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BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has dominated German politics for over a decade thanks to a combination of flexibility, tactical savvy and luck — and she looks likely to benefit from Germany's legalization of gay marriage as she seeks a fourth term in September. |
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To some, adding a hip new eatery to the neighborhood would demonstrate that Midtown is emerging from decades of poverty and failure. But it would also replace Sylvia's, an outpost of the famed Harlem soul food restaurant, that closed there last year. That's why others see it as a harbinger of gentrification pushed by outsiders. |
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Chancellor Angela Merkel has dominated German politics for over a decade thanks to a combination of flexibility, tactical savvy and luck — and she looks likely to benefit from Germany's legalization of gay marriage as she seeks a fourth term in September. |
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MISS Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach’s iconic blue ball gown on her coronation night made such a lasting impression on Tiffany Aleanna Cruz Lim that when she was asked by young Dabawenya fashion designer Maizy Colleen what gown she had in mind for her 18th birthday, the debutante requested it to be her inspiration. |
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BERLIN (AP) Chancellor Angela Merkel has dominated German politics for over a decade thanks to a combination of flexibility, tactical savvy and luck and she looks likely to benefit from Germany's legalization of gay marriage as she seeks a fourth term in September. |
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Last month, 200 diverse Philadelphians gathered in Rittenhouse Square to publicly mourn the loss of an Arab American teenager abducted on her way to her mosque in Virginia and murdered. From across the city, Jews, Muslims, and Christians came together with our Latino immigrant neighbors for a.... |
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A West Pokot woman reportedly resurrected two hours after her husband received a three-word "miracle text" from self-proclaimed prophet David Owuor. Rosa Rotirakori from Cheparten village, South Pokot sub-county, is said to have collapsed and died on Wednesday night after a long illness. |
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June 30, 2017 Houston On one of his recent visits to the home of an immigrant family, Julio Barquero asked everyone sitting in the living room to stand and join hands. They formed a circle, closed their eyes, and prayed. "Help us in the name of God," Mr. Barquero, a lay minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), said in Spanish. |
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Those qualities helped enable parliament's lightning-fast vote Friday to legalize gay marriage. Though Merkel herself probably didn't intend for it to happen so quickly and voted against the measure, it dispatched the issue before election campaigning really started. |
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The Department of the Treasury-IRS has filed notice of a federal tax lien on the late Bishop Eddie L. Long and his wife, Vanessa, according to documents filed in May in DeKalb County Superior Court.
Bishop Eddie L. Long was pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb County. The Lithonia megachurch pastor died of cancer in January. |
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The vandal three three statues at a larger statue, causing damage that could cost up to $10,000 to fix, the church's pastor said.
SOHO, NY — A SoHo church that's more than a century old was vandalized on Monday morning by an unknown person, police said. The vandal took three small statutes outside of the St. |
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Zimbabwe’s only ruler since independence from Britain in 1980, Mugabe led the country from the embers of civil war and repressive white-minority rule, and has held power since with a mixture of tactical cunning, obdurate African nationalism and, where necessary, the brute force of his security services. |
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The Ministry of Health teamed up with local groups for an Anti-Substance Abuse March in the Bexon community. It will take place on Saturday, 24th May, when the Substance Abuse Secretariat, Pathfinders Club and 7th Day Adventist Church came together to march against substance abuse in their community. |
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. June 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Upliftv, the faith-based network that offers more inspirational movies and documentaries than any other faith channel and includes a variety of ministries and TV series, announced a partnership with GoodLife 45 to air two uplifting and informative.... |
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AUSTIN — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said that while same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, the "reach and ramifications" of the rights of gay spouses have yet to be determined. In a unanimous decision, the nine-member court reversed a lower court's ruling that upheld the city of Houston's.... |
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HOUSTON – On one of his recent visits to the home of an immigrant family, Julio Barquero asked everyone sitting in the living room to stand and join hands. They formed a circle, closed their eyes, and prayed. “Help us in the name of God,” Barquero, a lay minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), said in Spanish. |
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Gospel star Mercy Twum-Ampofo, popularly known as Ohemaa Mercy, will be holding her annual 'Tehillah Experience' concert in August. The big worship event will come off on August 6 at the ICGC Calvary Temple, opposite Paloma Hotel, off the Spintex Road. But ahead of it, there will be a fasting and prayer activity for a month. |
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Immigrants can apply for a special visa to stay in the United States if they’re victims of a crime and assist investigators. The visas are intended to make particularly vulnerable victims feel safe and willing to come forward and help investigators solve crimes, because it gives them a shot at legal status. |
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HOUSTON — On one of his recent visits to the home of an immigrant family, Julio Barquero asked everyone sitting in the living room to stand and join hands. They formed a circle, closed their eyes, and prayed. "Help us in the name of God," Barquero, a lay minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), said in Spanish. |
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When the Rev. Mitch Hescox was 18 years old, he experienced a spiritual awakening in the Sonoran Desert, finding God through an image of a cross in a giant sun. Since then, the self-proclaimed Christian conservative has turned his vision into action. As the leader of the Evangelical Environmental.... |
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Two victims from Wednesday's vehicle-train crash in Henryville, Indiana have been identified, as the Clark County Sheriffs Department continues to investigate. Adalynn Noel Fouch, 5, and Wyatt James Isaac Fouch, 4, both from Henryville, died Wednesday, said department spokesman Capt. Scottie Maples. Their mother, Ericka J. |
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BEECH — Mary Ann Beech, 75, of Porterville died June 24. She was a homemaker. Graveside: 10 a.m. Aug. 4 at Lindsay-Strathmore Cemetery. Arrangements: Myers Funeral Service & Crematory. BEENE — Kenneth Wayne Beene, 73, of Kingsport, TN, formerly of Fresno, died June 23. He was a pastor. Memorial: Noon July 1 at NorthPointe Community Church. |
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In a box of items firefighters recovered from Erin Martinez's burned Firestone house, a decorative bird scrawled with the saying "Love is patient, love is kind" was the only item undamaged. It now serves as a reminder that her husband, Mark Martinez, is always near. |
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Confession: As a child, I was in love the beautiful Shari Lewis, the puppeteer and ventriloquist. She effortlessly brought her star puppet Lambchop and her friends to life. It was magic. I later discovered Lewis was also brilliant, attending prestigious Barnard College in New York and working as a multitalented singer, ballet dancer and pianist. |
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An Ohio man who gunned down his pastor brother at the close of a Sunday service last year has been sentenced to 31-years-to-life in prison. Daniel Schooler, 69, claimed that he was acting in self defense when he shot older brother Reverend William Schooler, 70, at the pastor's Dayton church in February 2016. |
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