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"It’s not about race. It’s about power," attorney L. Chris Stewart, who is representing the Scott family, said in a telephone interview with the Los Angeles Times. "That officer thought he could just shoot this man. He thought Mr. Scott was expendable." If convicted, Slager could face the death penalty or life in prison. |
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■Say computer-based test boosts to their ambitions. By EVANGELINE ANUMBA. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) seems to be one of the many innovative agencies in Nigeria considering their tendency to adapt technologies to their oeprations. This year, it conducted a full computer-based tests for all its candidates. |
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Preparations are underway in Tonga to celebrate the ordination of Soane Patita Paini Mafi as a cardinal of the Catholic Church. The Tongan King Tupou VI and other members of the royal family will attend the national celebration on Saturday. Radio Tonga reports the celebrations will be held at Saint Mary's square in 'Apifo'ou College. |
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He was replying to claims made by Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesman, Éamon Ó Cuív, that funding was being drained from "truly rural areas" in the country and redirected to more urban and semi-urban districts. Ó Cuív said the distribution model being used by Minister Kelly would result in a misappropriation of these funds. |
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A South Carolina police officer was charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man after police obtained a video that showed him unleash a volley of gunfire while the victim ran away, officials said. North Charleston Police Officer Michael Thomas Slager was charged Tuesday in the death of 50-year-old Walter Lamer Scott. |
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Christians in praise and worship. Singing, drumming, clapping and cheering from congregants throughout the week is now a common sight in Kampala. But recently, the issue of loud worship has pitted people in the comfort of their homes or workplace against the right to freedom of worship. Some say the ‘noise’ is several decibels higher than normal. |
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Vatican Radio. South Sudan’s Wau Diocese Vicar General, Fr Germano Bernando has encouraged prison inmates of Wau not to lose hope in God. Fr. Bernando was speaking when he presided over the Easter Eucharistic celebration at Wau Central Prison. In his homily to about 300 inmates, Fr. |
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An Algiers pastor's shooting of one of two suspected copper thieves outside his church remains under review by Orleans Parish prosecutors, seven months after the incident left a man with two bullet wounds to his head. Assistant District Attorney Christopher Bowman, spokesman for Orleans Parish.... |
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Antje Jackelén, the former bishop of Lund, will record the 45-minute podcast, called "prata till punkt", roughly "finish talking", together with various guests. Swedish Radio's local channel in Blekinge reports the show's subject matter will tackle existential questions and issues surrounding the Christian faith. |
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Pope Francis gestures as he leads the Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic Palace in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 6, 2015. REUTERS
ROME -- Once again, Pope Francis has done it his way. First came the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine in 2014, and now a song for 2015. |
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First United Methodist Church has been a part of the community of Eureka Springs, Arkansas for 136 years. But this year they were banned from the Easter parade because they wanted to carry a banner reading, "Jesus loves all." Church members say that the conservative parade organizers rejected the.... |
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