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  Local authorities anticipate somewhere between 30,000 to 40,000 people to come to the Cape Fear Conference B Headquarters in Raeford, North Carolina. The memorial will include a public viewing that is scheduled from 11am to 1pm EST, followed by a private memorial that will run from 3pm to 5pm EST. George Floyd was born […]

  The statue of Confederate Gen. Williams Carter Wickham lies on the ground after protesters pulled it down Saturday, June 6, 2020, in Monroe Park in Richmond, Va. The statue had stood in the park since 1891. (Alexa Welch Edlund/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) A small group of demonstrators toppled a statue of a Confederate general […]

  People pay their respects during a memorial service for George Floyd, Saturday, June 6, 2020, in Raeford, N.C. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Ed Clemente/The Fayetteville Observer via AP, Pool) They held up signs and their fists and the memory of George Floyd. Tens of thousands of […]

  Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 7, 2020. Pope Francis is cautioning people in countries emerging from lockdown to keep following authorities’ rules for COVID-19 contagion containment. Says Francis: “Be careful, don’t cry victory, […]

  In this photo taken Saturday, June 6, 2020, people sit outside a cafe, in Ankara, Turkey. Images on social media and news agencies showed crowds picnicking and partying Saturday night without heeding to the rules of social distancing and wearing masks on the first weekend with no lockdown, prompting a reprimand from the health […]

  Thousands of protestors marched Tuesday (May 26) from the scene of George Floyd’s encounter with police to a Minneapolis police precinct station. Some chanted “I can’t breathe.” Screen capture from Time MINNEAPOLIS (BP) — Southern Baptist leaders are lamenting the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis after a white […]

  Pastor Tim Keller, founder and former pastor of Redeemer Church in New York City. | Courtesy of A. Larry Ross Communications Theologian and bestselling author Timothy Keller shared that he’s been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and asked fellow believers to pray for him in four specific ways. “Less than 3 weeks ago I didn’t […]

  Scott Bethmann, 63, and his wife, Nancy, were heard discussing news of companies that have denounced systematic racism following protests sparked by the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd. Mr. Bethmann was a Naval Academy Alumni Association Board of Trustees member but resigned on Saturday after he accidentally started streaming the 33-minute conversation […]

  The parents of a little girl who was given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen hours after she was born – causing permanent brain damage – unintentionally filmed the life-changing accident. Amelia Khan (pictured bottom right as a toddler) was inadvertently poisoned at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital in June 2016 after a subcontractor mixed up two gas pipelines […]

  Kurt Thomas, the first American male gymnast to win a world championship gold medal, has died at age 64. His family says Thomas passed away on Friday. He had suffered a stroke on May 24, caused by a tear of the basilar artery in the brain stem, according to relatives. After competing in the […]