Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

My area : Friday 🌤️ 80 Saturday ⛅️ 80 Sunday ☀️ 83 Monday 🌥️ 82 Brutal.

As the day comes to an end, here’s a reminder that if you prioritize ideology over morality, you’re driving without brakes or a steering wheel.

Nothing about this is okay. The President of the United States is on Fox News right now gabbing about the U.S. attack on Venezuela before addressing the American people. So the new order of information is: Truth Social → Fox News → the public → Congress, maybe?

Just pointing out that the White House’s announcement that the U.S. launched a huge military attack that ended with the capture of the head of another county was through a post made to the president’s paying members of his own social platform. …

As a member of the media, I can’t say this enough: It’s the media’s job to arm you with information. It’s your job to decide what to do with that information.

Kudos to @orlandosentinel.com for pushing the state of Florida on these records. The DeSantis administration this year cites “safety issues” as the reason for removing rainbow and other decorative street markings. Their own social media posts contradict those claims — until the posts were deleted.

How a first-ever beard — sprouted as a good luck charm for the Florida Panthers — turned our reporter from a spotlight-shunning, stage-shy wallflower into an improbable Santa Claus. "The most memorable gift I am likely to receive this Christmas didn’t cost a thing."

To those who demand to know — on repeat — “why the media isn’t covering this” or “why reporters aren’t talking about that,” I urge you to read this from @washingtonpost.com’s @hannahnatanson.bsky.social. Reporters like her are heroes.

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Should Broward County become Lauderdale County? Here are the results of our online poll of more than 1,000 readers.

The family of the four victims of the brutal 1997 Altidor Massacre — Theresia Laverne and Marie, Samantha and Sabrina Altidor — gathered at a Miramar city meeting this week to call for renewed efforts on the enduring cold case. Read what happened.

The family of Theresia, Marie Carmel, Samantha and Sabrina will gather next Wednesday at Miramar City Hall to raise their voices in a plea for justice.

Miami’s accused Pillowcase Rapist (Season 4: In the Darkness) is on trial for a new attack — this one from 1984.

The “media” asks questions. They are often not answered or answered with lies. @reallyamerican.bsky.social, perhaps you should speak with the voters.

In the category of phrasing matters, I’ll correct this for the @washingtonpost.com and @jacobbogage.bsky.social: “… after Democrats AND Republicans failed to reach a deal…” This stuff DOES matter.

In the past three weeks I have acquired an annual pass to Universal Orlando and purchased a pair of Crocs. Am I officially a Floridian now?

In other words, the big announcement was either performative, premature, half-baked, illegal, imprudent, or all of the above.

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are being paid to defend crosswalks against rainbows.

Any reprieve from hurricane season — even a short one — is a welcome break. My reporting includes insight from the one and only Bryan Norcross.

A mid rise, maybe. A high rise? No.

Disappointing government data? Who’s getting fired?

Please share this widely, it’s incredibly important for Florida voters.

I still make charts from time to time.

Lots of “ifs” going on here and I break them down in this report.

Wait a minute, I thought violent crime was rampant in the U.S. and something needed to be done about it.

My kid didn’t like his grade so he asked me to fire his teacher.

My contribution to the cause: To all professionals in the journalism, film, television, theater, entertainment and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession.

Florida wildlife officials signed off on a license allowing a marine supplier to take a giant, threatened manta ray from state waters for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. Video of the July 12 capture, posted online, has reignited debate over whether these intelligent, migratory creatures belong in captivity.

Decades before it became “Alligator Alcatraz,” the story of this land is rooted in dreams of the biggest jetport in the world and a new city in the middle of the Everglades. The battle was the catalyst for creating Big Cypress National Preserve, and shaped the environmental movement we know today.

Here, the DeSantis administration offers a masterclass on how to ensure a news organization continues — or even intensifies — its scrutiny on an issue: Send a threatening, unsigned “stop-it-or-else” letter to its senior editors.

SEASON 1 CASE UPDATE: A defense attorney for Pablo Ibar, the man sentenced to life in the June 1994 “Casey’s Nickelodeon” murders, is seeking to have his 2019 conviction vacated after a new witness has come forward, alleging two people who were never charged were the true killers. trib.al/mXQbufu

Status of Saharan dust over Fort Lauderdale Beach at sunrise.

What a milestone! Thank you to all our listeners for helping us reach 10 million downloads. 💫🌟🎉🙌 A killer clown, a headless body in a barrel, a Christmastime mall kidnapping, a triple murder caught on camera and more. Listen to all five seasons now: wondery.com/links/feloni...

Quick stop at my old stomping grounds… 32 years later @northeasternu.bsky.social #boston

George Altidor was controlling and manipulative, his first wife said, and threatened her life with a gun many times. His second wife was shot and brutally beaten to death along with her mother and two baby girls. Altidor has been a suspect in the massacre for 28 years, but has never been charged.

I’m very excited to launch this exciting new season of @feloniousflorida.com — a year in the making but worth every second to tell the powerful and heartbreaking story of the unsolved 1997 Altidor murders.

Listeners are loving the trailer. Just wait until you hear the show. This is one of those cases that just sticks with you. #podcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast

Full Season 5 trailer now available — Introducing Felonious Florida: The Altidor Massacre. We investigate why the killer behind a brutal 1997 family massacre in Miramar, Florida, has evaded justice for nearly three decades. Hear the full trailer: lnk.to/felonious-fl... Full season coming May 6!

Coming May 6 — Felonious Florida, Season 5. A new case you won’t be able to stop listening to. Stay tuned to our channel for updates. Original illustration by John DeLucca. lnk.to/felonious-fl...

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An important piece to read from the executive editor of @apnews.com on the AP’s lawsuit against Donald Trump’s White House. “It’s really about whether the government can control what you say.”

CASE UPDATE: An appeals court has upheld the first conviction of Robert Eugene Koehler, identified as Florida's Pillowcase Rapist from the 1980s. His capture decades after his spree of attacks was featured in Season 4. Catch up now: lnk.to/felonious-fl...

Step back in time to the golden era of Spring Break on Fort Lauderdale Beach — when the sun was hot, the surf was cool, and the parties never seemed to end. These vintage photos capture the energy, fashion, and fun of a time when Fort Lauderdale was the Spring Break capital of the world. More...

I speak often to a lovely lady who lost several family members in a heartbreaking mass murder years ago — a case we’re featuring on the next @feloniousflorida.com #podcast season. Today she told me “we put our faith in the justice system and it failed us.” This is why their story must be told.

On this day, and every day, we remember the 17 students and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School taken from our community seven years ago.

Very excited for our upcoming new season of @feloniousflorida.com! #podcast #podcasts #truecrime

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I’m happy to share that I’ve been named Managing Editor at @sun-sentinel.com This expands my role to more oversight of the newsroom in South Florida as well as leading audience and digital news strategies at @orlandosentinel.com /1

You handed him the keys to your car. Now get in the back seat and buckle your seat belt.