Art Acevedo’s time in Miami is over. Commissioners vote to fire police chief

Miami commissioners on Thursday officially fired Police Chief Art Acevedo, a brash and outspoken personality who clashed with his fellow cops, elected officials and other city administrators during the shortest … Click to Continue » ... Read More

School district under fire for using Scientology group’s human rights program

A Scientology-funded group, known as Youth for Human Rights, has been training Broward teachers with its curriculum for more than a decade, the district said. The group is now sponsoring a video contest, backed and promoted by the school district, which gives Broward students a chance to win up to $1,000 for creating a public service announcement that promotes human rights. ... Read More

Report says Parkland mass shooter Cruz will plead guilty; still faces possible death penalty

Nikolas Cruz plans to plead guilty Friday to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, WSVN-7 reported Friday, a decision that would spare survivors and relatives of the dead … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Report: Parkland school shooter to plead guilty

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz is shown at the defense table during jury selection at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Oct. 6, 2021. He is facing four criminal counts stemming from his alleged attack on a Broward jail guard in November 2018. Cruz is accused of punching Sgt. Ray Beltran, wrestling him to the ground and taking his stun gun. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

Christians Should Lead the Way on Family Leave

There are clear, pro-life reasons why mothers and fathers need time with new babies. When our twins were born in 2019, I took six weeks off work. My husband did too—thanks to his then-employer’s family leave plan, offered equally to new mothers and fathers alike—and it’s impossible to overstate how indispensable his leave became. It wasn’t that I had a difficult physical recovery. Mercifully, I didn’t, especially by the standard of multiples pregnancies.... Read More

The Costly Gospel That Keeps Christian Pilots Flying to the Ends of the Earth

Q&A with Mission Aviation Fellowship President David Holsten on the challenges of reaching the most isolated villages in the world. In a remote village on the side of a mountain in Papua, a man has been writing letters. “I’ve written so many letters asking for teachers to come,” he says. “I’ve written so many letters, my pens have all run out of ink. I don’t have any more pens to write with. But then all of the sudden I heard you guys were coming. I... Read More