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Sen. Ralph Shortey, who was elected to represent part of the Oklahoma City area, planned to resign Wednesday after being accused of soliciting sex from a 17-year-old boy, according to his attorney. Joe Dorman, a former Democratic state representative who was active in the same youth program, said.... |
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WEST CHESTER, OH (FOX19) - Southbound Interstate 75 is clear near Tylersville Road after debris from a garbage truck spilled, blocking all but one lane earlier Wednesday morning. The highway was completely shut down for about 10 minutes before one lane opened just before 7:30 a.m. Traffic backed up to Ohio 129. |
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ROSELAWN (FOX19) - The pastor who tried to tried to rescue a woman in a wheelchair from a brutal stabbing attack was awarded a Carnegie Medal of Extraordinary Civilian Heroism on Wednesday. Timothy Carpenter was walking by and intervened when he saw Andrew Kimbrough, 21, brutally stabbing Patricia Hummons in Roselawn in January 2015. |
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A very popular saying that has attracted several interpretations ... ’the more things change, the more they remain same....’ The hunger and thirst for change has been great in Ghana over the past few years and this was confirmed by the outcome of last year’s elections. The expectations are very high on this government. |
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June Williams, director of a Gresham neighborhood funeral home, worries about getting shot at work. In the last two years, Golden Gate Funeral Home has seen several acts of violence, including an instance where a staff driver was shot.
Williams said she’s had to turn over to the police funeral home.... |
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Faith is all about believing; you may not see the outcome but you expect it to work in your favor. Members of Grant AME Church in North Austin live by that motto. Pastor Sylvester Patton III is among a group of pastors willing to help struggling artists. |
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Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC-T leader arrives pic.twitter.com/ljDWBLyVNk — harumutasa/aljazeera (@harumutasa)
Freedom Square Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC-T leader, at protest pic.twitter.com/vJ44kfiBE1 — harumutasa/aljazeera (@harumutasa) March 22, 2017 Tendai Biti addresses the demonstrators
PDP president.... |
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The "affluenza" teen who killed four people in a drunken-driving crash continues to fight against the legal system that has repeatedly tried to let him off the hook. After Ethan Couch was initially given no jail time and then a measly two-year term after blowing his probation, he is now begging the Texas Supreme Court to let him out early. |
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It appears the fire started in the rear of the home, which is a total loss. Detherage said it was burning a while before they were notified. Fire crews knocked the flames out in about an hour, but the home is still smoldering. At one point, the fire even briefly re-ignited, according to the fire chief. |
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First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo poses with Harriet San-Koffie and her family members. Seven-year-old girl Harriet San-Koffie, her family members, opinion leaders, pastor and church elders from Bortiano-Ngleshie-Amanfrom paid a courtesy call on First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo to thank her for helping save her life. |
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West Columbia, SC (WLTX) - A mother, a father and two of their children died following a house fire in West Columbia Tuesday morning. One of the children was a 10-month-old baby boy who had just been adopted by the family. Coroner Margaret Fisher says 34-year-old Amanda Kelly, 42-year-old Scott.... |
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#ThisFlag pastor, Evan Mawarire this afternoon joined MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The two together with a scores of Zimbabweans descended into large open space area symbolic of change. The Freedom Square today became a true freedom square as for the first time opposition parties and the general.... |
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Cleveland-area pastor Darrell Scott cancels a planned Chicago 'gang thug' summit. Some of the House Republican opposition to the GOP health-care plan comes from Ohio. And a new law takes effect loosening rules on where concealed firearms can be carried in Ohio. Today's Ohio Politics Roundup is brought to you by Jeremy Pelzer. |
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The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, the series continues with the arrival in town of the Rev. Francis Xavier Seelos. |
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), Ebonyi chapter, says the ongoing reconciliation will enhance the unity and progress of the party in the state.
Pastor Eze Nwachukwu, Ebonyi APC Chairman, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abakaliki, said that zonal.... |
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File-This July 20, 2016, file photo shows Darrell Scott, Senior Pastor of New Spirit Revival Center Ministries speaking during the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. A Cleveland-area minister who told President Donald Trump that Chicago's "top gang thugs" wanted to meet.... |
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OXFORD, OH (FOX19) - Fire destroyed an Oxford home overnight, fire officials said. Crews responded to the 100 block of Bishop Street about 2 a.m. Wednesday and remain on scene. The residents are students who are away on Spring Break, fire officials said. No injuries were reported. |
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This Saturday, The Observer makes 13 years since the first copy was held by a paying reader and I can’t help but feel thankful for the platform this newspaper has accorded me all these years, to share Christ my way. I remember when the newspaper was just starting, the founding managing editor, Ogen.... |
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FRANKLIN. Mintie Lucille Conner, 94, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Franklin. She was a resident of Franklin. She was born Jan. 30, 1923, in Kentucky to Jim and Lilly Mae (Bell) McWhorter. She married William E. Conner on July 6, 1940. He preceded her in passing. |
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A conservative preacher and vocal supporter of President Donald Trump shared claims an “anointed” cake “saved” a gay bartender.
Lance Wallnau was answering a question via a Periscope session from a viewer who wanted to stop her son from being gay, according to a video that Right Wing Watch posted online. |
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Members of the Senate's ethics committee will review the case of embattled Senator Don Meredith today and begin the process of formally sanctioning the Toronto-area senator for his relationship with a teenage girl. Committee members will meet behind closed doors at 3 p.m. |
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Orchids to … • Northside Pediatrics staff and Dr. Baxter for your quick thinking Monday afternoon when my daddy passed out, from Allyson and the rest of the family. • the William Steinker family for the pictures. • Bree Simmons for giving my grandson, Bryce, the “Jersey Boys” tickets, from Barbara Williams. |
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A Gloucester man who breached a restraining order by contacting a Gloucester woman three times has avoided jail because of his "suspected mental disorder." Nathan Matthews, 32, of Hailes Road, Coney Hill, was seen by psychiatrist Doctor Deborah Staite yesterday and she told Gloucester Crown Court.... |
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Omokri, who made the claim in a post on his Facebook Wall maintained that Nigerians were more happier under Jonathan than the current administration.
Stressing that the current administration was causing Nigerians more pains, the US-based Pastor said there were no improvements under the current administration. |
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The Nigerian Army has denied reports that soldiers reportedly killed about 17 Fulani herdsmen in Southern Kaduna on Monday, March 20. Daily Post reports that the Army issued the denial on Tuesday, March 21 through Army spokesman Brigadier-General Sani Usman Kukasheka and vowed to investigate the incident. |
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