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Beloved Alabama Pastor Fatally Shot; Wife Recovering From Injuries
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Kenneth Taylon
Fox10
A tragic incident has shaken the Mobile, Alabama, community, where beloved pastor Robert Matthews of Joy Tabernacle Full Gospel Church was fatally shot by his daughter on October 20. His wife, Twinetta Matthews, was also shot during the attack but is expected to survive. Charity Aleis Matthews, 36, the couple’s daughter, was arrested and charged…
Bay Area City Pays $1.5 Million After Years-Long Fight to Take Down Cross
By
Rowan Arthur
Adobe Stock
A prolonged legal battle over the removal of a 28-foot illuminated cross in the Bay Area city of Albany has finally been resolved, with the city agreeing to pay over $1.5 million to settle the dispute with the Albany Lions Club. The decision ends a years-long controversy surrounding the Albany Hill Cross, which has been…
Brain Dead Kentucky Man Wakes Up Just as His Organs Were About to Be Harvested
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Cecilia Buchanan
Ladonna Horer / TikTok
The Kentucky Attorney-General’s office is reviewing a case after a man was declared brain dead at a Kentucky hospital, only to wake up moments before doctors began harvesting his organs. About three years ago, Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II was admitted to the emergency room at Baptist Health Richmond in Richmond, KY for cardiac arrest.…
Texas Supreme Court Will Hear Case to Determine Whether SMU Can Leave United Methodist Church
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Cecilia Buchanan
Adobe Stock
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case between Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the United Methodist Church (UMC). The issues began in 2019 as the UMC battled over the issue of ordaining LGBTQ clergy and performing same sex marriages. At the time, the UMC voted in February 2019 to uphold the “Traditional…
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