General Daily Insight for July 30, 2025 Scabs must be left alone to heal. The wounded healer Chiron enters its retrograde period in fiery Aries today, tempting us to reopen old wounds and potentially create deeper ones after a period of healing. As loving Venus enters protective Cancer at 11:57 pm EDT, we’re reminded that people can’t ruin what they don’t know about. Only the most trusted and understanding people in our lives should be given the privilege of knowing our innermost... Read More
8.8-magnitude earthquake sends tsunami into coasts of Russia, Japan and Alaska
By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific. No substantial damage has been reported so far, but authorities warned people away from shorelines and said the risk could last more than a day. Ports on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia near the 8.8 magnitude quake’s epicenter flooded as residents fled inland, and frothy, white waves washed up to... Read More
UCLA reaches $6 million settlement with Jewish students and professor over campus protests
By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press The University of California, Los Angeles, reached a $6 million settlement with three Jewish students and a Jewish professor whose suit against the university argued it violated their civil rights by allowing pro-Palestinian protesters in 2024 to block their access to classes and other areas on campus. The settlement comes nearly a year after a preliminary injunction was issued, marking the first time a U.S. judge had ruled against a university over their... Read More
Ex-NBA player Marcus Morris to go free after paying $291K to resolve casino debts
Former NBA player Marcus Morris repaid the debt that landed him in a Broward jail cell and is about to go free, a Nevada prosecutor confirmed late Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Morris was ordered held without bond to give the Clark County District Attorney’s Office time to arrange for his extradition to Nevada. The gossip site TMZ reported that he owed a total of $265,000 to a pair of Las Vegas casinos. “We received a wire transfer in the amount of $291,750 resolving the debt,” said Cal... Read More
Trump administration wants Harvard to pay far more than Columbia as part of settlement
By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pressing for a deal with Harvard University that would require the Ivy League school to pay far more than the $200 million fine agreed to by Columbia University to resolve multiple federal investigations, according to two people familiar with the matter. Harvard would be expected to pay hundreds of millions of dollars as part of any settlement to end investigations into antisemitism at its campus, said the... Read More
Trump EPA moves to repeal landmark finding that allows climate regulation
By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule rescinds a 2009 declaration that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. The “endangerment finding” is the legal underpinning... Read More
Morning Update: South Florida’s top stories for Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
Here are the top stories for Tuesday, July 29, 2025. Get the weather forecast for today here. SUBSCRIBE NOW: Get our free Morning Update email. Sign up here. Spirit again shrinking pilot roster, this time with 270 furloughs, 140 captain demotions Seven people taken to hospital after small plane crashes in Palm Beach County Company that rescued Floridians from strife-torn Haiti claims state hasn’t paid At least 5 people, including a police officer, killed in a Manhattan office... Read More
Daily Horoscope for July 29, 2025
General Daily Insight for July 29, 2025 Balance may be easy come, easy go today! With the easygoing Moon entering harmony-driven Libra today at 1:43 am EDT, balance seems as though it’s being restored. We might breathe a sigh of relief. However, a curveball is coming in the form of Luna disagreeing with stubborn Saturn, pulling us back into stressful situations we thought we had left behind. Another twist arrives as the Moon faces off with confusing Neptune as well, making it hard to know... Read More
States file lawsuit against Trump administration over efforts to collect SNAP recipients’ data
By KIMBERLY KINDY, Associated Press Washington (AP) — A coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s demand that their states turn over personal data of people enrolled in a federally funded food assistance program, fearing the information will be used to aid mass deportations. The data demand comes as the Trump administration has sought to collect private information on mostly lower-income people who may be in the country... Read More
Court restricts who can bring voting rights challenges in a case involving voters with disabilities
By GARY FIELDS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Monday ruled that private individuals and organizations cannot bring voting rights cases under a section of the law that allows others to assist voters who are blind, disabled or unable to read. It’s the latest ruling from the St. Louis-based 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, saying only the government can bring lawsuits alleging violations of the Voting Rights Act. The findings upend decades of precedent and... Read More