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Three Republicans and two Democrats are competing to fill Sen. Susan Paddack’s legislative seat next year. Republicans Shawn Howard, Greg McCortney and Jet McCoy are seeking the office, along with Democratic candidates Eric Hall and Steve Jarman. The June 28 primary election will narrow the field to.... |
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Is the nation appeasing God’s wrath and undergoing punishment for past evils? Because of the austere environment the country is under, many theories emerge. Economists and politicians can explain in their way. Other various interest opinions, including religion, proffer their take. |
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Before you learn anything about his parents’ visionary decision to challenge him academically as a youngster, and before you hear about the recent death of his grandparents in a house fire, or before you understand that his wearing of jersey No. 23 in high school goes beyond his adulation for.... |
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First up from the God Machine this week is a look at the reactions to the mass-shooting in Orlando from some evangelical Christian leaders, who didn’t exactly respond with compassion and grace. Take TV preacher , for example. Pat Robertson [Tuesday] on “The 700 Club,” televangelist Pat Robertson.... |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The massacre at a gay nightclub has tested the limits of the "love the sinner, hate the sin" approach to homosexuality by conservative religious leaders. The faith leaders have overwhelmingly expressed grief over the loss of life in Orlando, led vigils around the country, offered.... |
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A randy pastor has been arrested on his wedding day after police investigation revealed that he allegedly impregnated a schoolgirl and later killed her after she refused to abort the baby. The incident happened in Kenya but the pastor identified as Charles Nyachwara was arrested in Uganda after he escaped to the country and started a new church. |
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By Ifeanyi Okolie & Oghene Omonisa. When Colonel Samalia Inusa, a Chief Instructor at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Kaduna State, was abducted by unknown gunmen at Kamazo area of Kaduna Refinery Road, on March 26, 2016, many thought his abduction and eventual killing might have been a.... |
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Thousands of fans and friends said tearful goodbyes Friday to Grimmie, a rising pop star from South Jersey who was gunned down by a stranger a week ago while signing autographs after a concert in Orlando, Fla. Mourners arrived in a steady stream throughout the day during a five-hour visitation for.... |
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We begin in Kenya where the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has threatened to apply the Rome State on perpetrators of crimes during the country's upcoming elections. Daily Nation. The publication which published an exclusive interview with Fatou Bensouda.... |
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A pastor and an apostle were yesterday, Friday, June 17, caught pants down in Ngwo community, Enugu. According to an eyewitness who shared the shocking details of what happened with Newest Rivers, the two men were caught getting down in the middle of the night. “Around 1.00am in the morning two men were caught having sexual intercourse. |
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By Ifeanyi Okolie & Oghene Omonisa. When Colonel Samalia Inusa, a Chief Instructor at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Kaduna State, was abducted by unknown gunmen at Kamazo area of Kaduna Refinery Road, on March 26, 2016, many thought his abduction and eventual killing might have been a.... |
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Ado Ekiti Several properties were destroyed and many residents rendered homeless when flood sacked parts of Ado Ekiti following a downpour that lasted several hours on Wednesday. Most affected by the flood was Adere area, along Ilawe road where three churches were submerged. |
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Candles are lit during a rally and vigil for the shootings in Orlando at Los Angeles City Hall on June 13, 2016 in Los Angeles, California organized by the Los Angeles LGBT Center. PHOTO: AFP.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA: From pulpits in Orlando and beyond, church leaders are reckoning with religious views.... |
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A city that last week coursed with the joy of children arriving to visit its famous theme parks will spend this weekend convulsing with grief as the community begins to lay dozens of shooting victims to rest. Orlando's trauma hospital was pushed to the brink early Sunday after a gunman unleashed his.... |
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Pastor Ann Nyoro at the Kiambu law courts during the hearing of a case in which she is charged with helping Paul Magu to kill himself. (PHOTO.FIDELIS KABUNYI/ STANDARD) City lawyer Paul Magu may have had a second family with a female cleric accused of aiding in his death and that of his young family, a Kiambu court heard on Thursday. |
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Christina Grimmie's mother broke down in tears as she delivered a tribute to her daughter at a public memorial service for The Voice star on Friday, who was buried in her hometown in New Jersey the day before. The 22-year-old was shot dead as she signed autographs after a show in Orlando, Florida, on June 10. |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The massacre at a gay nightclub has tested the limits of the "love the sinner, hate the sin" approach to homosexuality by conservative religious leaders. The faith leaders have overwhelmingly expressed grief over the loss of life in Orlando, led vigils around the country, offered.... |
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Nine people shot and killed by a white supremacist in a church in Charleston, South Carolina. The deaths of Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Jordan Davis, Rekia Boyd, Tamir Rice, and Trayvon Martin. Could the ingrained racial prejudice that led to these deaths—and that drives.... |
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The Prof. said in the course of his career, he has been tempted by female students, just like any other male lecturer. In an interview with the Nation, Bamidele said, “Some students will come with the intention to tempt you, trying to make eye contacts, and I will say, what are you trying to do? For.... |
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“This was a place where people came together — LGBT people — and if you erase that part of them, you’re not actually praying for people, you’re praying for an abstraction,” said the Rev. Paul Raushenbush, a gay American Baptist pastor and a vice president at Auburn Seminary in New York. |
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“Notice the absences. Is your spiritual leader here? Your senator? Your neighbor? Too many of our community leaders elected not to attend our services tonight. In the face of bigotry and hate, in light of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, they chose to stay silent,” Barrie Harvey said. “Their silence sends our community a message. |
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Our attention has been drawn to a false and wicked propaganda which has been circulating on social media that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has been arrested by the EFCC. Ordinarily, we would not react to such rumour sponsored by political upstarts within and outside who are worried at the massive support.... |
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In a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 6-to-1, de Blasio says he's not worried and will win as the city experiences higher employment and lower crime. Elected in 2013 with the highest margin of victory of any non-incumbent in New York history, he has slid in recent polls to where.... |
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It’s much easier to get kids believing in God than to get them believing in the virtues of broccoli, according to Justin Barrett, author of “Born Believers: the Science of Children’s Religious Belief.” He describes atheist parents whose children believe in God despite efforts to discourage them, and.... |
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Orchids to … • Bonnie Ayers for all you do to help, from Carolyn. • the lady in the blue SUV for buying our lunch at Chick-fil-A, from the girls in the black truck. • the anonymous family who gave the generous donation allowing our son to attend Camp Delafield, from the Fox family. • President Obama for his stance on terrorism. |
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