Leonardo Blair

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  Mar 15, 2018

  70-Y-O Christian Woman Who Overcame 5 Suicide Attempts Gets 'Miracles' From Church After Fire

  A 70-year-old great-great-grandmother from North Carolina who overcame addiction, sexual assault and five suicide attempts to graduate from college for the first time last spring, is now thanking God for "miracles" after she lost all her belongings in a fire last Thursday.

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  Mar 15, 2018

  2 Arrested for Burning Pastor's Wife Alive, Beating Her Husband

  Two men who eluded authorities after battering a North Carolina pastor and burning his 76-year-old wife alive inside the couple's home were arrested and charged Wednesday with first-degree murder.

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  Mar 15, 2018

  Morgan Roof, Sister of S.C. Church Shooter, Arrested After Wishing Classmates 'Get Shot' at School Protest

  Morgan Roof, the 18-year-old sister of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, was arrested on drug and weapons charges at her South Carolina high school Wednesday after scaring some students with a racially charged social media post in which she wished students who participated in the national walkout against gun violence would "get shot."

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  Mar 14, 2018

  Pastor Sued by Insurance Company for Claiming Nearly $400K for Crippling Disease

  The Rev. Cynthia McCullough of St. John AME Zion Church in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, was slapped with a federal lawsuit by New York Life Friday for receiving nearly $400,000 in insurance payments for claims of having a crippling disease the company contends doesn't seem to be affecting her quality of life.

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  Mar 14, 2018

  Prominent Atheist, Physicist Stephen Hawking Dies After Warning of Danger to Humanity

  Prominent atheist and physicist Stephen Hawking, who preached that science offers a more "convincing explanation" of the universe than belief in God does, died early Wednesday, the University of Cambridge announced. He was 76.

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  Mar 13, 2018

  Missionaries Get 32 Months Each for Brutally Beating Adopted Children

  A missionary couple from Kansas who thought they were doing the Lord's work when they adopted three children from Peru will now be spending a collective 64 months in prison after they were sentenced last Thursday for brutally beating two of the children for failing to do their homework.

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  Mar 13, 2018

  Louisiana Pastor Who Sought Comfort in Meth Resigns After Arrest, Asks Church for Forgiveness

  Andy Harris, the troubled 56-year-old senior pastor of the well-known Church of the Cross in Haughton, Louisiana, resigned and asked for the congregation's forgiveness Sunday, just days after he was arrested for possession of methamphetamine at his home in Bossier City.

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  Mar 12, 2018

  North Carolina Pastor Injured, Wife Burned Alive in Home Invasion

  A North Carolina pastor was hospitalized after his 76-year-old wife was kidnapped then burned alive in their home Friday by intruders who authorities say are still on the loose.

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  Mar 12, 2018

  Trump's Alleged Affair With Porn Star Stormy Daniels 'Doesn't Matter,' Robert Jeffress Says

  Even if the alleged affair between President Donald Trump and pornographic film star Stephanie Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels is true, evangelicals will still support him says Robert Jeffress, pastor of the 12,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.

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  Mar 12, 2018

  Saying You\'re Going to Hell if You Don\'t Believe in Jesus Is \'Insanity,\' Megachurch Pastor Michael A. Walrond Jr. Says

  Michael A. Walrond Jr., one of New York City's most influential pastors who leads the more than 10,000-member First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, is coming under fire online for telling his congregants that the belief that Jesus is the only way to Heaven is "insanity."