Medical marijuana dispensaries expect smokable pot to soon be available after Florida issues rules

South Florida’s medical marijuana dispensaries say they’ll be ready to roll out smokable pot products after they receive state guidelines. On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation to legalize smokable medical marijuana. The new law, effective March 18, allows a qualified physician to determine that smoking medical marijuana is appropriate for a patient. Florida previously had a ban on smokable medical marijuana. “We stand ready to meet the needs of patients whose... Read More

Delivering a Stillborn Baby Taught Me the Transience of Death

When I found out about my daughter’s condition, I felt the destruction of my plans and hopes. But this place of limitation also revealed God’s profound love. “How do you prepare for a birth and a death at once?” I asked a friend one morning in mid-July. “Can anything be more unnatural?” Two months before, I had sat in a medical office listening to a doctor. His voice was unduly loud, as if he were speaking to a general audience. “Thanatophoric dysplasia... Read More

Man needed to use the bathroom but got stabbed on the way there, cops say

A man who was looking for a restroom ended up in medical clinic getting stitches after being stabbed in the face in Pembroke Pines, police said. The man who was slashed went into the Pines Market at 9610 Pines Blvd. about noon Saturday “and stated that he needed to use the restroom,” an arrest report said. According to the report, when Fawaz Zarif Hassan, 24, of Pembroke Pines, accompanied him to the rear of the business where the bathroom is located, the victim felt what he initially... Read More

Emergency sewer repair will close roads in Fort Lauderdale

Crews will be making emergency sewer infrastructure repairs in Fort Lauderdale overnight Wednesday which will cause some detours. The work is scheduled to begin 11 p.m. and should be completed by 7 a.m. Thursday, officials said. No northbound traffic will be allowed over the drawbridge connecting Southwest Fourth and Seventh avenues. Northbound traffic on Southwest Fourth Avenue will be diverted at Southwest Seventh Street. Traffic will be detoured east on Southwest Seventh Street to... Read More

Power and Pastors: Part 3

Jesus schooled the world on how to understand and exert power. This series is an expanded version of my talk from the GC2 Summit, December 13, 2018. Here are Part 1 and Part 2. Jesus schooled the world on how to understand and exert power. Rather than wielding it through a sword, a harsh tongue or a prestigious position of authority, Jesus exerted power through two particular images: a lowly servant washing the feet of guests and a suffering sinner hanging on a cross. What’s amazing... Read More

Olympic swimming hopeful Kenneth To dies while training in Florida

Kenneth To, a swimmer who won a silver medal for Australia at the 2013 world championships, has died after becoming ill while training in Florida. He was 26. To won six medals for Australia at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore, including gold in the 400-meter medley. At the 2013 worlds in Barcelona, To was part of Australia’s silver medal-winning 400 medley relay squad. “(To) felt unwell at a training session and was taken to hospital where sadly, he passed away,” the... Read More

World’s biggest bounce house coming to Boca Raton and Miramar, and even adults are invited

Go ahead, jump around: The world’s biggest bounce house will balloon to soaring heights in Boca Raton this weekend, and it’s packing basketball hoops, a nightclub and other bounce-worthy diversions. At 11,400 square feet, this candy-colored behemoth of inflatable ingenuity will rise March 22-24 at Burt Aaronson South County Regional Park in Boca Raton, and again for two weekends March 29-April 7 at Miramar Regional Park. Even adults are allowed to bounce around. Along with the bounce... Read More

What we know about David Beckham’s and FXE Futbol’s competing bids for Fort Lauderdale site

Fort Lauderdale has sparse financial details for its decision Tuesday on the future of professional soccer in Broward County, and the fate of Lockhart Stadium, new memos from the city auditor and city attorney confirm. But the decision comes down to choosing a concept: Does Fort Lauderdale want to temporarily host soccer legend David Beckham’s Major League Soccer team and become its permanent training and talent-development hub? Or will it become home field for soccer businessman JP... Read More