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Black Venice Beach Residents Fight to Preserve Historic Church
“We’re going to work in cooperation with the city and with what people want. That’s always been our intent.” Robert Thibodeau
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One of the Nation’s Oldest Black Churches Uncovered in Williamsburg, Virginia
First Baptist Church was torn down to make space for a parking lot in 1956.
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Florida Church Puts Up Warning on Front Doors: ‘We Are Heavily Armed’
One Florida church is letting the people know that while the pastors and congregation may be saved, y’all can still catch these hands. While everyone is still welcome at the River at Tampa Bay Church, the senior pastor, Rodney Howard-Browne, posted the new signs that will be gracing the front doors of the church, MSN…
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Pastor Considers Demolishing Texas Church After Horrific Mass Shooting
The pastor of the Sutherland Springs, Texas, church where 26 people were killed in a horrific shooting rampage is considering tearing down the building and putting up a memorial in its place. According to Reuters, the pastor, Frank Pomeroy, whose 14-year-old daughter was killed in the massacre at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs,…
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Air Force: Failure to Follow Policies Allowed Texas Shooter to Buy Firearms
Texas church shooter Devin P. Kelley, who was known to have a violent past, should not have been able to buy firearms and body armor because of his domestic violence conviction back in 2014 while serving at the Halloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. However, according to the Washington Post, the Air Force has…
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Fox News Host Looks for the ‘Positive’ in Texas Shooting, Insinuates Church Is the Best Place to Be Shot
I’m not sure if Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt was attempting to comfort the grieving families of those who lost loved ones in the Texas church massacre over the weekend, or if she were extolling her own faith and preferences, or if she just, as a matter of fact, enjoys shoving her whole entire foot…
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Authorities Believe ‘Domestic Situation’ May Have Motivated Gunman in Texas Church Shooting
Authorities say that a “domestic situation” within the Texas gunman’s family may have sparked the horrific shooting that left 26 dead in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church. “The suspect’s mother-in-law attended this church,” Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Freeman Martin told reporters Monday morning, according to the New York Times. “We know that he…
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Trump Says Texas Shooting Is a ‘Mental Health Problem,’ but Was It?
President Donald Trump is insisting that the horrific mass shooting at a Texas church Sunday was not “a guns situation” but, rather, an issue with mental health—because that’s always how these conversations go. “I think that mental health is your problem here,” Trump told reporters at a press conference in Tokyo Monday, according to Time…