Leonardo Blair

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  Nov 11, 2021

  Walmart now using fully driverless trucks as automation speeds up in wake of pandemic

  In a first for the autonomous vehicle industry, Walmart and Silicon Valley startup Gatik announced Monday that their self-driving trucks are now operating without a safety driver.

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  Nov 11, 2021

  'Depart Haiti now,’ US gov’t tells Americans; evangelical pastor shot, child killed

  The U.S. State Department urged Americans to “depart Haiti now” before not even the government is able to help them leave as widespread fuel shortages triggered by growing violence in the Caribbean nation continued while 17 missionaries, including 16 Americans, were still being held hostage by a local gang demanding a $17 million ransom.

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  Nov 10, 2021

  Christian entrepreneurs dead in murder-suicide weeks after wife asked fans on Facebook for prayer

  Months after moving to Georgia to expand their business, Christian couple Ronnell and Keianna Burns, once celebrated on social media for their inspiring entrepreneurship and 4 His Glory Ministries, were found dead inside their Sandy Springs home in what police suspect is a murder-suicide.

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  Nov 10, 2021

  Supreme Court justices question sincerity of Texas death row inmate’s Christian beliefs

  U.S. Supreme Court justices and lawyers have questioned the sincerity of the Christian faith of a Texas death row inmate who recently had his execution delayed because state officials will not allow his pastor to lay hands and make vocal prayers as he receives a lethal injection for murdering a man in 2004.

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  Nov 9, 2021

  Most Protestant churches open for services, but congregants slow in returning: study

  A majority of Protestant churches are now open for in-person services but foot traffic has been slow to return to their pews particularly for black churches, a new survey from Lifeway Research shows.

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  Nov 8, 2021

  Nashville pastor saves congregants from gunman who attacked during prayer

  A potential massacre at Nashville Light Mission Pentecostal in Nashville, Tennessee, was averted Sunday when the congregation’s pastor tackled a man who pointed a gun at the congregation from the pulpit while they were in prayer.

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  Nov 8, 2021

  At least some of 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti still alive, US official says

  At least some of the 17 missionaries kidnapped by the 400 Mawozo gang in Haiti, whose leader Wilson Joseph has threatened to kill them if he is not paid a $17 million in ransom, have been confirmed alive, a senior official in the Biden administration says.

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  Nov 4, 2021

  Christian Aid Ministries says gangs taking power in Haiti; crime boss urges US to cut ties with gov’t

  As they continue praying for the release of their 17 missionaries kidnapped by gangsters in Haiti, the Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries said nearly half the country is now “under the control of gangs,” as a powerful local crime boss called on the United States and the United Nations to sever ties with the government to “liberate” citizens.

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  Nov 4, 2021

  Pastor, Al Sharpton’s younger brother indicted for distributing cocaine

  Alabama Pastor Kenneth Sharpton-Glasgow, the troubled younger half-brother of civil rights activist Al Sharpton, pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to distributing cocaine with an unnamed suspect.

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  Nov 4, 2021

  Most millennials like Jesus and the Bible, but 30% identify as LGBT: study

  While most millennials view Jesus and the Bible as at least “a little positive,” nearly one-third of America’s largest, most educated and misunderstood generation also identify as LGBT, and 75% of them admit to “searching for a sense of purpose in life,” a new report from Arizona Christian University shows.