Day: December 25, 2024

A messy and miraculous Christmas story

8:30 pm December 25, 2024

For the nine Baker children, ages two to 13, the year 1962 began tragically and ended triumphantly – not unlike that first Christmas over two-thousand years ago. Catastrophe struck on January 12th, a snowy Friday night. Although snug and safe in their home in Battle Lake, Minn., their mom and dad, Walter and Regina, were […]

Azerbaijan Airlines plane headed to Russia crashes hundreds of miles off course, dozens feared dead

7:52 pm December 25, 2024

Dozens of passengers are feared dead after an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, reports say. The Embraer 190 passenger jet flying from Azerbaijan to Russia had 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying 32 survivors had been rescued. Flight J2-8243 had flown hundreds […]

Odd Oregon laws that may surprise you, such as one that prohibits predicting the future

7:51 pm December 25, 2024

Golf, car doors and fortune-telling are all topics of odd laws in Oregon. There are several state-wide and city-specific laws in Oregon that may seem quite bizarre. For example, did you know that you could face legal trouble for leaving a car door open in Oregon? BIZARRE NEW YORK LAWS INCLUDE RESTRICTIONS, PENALTIES FOR TAKING […]

Here’s how many US service members are spending the holidays away from home deployed overseas

7:30 pm December 25, 2024

As millions of Americans gather together with loved ones to celebrate the Christmas holiday and ring in the new year, hundreds of thousands of American men and women in uniform will mark the holidays away from family in decidedly less festive corners of the world. As of June, 165,830 U.S. service members were on deployment across […]

GREG LAURIE: There wasn’t room for Jesus in Bethlehem. But will you make room for him?

7:30 pm December 25, 2024

Have you ever had one of those birthdays when you wanted people to throw a party for you? You imagined getting some nice presents, and even hinted at the ones you wanted. Every time you went out with a friend, you expected people to jump out and yell, “Happy Birthday!” You were looking forward to […]