Chaminade-Madonna 35, Jacksonville Trinity Christian 6 State championship games At Pitbull Stadium, FIU, Miami Wednesday 1A Chaminade-Madonna vs. Clearwater Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m. Thursday 5A St. Thomas Aquinas vs. Niceville-Lakeland winner, 7:30 Friday, Dec. 13 6A West Boca Raton vs.... Read More

TV funnyman Conan O’Brien is tapped to host next Oscars

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press  NEW YORK (AP) — A year after turning to comedian Jimmy Kimmel to host their big show, the Academy Awards will pivot to another familiar TV funnyman — Conan O’Brien. “America demanded it and now it’s happening: Taco Bell’s new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I’m hosting the Oscars,” O’Brien said in a statement Friday. It will be his first time as Oscar host, but he’s emceed other high-profile awards shows, like the Emmy Awards... Read More

Panthers stay red-hot, roll past Predators 6-2 for 6th consecutive victory

By TIM REYNOLDS SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Carter Verhaeghe had two goals and an assist, Aleksander Barkov had three assists for the second time in less than a week and the Florida Panthers beat the Nashville Predators 6-2 on Thursday night for their sixth straight victory. Sam Reinhart got his 11th of the season and pushed his goals streak to five games for the Panthers, who got a goal and an assist from Matthew Tkachuk and two assists from Uvis Balinskis. Tomas Nosek also scored for... Read More

USF men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim dies at 43

By FRED GOODALL TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — South Florida coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, who led the Bulls to the American Athletic Conference’s regular-season championship a year ago, has died, the school announced Thursday. He was 43. The school said he died from complications that presented while he was undergoing a procedure at a Tampa-area hospital. “He was authentic, driven, and his infectious personality captivated all of Bulls Nation,” USF athletic director Michael Kelly said. “Coach... Read More

Forsling scores in overtime, Panthers top Golden Knights 4-3

By COLBY GUY SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Gustav Forsling got the winning goal with 16.2 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Florida Panthers defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Saturday night. Sam Reinhart scored a goal and added two assists for the Panthers, who won a matchup of the last two Stanley Cup champions. Sam Bennett and Eetu Luostarinen also scored for Florida, which got 23 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky. Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist for Vegas, which got goals from... Read More

When the Elder Calls—From Outer Space

Billy Adkison, 91, spent his life farming in East Texas; he never wanted to go to outer space. “I don’t want to be higher than pulling corn and lower than digging taters,” he told CT. All the same, he has watched the skies from his yard to catch a glimpse of the International Space Station passing by—“like a big old star,” he said. Adkison wanted to keep an eye on one of his church elders, astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore, whose weeklong trip to space has been extended to eight... Read More

The Bible Doesn’t Fit an Information Age

This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. I recommended the Gospel of Mark to an unbeliever. He read it and found it “creepy.” That’s exactly the response I wanted. This young man is probably an atheist or an agnostic but has lived in such a secular environment that he doesn’t seem to think of himself in such terms, any more than you would introduce yourself as “non-cannibalistic” or “anti-horse-theft.” He wanted, though, to try to... Read More

The Gettys’ Modern Hymn Movement Has Theological Pull

The success of “In Christ Alone” established Keith Getty as one of the leading songwriters in what he refers to as the modern hymn movement. The popular breakout song—which has remained on Christian Copyright Licensing International’s Top 100 list for over 15 years—has come to represent the musical priorities and values of Getty Music, the organization founded by Getty and his wife and collaborator Kristyn. Their team has since developed 38 of the 500 most-used songs in US and UK... Read More

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson died at his home in Maui, Hawaii on Saturday, family spokeswoman Ebie McFarland said in an email. He was 88. McFarland said Kristofferson died peacefully, surrounded by his family. No cause was given. He was 88. Starting in the late 1960s, the Brownsville, Texas native wrote such classics standards as... Read More