Eating eggs can raise risk of heart disease, research finds

The latest U.S. research on eggs won’t go over easy for those who can’t eat breakfast without them. Adults who ate about 1 ½ eggs daily had a slightly higher risk of heart disease than those who ate no eggs. The study showed the more eggs, the greater the risk. The chances of dying early were also elevated. The researchers say the culprit is cholesterol, found in egg yolks and other foods, including shellfish, dairy products and red meat. The study focused on eggs because... Read More

Who Says Social Media Can’t Make You Wise?

Done right, Facebook offers a chance for discernment and connection. Facebook decided to kick off 2019 with a challenge: Compare your first profile picture to your most recent one to see how hard aging hit you over the past ten years. I pulled up my first profile picture and stared at it, the air exiting my lungs and an odd numbness seeping up from my toes. Hello, fresh-faced person. I remember you. I remember that shirt, the wallpaper in that kitchen, that haircut. I also remember the night... Read More

Lessons from Evangelicalism’s PR Guru

Mark DeMoss represented Christian organizations through highs and lows, but we’re all tasked with representing Christ. I’ve spent my entire professional life at the intersection of two fields increasingly held in low esteem by much of society: public relations and Christianity. In January, nearly two years removed from cancer treatment, I announced my decision to close the PR firm that bears my name, after occupying a front-row seat for so much evangelical history. Having worked with... Read More

Cinema of God: Muslims Memorialize Augustine

North African nations bring church father to the silver screen. The students at Wheaton College were surprised: Wait, Saint Augustine was African? Shown the international award-winning Augustine: Son of Her Tearsfor a freshman seminar that reads his Confessions, they witnessed history brought to life beyond the text, said Sarah Miglio, dean of curriculum. So did the Muslim actors who depicted the story of the Christian theologian. The cast and creators now want to remind the world—and... Read More

In Broward County, a good rent is getting hard to find

It’s getting tougher for Broward County families to find a rent they can afford. The number of households paying more than 30 percent of their income in rent has increased 16 percent in the past four years, rising to 147,000 families, said Ralph Stone, the county’s director of housing finance and community redevelopment. Over the same time, the number of households that can afford the median-priced single-family home in Broward — currently $355,000 — has dropped from 20 percent four... Read More

18-wheeler plunges from deadly I-95 ramp leaving driver critically hurt

Drivers who try to maneuver too fast through the tight interstate exits to State Road 84 are risking their lives — and at least six have died there since 2007. And early Friday, another driver’s life was threatened in a violent crash of his 18-wheeler. Speed is usually a major cause of such crashes, said Barbara Kelleher of the Florida Department of Transportation. “It’s a hard right angle on both the northbound and southbound sides,” Kelleher said Friday. “It’s usually speed,... Read More

For third time in three weeks, Dillard High is locked down amid threat reports

For the third time in three weeks, threats of a weapon on campus at Dillard High led to a lockdown and police search on Friday at the Fort Lauderdale school. The noon lockdown lasted fewer than 20 minutes, Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman Casey Liening said. A 911 caller had claimed there was an armed person on campus, but gave the wrong school information and really meant Lauderdale Lakes Middle School, Liening said. As a precaution, police searched the school located west of Interstate... Read More

Judge unseals sex videos and evidence in massage parlors sting case

Videos of sex acts and other evidence collected in a massage parlor sting are no longer under a court seal, a Martin County judge ordered Friday. The big question that remains is whether those videos — taken by police during their human trafficking and prostitution investigation — will ever be released to the public. If attorneys for dozens of men arrested on prostitution charges get their wish, the answer will be no. “This is going to be a slugfest, so to speak,” said criminal... Read More