At The Podium: Free Public Lectures This Week

Q: You don’t bring Jimmy Butler back. You can’t. If the Heat bring him back after this latest suspension, the front office and the organization deserve everything they get for putting this young squad through this bs. I’m Team Heat, always will be. But if they bring Butler back after the suspension, they deserve this drama – Jay. A: Which again makes it comes down to whether ownership can stomach paying a player not to play.

Which electric breast pumps are best? There are many benefits to breastfeeding, including more bonding time between the baby and parent, possible disease reduction later in life and an increased immune system for your baby. But parents who breastfeed might need to give the baby a bottle from time to time, and that’s where electric breast pumps come into play.

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(Editor’s Note: Many Sun Sentinel readers have strong opinions, which are always welcome here. Several took strong exception to a letter’s criticism of former First Lady Michelle Obama after she did not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony Monday.) Regarding the letter to the editor (on Jan. 22) that criticized Michelle Obama for not attending Donald Trump’s inaugural ceremony, I would remind her that Trump, prior to his election in 2016, continually insisted that President Barack Obama was not a citizen because he was not born in the United States. Trump went so far as to allegedly send a team to Hawaii to seek Obama’s birth record.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I were hosting a casual dinner party in our home for two couples we like very much. One couple brought their two children, who get along well with my two children. I planned to make a dish that is usually easy for me, but somehow, between helping the guests find things in the kitchen and helping the children with snacks and drinks, I burned my one-pot dish severely.

Today is Friday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2025. There are 341 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that sparked the California gold rush. Also on this date: In 1945, Associated Press war correspondent Joseph Morton was among a group of captives executed by German soldiers at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Austria. Related Articles National News | US active duty troops beginning to arrive in Texas and San Diego to support border security National News | Emergency contraception pill could be an alternative to mifepristone for abortions, study suggests National News | Trump orders release of JFK, RFK and MLK assassination records National News | SZA to join Kendrick Lamar as a guest during Super Bowl halftime performance National News | Supreme Court allows small business registration rule to take effect, aimed at money laundering In 1965, Winston Churchill died in London at age 90. In 1978, a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, Kosmos 954, plunged through Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada. In 1984, Apple Computer began selling its first Macintosh model, which boasted a built-in 9-inch monochrome display, a clock rate of 8 megahertz and 128k of RAM. In 1989, confessed serial killer Ted Bundy was executed in Florida’s electric chair. In 2003, former Pennsylvania Gov.