Daily Horoscope for October 15, 2024

General Daily Insight for October 15, 2024 This morning may feel like a continuation of our dreams. This is due to Luna conjoining dreamy Neptune in Neptune’s home sign, Pisces, heightening our intuition and creativity. The Moon then enters independent Aries, clearing our minds as we shake off any residual sleepiness. Finally, harmonious Venus supports Neptune at 8:49 pm, making it easier to monetize art, find healing in all different relationships, and balance ourselves wherever we’ve... Read More

Broward School Board to discuss whether hurricane makeup days are needed

Hurricanes Helene and Milton could end up upending the school calendar for Broward students. The school district missed one day for Helene and two for Milton, and State Education Commissioner Manny Diaz sent districts a memo saying the state Department of Education does not expect to waive any of the required instructional hours for students. For Broward students, this means the fall semester, which was supposed to end before winter break, could be stretched out to January. Other options... Read More

Man who tried to force way into woman’s car shot and killed by witness, deputies say

A man who deputies said tried to force his way into a woman’s car Sunday afternoon in Pompano Beach was shot and killed by a witness who intervened, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Brian Semil, 37, of Pompano Beach, was shot in the parking lot of a RaceTrac gas station in the 500 block of West Atlantic Boulevard shortly before 5 p.m., where there had been a “disturbance,” the Sheriff’s Office said. Semil was pronounced dead at Broward Health North. The Sheriff’s Office... Read More

Now open: Stephanie’s Crèpes in Fort Lauderdale, Norman Love Confections in Delray Beach

Stay up to date with South Florida dining news: Sign up for our twice-weekly Eat Beat newsletter, filled with restaurant news, guides and more. Go to SunSentinel.com/newsletters to sign up. Join our “Let’s Eat, South Florida” Facebook group. NOW OPEN OR OPENING Emily’s Garden327 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-955-9582; emilysgarden.us  This new addition to Himmarshee Village in downtown Fort Lauderdale opened Sept. 20, replacing the former O-B House. The space was reimagined... Read More

Man killed in early morning hit-and-run crash in Pompano Beach

A man was killed in an apparent hit-and-run crash in Pompano Beach early Sunday morning, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Someone called authorities shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday to report a person who was lying in the middle of the road near the 1700 block of North Dixie Highway. Deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue found the man lying in the road, and he was pronounced dead there, the Sheriff’s Office said. Car pieces found in the road may belong to a 2008 to 2013 silver Nissan... Read More

For storm-stressed taxpayers, IRS cuts Floridians a break with extended filing, payment deadlines

In the wake of two more hurricanes and the destruction they wrought, the Internal Revenue Service is giving individuals and businesses in 51 Florida counties some leeway to file their returns and pay their taxes. The IRS, in an announcement last Friday,  said storm-afflicted taxpayers have until May 1, 2025, “to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.” It was made possible by a disaster declaration issued last week by the Federal Emergency... Read More

Sukkot: Recommitting ourselves through Hakhel | Commentary

Every seven years, immediately after the Sabbatical year, on the first of the intermediate days of Sukkot, the Israelites gathered to publicly hear the king reading from the Torah. This is called the mitzvah of Hakhel (Deuteronomy 31:10–13). The Sabbatical year is a period of reevaluation, a year to recharge ourselves spiritually. Hakhel may have been instituted to prepare the Israelites to return to their everyday lives by listening to the Torah and integrating its values into their work... Read More

My Friend, Bill Pannell

I first met the late William Pannell in 1993 in a hallway of Christianity Today. I was in my early 20s, just a year removed from graduating college. Dr. Pannell was visiting his old friend, former CT president Paul Robbins, and the pair was on a leisurely tour around the office.  I remember being enthralled by this dashing Black man in a tailored suit, his throaty laugh echoing around the building. Excited to see a young Black editor on CT’s payroll, Pannell greeted me with that winsome... Read More

Lilly Ledbetter, whose fight for equal pay changed U.S. law, dies at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, whose lawsuit against her employer paved the way for the Fair Pay Act of 2009 and who dedicated decades of her life to fighting for equal pay, has died, according to the makers of a film about her life that came out this month. She was 86. In 1979, Ledbetter got a job at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Gadsden, Alabama. “We needed that money to pay college tuition and the mortgage,” she said at Forbes Magazine’s women’s summit in 2021. At first, Ledbetter earned... Read More