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Trump delivers a pointed and at times bitter speech at Al Smith charity dinner

Trump delivers a pointed and at times bitter speech at Al Smith charity dinner

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump laced into Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats on Thursday in a pointed and at times bitter speech as he headlined the annual Al Smith charity dinner in New York.
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Cissy Houston mourned by Dionne Warwick, politicians and more at longtime church

Cissy Houston mourned by Dionne Warwick, politicians and more at longtime church

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, Darlene Love and a massive choir helped celebrate the life of gospel icon Cissy Houston during a music-filled memorial Thursday in the Duchess of Gospel’s hometown of Newark.
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What to know about the Los Angeles Catholic Church's $880M settlement with sexual abuse victims

What to know about the Los Angeles Catholic Church's $880M settlement with sexual abuse victims

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has ag reed to pay $880 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades.
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What to know about the Los Angeles Catholic Church $880M settlement with sexual abuse victims

What to know about the Los Angeles Catholic Church $880M settlement with sexual abuse victims

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has ag reed to pay $880 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades.
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Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official's classroom Bible mandate

Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official's classroom Bible mandate

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of Oklahoma parents of public school students, teachers and ministers filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop the state's top education official from forcing schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for student
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Cissy Houston mourned by Dionne Warwick, politicians and more at longtime church

Cissy Houston mourned by Dionne Warwick, politicians and more at longtime church

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, Darlene Love and a massive choir helped celebrate the life of gospel icon Cissy Houston during a music-filled memorial Thursday in the Duchess of Gospel’s hometown of Newark.
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Harris to address Al Smith charity dinner by video, organizers say

Harris to address Al Smith charity dinner by video, organizers say

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will address the Al Smith charity dinner by video Thursday night, after deciding to skip the event in person in a break with presidential campaign tradition , organizers said.
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Asian American evangelicals' theology is conservative. But that doesn't mean they vote that way

Asian American evangelicals' theology is conservative. But that doesn't mean they vote that way

The Rev. Wayne Lee leads an English-speaking church of second- and third-generation Chinese Americans in the heart of Philadelphia’s Chinatown.
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Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse

Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades, in what an attorney said was the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese, it was ann
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A full-scale replica of Anne Frank's hidden annex is heading to New York for an exhibition

A full-scale replica of Anne Frank's hidden annex is heading to New York for an exhibition

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The annex where the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank hid from Nazi occupiers during World War II is heading to New York.
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