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After Val-Jean McDonald died of cancer at the age of 81, hundreds of people gathered to pay their last respects and hear her son Richard, a pastor, proudly recall her years with the post office and how she had raised eight boys in a small flat in Harlem. The casket was open beside the altar and many had filed past before the funeral service. |
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Austin Derrick Cooper Ritchie, of Franklin, died Wednesday morning after his stepmother allegedly placed him in a bath tub of scalding water as part of his punishment, Franklin police said. On Tuesday, Austin, born on Jan. 27, 2012 in Middletown, was buried with a stuffed Spider-Man doll and Captain America shield in his tiny casket. |
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A series of Contemporary Spanish films will be screened as part of an event by the Instituto Cervantes of Nicosia, the Spanish Embassy and Technopolis 20 with screenings every Wednesday night until April 20. The first screening, tells the story of Antonio a teacher and a Beatles fan who decides to.... |
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I drove by a church last week, a few days before Palm Sunday, and read their sign: CHRIST HAS RISEN! Um, no. No he hasn't. In the Christian calendar he hasn't even died yet. But this is an all-too-common phenomenon in Christian Churches. Why? It's especially surprising that so many conservative.... |
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Our teachers had sat all the students down that day in the basement of the modest red-brick United Methodist church with a tall white pristine steeple. They handed us pens and paper and instructed us to write letters to men serving their sentences in the upstate prison. |
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HAYWARD -- A San Leandro man accused of fatally stabbing his father, a well-known Menlo Park church pastor, pleaded not guilty to murder in court Tuesday. Isaiah Bostic, 21, appeared in the Alameda County Superior Court in Hayward Tuesday in white and green jail clothes behind a holding cell. |
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Weitere Nachricht von irishtimes.com: ‘We are in trouble, we are not very well, retail chain founder and Newcastle United owner says . Sports Direct shares drop as Mike Ashley warns of profits fall. weiterlesen ... skysports.com meldet: Newcastle United have "virtually nothing left" in the bank, according to owner Mike Ashley . |
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A South Carolina mother was distraught when her 11-year-old son was found dead in his home after playing an online choking game. Latrice Hurst said her son, Davorius Gray, was playing a game that is currently popular on social media called hangman and pass-out challenge . In the game, kids choke themselves until they pass out. |
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By Luka Binniyat. KADUNA – A ransom tag of N100 million has been demanded by abductors of the President of the United Church of Christ in Nigeria, Rev. Emmanuel Dziggau. The leader of the Church was kidnapped along with his Vice President, Rev. Iliya Anto and one Rev. Yakubu Zarma by gunmen along the Kaduna – Abuja Express Way yesterday. |
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when it comes to ramping up immigration enforcement — and dealing with the often disastrous results . But Trump heads into Arizona’s primary Tuesday with a clear lead in one of the few regions in the country that shares his penchant for controversy in the name of cracking down on illegal immigration. |
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A 15-year-old boy in West Virginia died after an arrow struck him in the head Saturday while playing with friends, according to state police. Caleb Fairchild was playing a game called "dodging arrows" with at least two other friends in the yard of a home near the town of Chapmanville when the arrow hit him in the head, First Sgt. |
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A 15-year-old boy in West Virginia died after an arrow struck him in the head Saturday while playing with friends, according to state police. Caleb Fairchild was playing a game called "dodging arrows" with at least two other friends in the yard of a home near the town of Chapmanville when the arrow hit him in the head, First Sgt. |
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The National Football League warned that if the legislation becomes law, the city could miss out on hosting one of three upcoming Super Bowls. "NFL policies emphasize tolerance and inclusiveness, and prohibit discrimination based on age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other improper standard," said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy. |
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A 15-year-old boy in West Virginia died after an arrow struck him in the head Saturday while playing with friends, according to state police. Caleb Fairchild was playing a game called "dodging arrows" with at least two other friends in the yard of a home near the town of Chapmanville when the arrow hit him in the head, First Sgt. |
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Gerald La Touche husband of Diego Martin Councillor Gayle La Touche was killed this morning in a vehicular accident. The accident occurred around 9'o clock this morning along the Diego Martin Highway. The accident involved a green Mistubishi Lancer. Police and medical officers have since cleared the.... |
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By Vanessa Braithwaite. Elvin Lorrimer, a 53 – year – old Linden minibus driver of 184 Cater Street, Old Kara Kara Linden, succumbed during surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being shot on the Linden bus park by two armed men on Hadfield Street, Georgetown It was reported that the.... |
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with your friends. Ed Note: sign up link Thank you Congressman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-California) for hosting a late night wine tasting from Yitz Applbaum for JI readers in D.C. Full recap to be posted soon... AIPAC RECAP: Not a coincidence that presidential.... |
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“The main resources were bodies,” said Derek Musgrove, an associate professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. “The church was the organizational center of the community. You were guaranteed to see a certain number of people every Sunday, and a lot of those people were.... |
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By Nelson Acosta and Luis Jaime Acosta. HAVANA/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Members of Colombia's Marxist FARC guerrillas will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, a negotiator for the rebels and two Colombian sources with knowledge of the peace talks said on Sunday. A meeting with Kerry will be the first time a U. |
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By Nelson Acosta and Luis Jaime Acosta. HAVANA/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Members of Colombia's Marxist FARC guerrillas will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Cuba, a spokeswoman for Colombia's government peace negotiators said on Sunday, adding a twist to a historic visit to the island by U.S. President Barack Obama. |
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed to leading members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that the United States firmly backs the peace process and will support the implementation of an eventual deal. Kerry met in private with the leadership of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of.... |
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Author: Chaim Levinson, Hareetz (Israel) A group of American Palestinians living in the West Bank have filed a $34.5 billion lawsuit in a Washington court against a string of U.S.-based tycoons and companies allegedly connected to the Israeli occupation. |
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Founder and president of the Secular Coalition for America.
I recently wrote about the professed religious views of presidential candidates . I asked my favorite candidate, Bernie Sanders, at a public forum in South Carolina, if he would acknowledge being an atheist. |
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HARRISBURG, Pa. March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two former Pennsylvania Governors, William W. Scranton and John S. Fine ; Nobel Prize winner Baruch S. Blumberg; Jackie Ormes , the first African American woman cartoonist; and Pennsylvania's Century Farm Program are among the 23 new state.... |
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Recently collections have been taken in to support those impacted by the water crisis in Flint Michigan. Local residents and members of the Osage United Church of Christ came together to take part in their “Osage Reaching out to Flint” fundraiser last month. |
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