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General Daily Insight for January 24, 2025 Our heads and hearts are coming into alignment. During the emotional Moon’s collaboration with transformational Pluto, internal transformations lead to external elevation in a big way. As the Moon then supports the confident Sun, these changes harmonize our minds and souls, providing us with the clarity that we need to maintain them going forward.

A Coral Springs Charter School student was arrested Tuesday after allegedly making a threat on Snapchat that she would “shoot up” the school, police said. Rachell Varela Gomez, 18, is facing one count of written threats to kill or do bodily injury, a second-degree felony. She was arrested while still on the school’s campus Tuesday, a probable cause affidavit said. An FBI research specialist contacted Coral Springs Police shortly before 1 p.m.

In the aftermath of two recent crashes that killed Road Rangers on the side of Florida’s highways, state officials are again urging drivers to follow the state’s “Move Over” law, which requires them to move one lane over or slow down when passing a first responder or disabled vehicle. Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Department of Transportation officials, Road Rangers and police officers came together for a Thursday news conference at the Davie headquarters to highlight the importance of the law and the consequences of violating it.

By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Active duty military troops will begin arriving in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego on Thursday evening, in what defense officials said is the first batch of the new forces being deployed to secure the southern border. The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that about 1,500 troops were being sent to the border this week, as the department scrambles to put in motion President Donald Trump’s executive order demanding an immediate crackdown on immigration. U.

By CARLA K. JOHNSON A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in the most common type of abortion in the United States. Related Articles Health | Maternal death reviews get political as state officials intrude Health | Keeping blood pressure under control is critical.

Marvin Jean-Pierre genuinely thought Jose Mondelus was about to rape him on Dec. 29, 2020, and he didn’t have to wait for the violence to start before defending himself, a defense lawyer argued Thursday. Jean-Pierre, 26, took the stand Thursday to give his first account of Mondelus’ death since the body was discovered on New Year’s Day 2021.