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Apr 03 2024
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With no more room for asylum-seekers, Tukwila church turns families away
As hundreds of asylum-seekers faced the threat of sleeping outside Tuesday night, King County’s asylum-seeker crisis reached a new, more serious stage. For the last sixteen months — since this crisis began — Tukwila’s Riverton Park United Methodist Church has consistently provided shelter to families seeking asylum in King County when no one else has. Until now. Starting two weeks ago, Pastor
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Mar 25 2024
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Man injured after shooting outside Virginia Beach church
One person was taken to a hospital after a shooting in Virginia Beach on Saturday. Just before 7 p.m., officers responded to the shooting in the 4800 block of Princess Anne Road, outside Church of the Ascension. There, they found a man with a gunshot wound. The shooting took place just after a Palm Sunday Mass on Saturday evening. John Rooney, who attended the Mass, said parishioners had seen
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Jun 15 2024
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Five WNY sites recommended for listing on State Register of Historic Places
Five sites in Western New York, three of them in Buffalo, have been recommended for inclusion on the State Register of Historic Places, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. The Buffalo locations include the Austin Street Police Athletic League Center, the city's first PAL Center, originally built as a firehouse in 1894; Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Convent, 198 Emslie St., constructed in 1914,
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Jun 14 2024
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50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Evelyn Waller of Waterford will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on July 6. Steve and Evelyn exchanged vows on July 6, 1974, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Churchtown, Ohio. Steve, a graduate of Fort Frye High school, is the son of the late Ray and Jennie Waller. He retired from American Electric Power in 2007. He is an avid sports fan and enjoys watching
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Mar 24 2024
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Vermont’s only Black Baptist church to welcome new pastor
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Every Sunday, members of the New Alpha Missionary Baptist Church attend service at the Old North End Community Center in Burlington. “We are a family and we come together as a family and we love as a family and we worship as a family,” Church Administrator Adline Robertson said. On Easter Sunday, the church will add a new member to the family. “We do have a new pastor
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Apr 09 2024
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Prosecutors say an Idaho man planned a church attack to support the Islamic State
Prosecutors say an Idaho man planned a church attack to support the Islamic State BOISE, Idaho — An 18-year-old man planned to attack churches in a northern Idaho city using a metal pipe, butane fuel, a machete and, if he could get them, his father's guns, according to federal prosecutors who charged him with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group. Authorities said
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Apr 16 2024
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Hstoday Idaho Teen Arrested for Alleged Plans to Attack Churches in Name of Islamic State
An Idaho teenager who was allegedly planning an attack on churches in the name of Islamic State has been arrested. Last Saturday, federal authorities arrested 18-year-old Alexander Scott Mercurio of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, a day before his alleged planned attack on churches in the city using weapons including knives, firearms and fire. The federal investigation into Mercurio began when he
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Apr 09 2024
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FBI arrests Idaho man for allegedly planning attack on churches in support of ISIS
The criminal complaint against Alexander Scott Mercurio is photographed on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Mercurio, 18, is charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group after prosecutors said he planned to carry out an attack on a Coeur d'Alene church. Mercurio was arrested Saturday, and the charges were unsealed in Idaho's U.S. District Court on Monday. The FBI
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Dec 19 2023
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Catholic Theologians, Leaders Push Back on Pope's Gay Blessings
The mainstream media's portrayal of Pope Francis' declaration concerning same-sex couples is not entirely accurate, a respected Catholic theologian told Newsmax. Francis formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith earlier this week issuing a new document explaining that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be
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Jun 15 2024
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George Vander Hey III
George Vander Hey III, 69, passed away Friday, June 7, 2024, while vacationing with his wife and his granddaughter, whom he adored. George was a 1972 graduate of Westlake High School, where he was a member of the Ram Band. He was a member of the Lake Charles and Sulphur Jay Cees and a member of Our Lady of LaSalette Catholic Church. George retired from WR Grace in 2019 after 37 years of
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