Two Broward County Public Schools in Davie were locked down and pick up was delayed Monday afternoon as police searched for a suspect who had a warrant for his arrest and fled. Fox Trail Elementary School at 1250 S. Nob Hill Road and Indian Ridge Middle School at 1355 S. Nob Hill Road were locked down for at least an hour before officers found the suspect and took him into custody, Davie Police said in a tweet shortly before 4:30 p.m. Advertisement Officers were searching for the... Read More
Florida finally adopts new rules for awarding medical marijuana licenses
After the better part of a decade, the Florida Department of Health’s rules on how businesses can enter the state’s medical marijuana industry are finally here. Sort of. The Department … Click to Continue » ... Read More
What Language Is This? Coptic Comes to Christmas
A new song highlights a growing interest outside the Egyptian church in reviving an ancient language of the Christian world. The darkened New York church was packed with almost 1,000 congregants holding candles, as a group of six singers sung out Christmas news in an ancient language few New Yorkers had ever heard. “Shere Veth-le-em, etpolis enni-epro-feetees, the-etav-mes Pikhrestos en-khets, pi-mah esnav en-Adam,” they sang at Calvary-St. George Episcopal Church’s... Read More
Boats caught fire at a Broward marina, and two people aboard jumped into the water
Two people escaped a fire that destroyed several boats at a Hollywood marina on Monday morning, according to police. The blaze happened around 1:30 a.m. at Hollywood Marina at 700 … Click to Continue » ... Read More
This holiday, stuff your tank with cheaper gas. It’s heading below $3.
Gas prices are continuing to fall ahead of the Christmas holiday weekend, making it cheaper to drive over the river and through the woods this year. That’s great news for the 5.8 million Florida residents projected to take a year-end holiday road trip, said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for travel club AAA. Advertisement Monday’s average per-gallon price in Florida was $3.03, according to AAA’s weekly Gas Price Update. That’s 12 cents less than a week ago, and 55 cents since... Read More
Bones uncovered in Denmark believed to be human sacrifice from thousands of years ago
As archaeologists in Denmark were working on a pre-construction excavation in October, they uncovered a number of ancient artifacts. The group found animal bones and ceramics from a bog as … Click to Continue » ... Read More
10-year-old child and an adult wounded in North Miami. What police say about shooting
An adult and a child were wounded by gunfire Sunday night in North Miami, according to police. The 10-year-old and the adult were shot shortly before 7 p.m. at 1025 … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Christians Respond to Nationalists’ Call to Boycott Christmas in China
Chinese believers reflect on the relationship between faith and culture and rethink their seasonal evangelism. On Christmas Eve in 2018, media technology researcher Su Lun experienced a sense of depression while walking on the campus of Nanjing University. It was like walking into Narnia in the middle of a hundred-year-long winter “surrounded by few people and silence, and not feeling any semblance of a Christmas atmosphere.” On the same day, he received a notice in a college... Read More
Is Christmas a ‘Western’ Holiday in Asia?
Theologians and church leaders around the region share how December 25 is perceived in their contexts. Christmas is widely celebrated in Asia. But is it seen as a secular holiday imported from the West or a religious one? CT spoke with seven theologians and church leaders from Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam to find out how Christmas is regarded in their contexts, the unique traditions that take place, and how evangelicals celebrate the birth of Christ... Read More
When is Publix open? Malls? What’s running on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Dec. 26
Christmas Day falls on a Sunday, so get ready for that extra day off or altered hours on Monday for public services. But, there’s good news if you’re suddenly short … Click to Continue » ... Read More