Fiscal Cliff: How To Judge If Debt Cuts Are Real

Q: Ira, how has Jimmy Butler’s role changed that he doesn’t fit anymore? That’s bad coaching, right? – Elliot. A: First, an exhale, please. Because what transpired Thursday night, as much as it was cast that way by Jimmy Butler, had nothing to do with role or playing style or anything to do with Erik Spoelstra’s playbook.

Here are the top stories for Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Get the weather forecast for today here. SUBSCRIBE NOW: Get our free Morning Update email. Sign up here. Ethics report details allegations of campaign violations by Cherfilus-McCormick ‘Coolest temperatures of the season’ should hit South Florida this weekend Perfect restaurant inspections: Which 70 South Florida eateries earned flawless scores in December 2024? Broward schools watchdog expected to start in early 2025 Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy among golfers in indoor, high-tech league playing in South Florida soon Buddhist group sues to delay Everglades project, says Army Corps ignores impact on Weston retreat ‘A 28-year-old super hero’: Road ranger killed in New Year’s Day crash on I-95 identified Randy Perkins, AshBritt disaster relief founder, dies at 60 Meat Market is having fashion-y La Piscine brunch Sundays at Renaissance Boca Raton Hotel Miss Manners: I treated them to lunch, and they disparaged the restaurant I chose

GAINESVILLE — UF coach Todd Golden still wasn’t sure how good the Gators could be a week prior to Thanksgiving when college basketball operates in the shadows. But his confidence was growing after their fourth 20-point win in six games, this time a 93-68 thumping of Southern Illinois on Nov. 22. Few in Gator Nation might have noticed on the eve of Florida football’s upset of Ole Miss in the Swamp, but the pieces were quickly falling into place over at the O’Dome. Florida head coach Todd Golden, left, signed guard Will Richard as part of the Gators’ first crop of transfers in 2022.

The latest Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress paints an alarming picture of a worsening homelessness crisis in the U. S. On a single night last January, more than 771,000 people experienced homelessness, the highest number since data collection began. The 18% year-over-year increase reflects the mounting pressures of a housing shortage, inflation and the end of critical pandemic-era safety nets such as eviction moratoriums and expanded tax credits.

Today is Friday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2025. There are 362 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 3, 1920, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the contract of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, beginning a championship era for the Yankees and decades of heartache for Red Sox fans.

A report containing findings by the Office of Congressional Ethics, released Thursday, provides details of multiple campaign transactions and official government office activities by U. S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick that investigators said may have violated House rules and federal law. The Broward-Palm Beach county Democrat, first elected in a January 2022 special election, has been under investigation for almost her entire time in Congress.