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Bright Hope Baptist Church Elects Senior Pastor

December 4, 2017

Photo above Dr. Darron McKinney, Leaping Lion Photogahpy On October 22, 2017,  the members of Bright Hope Baptist Church located at 12th and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, definitively elected a Senior Pastor, Pastor-Elect Reverend Dr. Darron D. McKinney, Sr. Dr. McKinney will speak December 31st at Bright Hope’s annual Watch Night Service and will deliver…

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Iconic Sonny Hill Honored for Longtime Contributions to City, 76ers

December 3, 2017

By Brian Seltzer for Sixers.com ???? Sixers.com PHILADELPHIA, PA – For a man who’s always been great with his words, Sonny Hill was pretty much left at a loss for what to say. During the first time out of Saturday’s first quarter, the 76ers surprised the long-time hoops fixture – both local and beyond – by…

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Ex-Oklahoma lawmaker pleads guilty to child sex trafficking

November 30, 2017

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former Oklahoma state senator accused of engaging in child prostitution and pornography pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of child sex trafficking. Former two-term Republican state Sen. Ralph Shortey pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti in exchange for federal prosecutors dropping three child pornography charges against him….

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Rapper Meek Mill denied request to get out of Pa. prison, post bail

November 28, 2017

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania court has denied Meek Mill’s request to be freed from prison and allowed to post bail. Mill, who spent time in state prison at Camp Hill, is being held in a facility in Chester. The state’s Superior Court on Tuesday denied the request from lawyers representing the 30-year-old rapper and…

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100 passengers rescued from ferry that ran aground near pier

November 28, 2017

NEW YORK –More than 100 passengers have been rescued from a ferry that ran aground in New York’s East River. Police say it happened Monday evening just off a pier near the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan. The U.S. Coast Guard says the ferry was heading to the Rockaways area of Queens when it…

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Meredith Corp. acquires Time Inc. in $2.8 billion Koch-backed deal

November 27, 2017

AOL Meredith Corp., a magazine publisher and broadcast company, will acquire Time Inc. in a deal totaling $2.8 billion, the company announced in a statement Sunday. The Des Moines, Iowa-based company said in the statement that the all-cash deal had been approved by both firms’ boards of directors and is expected to close in the…

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African-American churches found vandalized in New Jersey

November 27, 2017

???? ABC7 Pix11, MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. — Authorities are investigating reports of vandalism on churches in New Jersey and are treating them as possible bias crimes. Church officials notified prosecutors and police in Morristown and Morris Township Saturday that they had fallen victim to vandalism overnight, officials said. The churches, which are prominently African-American: Church…

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Rep. John Conyers steps aside from top spot on Judiciary

November 26, 2017

????Rep. John Conyers Flickr Michigan Rep. John Conyers says he is stepping aside as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee amid a congressional investigation into allegations he sexually harassed female staff members. In a statement Sunday, the 88-year-old Conyers says he denies the allegations and would like to keep his leadership role on…

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