Could Florida curb parades with drag performers? Here’s what a new bill proposes.

A bill under consideration in Florida’s Legislature could curb gay pride parades in public places statewide if such events were deemed to be “lewd” and children were watching, say gay advocates who worry about the proposal’s chilling effect. But state Sen. Clay Yarborough, a Republican from Jacksonville, says the proposal is about protecting children from watching performances only meant for adults. “When we see things, we cannot unsee them,” he... Read More

Abortion funding groups urge Florida lawmakers to allow public money for travel

Florida’s abortion funding organizations held an advocacy day in Tallahassee Wednesday urging lawmakers to support women who need to travel out of state for procedures. The Florida Senate passed a bill on Monday that bans abortion after six weeks and also prohibits state agencies, cities, counties or universities from spending money for woman to travel to another state to receive abortion care. Advertisement The city of St. Petersburg has proposed an allocation of $50,000 for the... Read More

Delray Beach man who worked at credit union accused of using job to defraud account holders

State officers arrested a Delray Beach resident Tuesday, over a year after he allegedly used his job at a Pensacola-area credit union to defraud more than three dozen account holders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Johnathan Coleman Jr., 28, worked at the Navy Federal Credit Union for about two months and, in a 37-day span from July to August of 2021, defrauded a total of 38 credit union members by accessing their accounts and funneling that information to someone who posed as the... Read More

Suburban greed at Florida’s largest homeowners’ association should spur HOA changes | Opinion

After years of “mafia” allegations, fee hikes of 300%-400% and, eventually, the arrests of board members for allegedly stealing $2 million, the largest homeowners’ association in Florida did what seemed … Click to Continue » ... Read More

FAU, FIU join Florida universities banning TikTok, other social media apps on campus and from school-owned devices

College students across Florida tried to open their TikToks Wednesday, only to find that they could no longer load the app. Many state universities, including Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton and Florida International in Miami, have officially banned TikTok from their campus WiFi networks and university-owned devices to comply with an emergency amendment passed by the Florida Board of Governors last week. Advertisement The universities so far with bans include Florida Atlantic... Read More

Have you seen Aailyah Quince? 15-year-old has been missing for days from Pompano Beach

A 15-year-old girl who disappeared from Pompano Beach has been missing for nearly a week, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Around 6:45 a.m. March 30, Aailyah Quince was last … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Seven-Hour Oratorio Sings the Gospel of Mark Word for Word

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear: “The KJV actually sang quite well.” When composer Christopher Tyler Nickel set out to create an oratorio of Mark’s gospel, he made an ambitious decision to set not just the narrative but the whole text to music, word for word. The resulting work is an expansive, seven-hour musical. Nickel’s composition leads the listener through Mark’s account of Jesus’ ministry, sculpting and shading the story through the use of... Read More