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General Daily Insight for January 23, 2025 When the going gets tough, the tough get going! First, ambitious Mars supports innovative Uranus at 10:08 am EST, putting a fire behind us to make the changes that we truly need to make. Conversely, when nervous Mercury pushes back against Mars, this can set off mental tension and cause irritated or rushed communication that throws a wrench in the gears.

The U. S. Coast Guard is increasing its presence in the waters off South Florida in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aiming to curb illegal immigration. Adm. Kevin Lunday, Coast Guard acting commandant, said in a news release Wednesday that he ordered all operational commanders to “immediately surge assets,” including cutters, boats, helicopters and planes and specialized teams beginning with “key areas.” Among the areas are the southeast maritime border approaching Florida; the maritime borders between the Bahamas and South Florida and between Texas and Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico; the southwest maritime border between the U.

The longest strike in decades by Las Vegas hotel workers ended Wednesday with a tentative contract between the union and a casino where hundreds of employees had walked off the job in November. Related Articles National News | Musk clashes with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over Trump-supported Stargate AI data center project National News | Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes visits Capitol Hill after Trump clemency National News | Teen fatally shoots a female student and himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police say National News | Pentagon to send up to 1,500 active duty troops to help secure US-Mexico border, officials say National News | Justice Department orders investigation of local compliance with Trump immigration crackdown The Culinary Workers Union announced on the social media platform X that it secured a pending five-year deal for about 700 employees at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas near the Strip.

A Miramar man charged with murder is asking a Broward judge to dismiss his case, accusing the male alleged victim of making a forceful and unwanted sexual advance that triggered their fatal 2020 confrontation. Marvin Jean-Pierre, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in the late 2020 death of Jose Mondelus, 52, a musician at the church Jean-Pierre’s mother attended in Miramar.

Nearly every day someone or other on my social media feeds will share the same quote by Hannah Arendt. It reads: “This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.

Within hours of her release from captivity in Gaza, Emily Damari’s hand had become a new Israeli icon. Damari was injured on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists shot her and took her hostage. It became clear after she was released on the first day of the ceasefire that she had lost the ring and middle finger on her left hand. The clearest evidence came in a photograph released by the Israeli government, and later confirmed by pictures her family shared, showing Damari video chatting with her brother and father.