Author: Carma Henry

   The Annual Shower2Empower Community Baby Shower was a beautiful celebration of love, support, and community, bringing together more than 200 new and expectant parents this past week.

       Just as safety is always top-of-mind for Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), customers should make it a top priority, too. Here are a few tips from FPL to help customers safely prepare for an approaching storm:

        I grew up poor, that is, American poor. I fantasized about food at night–mashed potatoes, buttery dinner rolls, raspberry cheesecake. I would wake up and imagine a breakfast–strawberry waffles with whipped cream, cold orange juice–then, talk myself toward accepting what I knew was there–toast with peanut butter and usually, milk. My dad did not tolerate ungratefulness. 

    Political instability is often best captured through metaphors. Today, America’s democracy isn’t facing some distant threat—it’s already caught in a storm. Like a house in the storm’s path, Democracy—our House of Cards—is in immediate peril. Merriam-Webster defines a house of cards as “a structure or situation that is unstable and likely to collapse.” That’s exactly what democracy becomes when its core institutions are undermined.

“Test Your Bible Knowledge”

Grant from the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, the PGA TOUR’s premier South Florida event. This transformative gift will support the launch of FMU’s collegiate Golf Club, officially set to debut in Spring 2026. The funding will equip student-athletes with the tools to explore the sport, sharpen their skills, and build a legacy of excellence on the greens.

       Harmeet Dhillon, President Trump’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, has asked a judge who will be sentencing a former Louisville, Kentucky Metro Police Department Officer who was a part of the wrongful shooting death of Breonna Taylor, to impose only a one-day sentence as punishment. Taylor, 26, was shot dead during a “no knock” warrant search conducted by seven Louisville police officers who entered her apartment. They killed Taylor as part of a raid in search of a drug dealer. The March 13, 2020, killing of Taylor would go down as one of the most memorable and often mentioned incidents referenced by the Black Lives Matter movement.

       Southern University has expelled the Beta Sigma chapter of Omega Psi Phi following an investigation into hazing practices that led to the death of Caleb Wilson this past February.

       The lingering smell of marijuana in a car can lead to police stops. But according to Florida cannabis law experts Mutaqee Akbar and Davis Cannady, that odor alone is often used as a pretext to investigate more serious offenses.

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