Man arrested after argument over jukebox in Fort Lauderdale Mexican restaurant turns into deadly shooting

A man shot another man dead in a Mexican restaurant in Fort Lauderdale during an argument about a song played on the jukebox, police and news reports say. He is now charged with first-degree murder. Originally Published: September 25, 2024 at 1:22 p.m. ... Read More

The chunkiest of chunks face off in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week

By GENE JOHNSON An Alaska national park’s yearly celebration of the beefy, brown and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest bears on the planet fatten up for their long winter slumber. Fat Bear Week doesn’t officially start at Katmai National Park and Preserve until Oct. 2, when fans can begin voting online for their favorite ursine behemoths in tournament-style brackets. But on Tuesday organizers revealed the four cub contestants in this week’s Fat Bear Jr. contest —... Read More

Three rivals in race for Hollywood’s District 6 commission seat

HOLLYWOOD — School closures. A homeless crisis. A political divide over high-rise development at the beach. Hollywood voters will choose a mayor and two commissioners in the city’s upcoming elections on Nov. 5. The winners will play a key role in the city’s growth and how the commission tackles controversial issues — everything from setting the property tax rate to deciding whether to approve high-rise towers downtown and beyond. The mayor of Hollywood earns $53,276 a year.... Read More

How the ‘Jezebel Spirit’ Keeps Empowering Sin

This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Early in our marriage, when my wife and I had just moved to a new city while I was starting doctoral work, we attended a worship service—knowing almost no one there but hoping to make friends. The preacher, who mumbled a bit, was trying to make a rhetorical point about the importance of a good name: “I mean, how many of you ladies out there have the name Jezebel?” Time seemed to be in slow motion as I turned to... Read More

Lausanne Report: Most Missionaries Are Reaching the Reached

Today, more than 40 percent of the world has not yet been evangelized. Yet about 97 percent of the current global total of 450,000 Christian missionaries are sent to people who already have access to the gospel. Another startling fact: In 1900, more than 80 percent of the world’s Christians lived in Europe or North America, but today only about 25 percent live in those regions. The remainder reside in the Global South, which includes Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. The geographic... Read More

Here’s when Daniel’s, A Florida Steakhouse — replacing Canyon in Fort Lauderdale — will open

The sleek new Daniel’s, taking over the Fort Lauderdale space once occupied by Canyon and Val+tino, will be steeped in Sunshine State history and heritage — from walls adorned in Florida artwork to the menu, which will feature meat and produce from local farms and cattle ranches. Originally Published: September 25, 2024 at 9:02 a.m. ... Read More

Union accuses Brightline of obstructing organizing bid, asks U.S. DOT to block future funding

The Transport Workers Union, which is attempting to organize Brightline’s onboard train workers, alleges that management is hindering the effort and has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to consider blocking future federal funding for the high-speed railroad. Originally Published: September 25, 2024 at 7:15 a.m. ... Read More

An Evangelical’s Warning to Evangelical Christian Nationalists Aims Beyond the Easy Targets

Donald Trump’s manifold sins and acts of wickedness are so numerous that they are almost too tedious to repeat. He is a danger to democracy, a would-be fascist who has promised that voting for him means never needing to vote again, and he fomented the worst event in recent American history, the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol—the refrain could go on ad nauseam, ad infinitum. Yet Joel Looper convincingly shows that these are the obvious political symptoms of a... Read More

Emptying the Nest in Hope, not Fear

If you’re in the midst of launching a child into adulthood, preparing them to keep the faith as they grow up, you’ve probably already begun to train them in apologetics. It might not be formal apologetics, though that’s what comes to mind for me: debates, arguments, refuting other people’s beliefs point by point. That kind of apologetics can be helpful for people legitimately wrestling with faith and Scripture. For teenagers especially, it can be a wonderful tool—evidence that... Read More