When will Tropical Storm Elsa hit Miami? Here’s the latest forecast

Miami and much of southern Florida is in the forecast cone for Tropical Storm Elsa as of Thursday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center. There is a great deal of uncertainty in the track and strength of the storm, but forecasters said it’s possible that Elsa could strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane at some point along it’s path. If Elsa does track near Florida, it would likely be Tuesday morning. ... Read More

I Was Sick and You Gave Me a WhatsApp Group

In India, Christian volunteers didn’t wait for churches when COVID-19 hit. The resulting Love Your Neighbor Network offers lessons for believers in other countries suffering second waves. Amid the harrowing stories of COVID-19 carnage in India, hundreds of Christians across the country have volunteered via the Love Your Neighbor Network, an organic lay-led effort which has brought relief and comfort to tens of thousands of Indians impacted by the pandemic. In May 2020, during the... Read More

Search at condo collapse halted over ‘structural concerns.’ President Biden on way to Surfside to meet with families

“There is a possibility that part of the pool came down first and then dragged the middle of the building with it, and that made that collapse,” said Allyn E. Kilsheimer, a veteran engineer hired by Surfside to investigate the collapse. “And then once the middle of the building collapsed, number two, then the rest of the building didn’t know how to stand up and it fell down also, number three.” ... Read More

NSU Lands 115 Student-Athletes on 2021 Spring SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Story Links Complete 2021 Spring SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Sunshine State Conference officially released its Spring 2021 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, presented by Barnes & Noble College, on Thursday as an impressive 115 student-athletes were recognized from Nova Southeastern, 14 of which earned a perfect 4.0 GPA. Overall, 1,738 student-athletes across the league were named to the list, including a notable 353 with semester-long GPAs of 4.0.... Read More

Broward girl, 13, sues over transgender school athletes ban

“The NCAA, the US Olympics, and the American Society of Pediatrics have all done extensive scientific and medical studies about the impact of blocking testosterone for an extended period of time and having girls on estrogen for an extended period of time,” she said. “The competitive advantage they allege simply does not exist on the field.” ... Read More

Nepal Churches Struggle to Serve as COVID-19 Kills 100+ Pastors

Amid a second wave of infections, Christian leaders wrestle with leadership vacuum and how openly to raise funds to aid neighbors under a suspicious government. Congregations in Nepal are reeling after a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases this spring threw the Himalayan nation into chaos, overflowing hospitals and crematoriums and leaving the national army to deal with 100 bodies a day in the Kathmandu Valley alone. The Nepali church has lost more than 130 pastors during a second wave of the... Read More

At Its Best, American Patriotism Is Blessed with Two-Dimensional Vision

A healthy love of country looks backward and forward, recognizes triumphs and failures, and flows from the head and the heart alike. In the pre-dawn hours of May 15, 1918, Private Henry Johnson was pulling sentry duty with Private Needham Roberts in a French trench that faced the German line just west of the Argonne Forest. Johnson and Roberts were members of the 369th Infantry Regiment from New York. The 369th, known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” was an African American... Read More