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A 34-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday in a home in Framingham.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Authorities have arrested one suspect and are looking for a...

Panel says faith community must lead slavery reparations Luis Andres Henao Tags:  This Sunday, July 10, 2016 photo shows the First Baptist Church, left, the First Baptist Church of Christ, center, and Saint Josephs Catholic Church in Macon, Ga. About 170 years ago, the two Baptist churches were one congregation, albeit a church of masters and slaves. Then the fight over abolition and slavery started tearing badly at religious groups and moving the country toward Civil War. The Macon church, li...

Panel says faith community must lead slavery reparations LUIS ANDRES HENAO, Associated Press May 20, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail This Sunday, July 10, 2016 photo shows the First Baptist Church, left, the First Baptist Church of Christ, center, and Saint Josephs Catholic Church in Macon, Ga. About 170 years ago, the two Baptist churches were one congregation, albeit a church of masters and slaves. Then the fight over abolition and slavery started tearing badly at religious groups and moving the c...

Biden pushes education spending at stops in Virginia Biden hits the road to sell $4 trillion economic pitch By CNN staff | May 3, 2021 at 11:58 AM CDT - Updated May 3 at 1:53 PM PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden traveled Monday to coastal Virginia to promote his plans to increase spending on education and children, part of his $1.8 trillion families proposal announced last week. Visiting Tidewater Community College with first lady Jill Biden, the president discussed his $109 bill...

Biden pushes education spending at stops in Virginia Biden hits the road to sell $4 trillion economic pitch By CNN staff | May 3, 2021 at 12:58 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 2:53 PM PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden traveled Monday to coastal Virginia to promote his plans to increase spending on education and children, part of his $1.8 trillion families proposal announced last week. Visiting Tidewater Community College with first lady Jill Biden, the president discussed his $109 bill...

Almost a decade after Annie Dookhan and the state drug lab scandal, the fallout is growing Wronged defendants to receive millions while former prosecutors face discipline By Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated January 1, 2021, 4:41 p.m. Email to a Friend Annie Dookhan, a former chemist at the Hinton State Laboratory Institute, listened to the judge during her arraignment at Brockton Superior Court in Brockton on Jan. 30, 2013.Reuters Three former state prosecutors are facing possible disbarment. T...

Churches embracing reparations NEW YORK — The Episcopal Diocese of Texas acknowledges that its first bishop in 1859 was a slaveholder. An Episcopal church in New York City erects a plaque noting the buildings creation in 1810 was made possible by wealth resulting from slavery. And the Minnesota Council of Churches cites a host of injustices — from mid-19th century atrocities against Native Americans to police killings of Black people — in launching a first-of-its kind "truth and reparatio...

More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations David Crary NEW YORK — The Episcopal Diocese of Texas acknowledges that its first bishop in 1859 was a slaveholder. An Episcopal church erects a plaque noting the buildings creation in New York City in 1810 was made possible by wealth resulting from slavery. And the Minnesota Council of Churches cites a host of injustices, from mid-19th century atrocities against Native Americans to police killings of Black people, in launching a first-of-i...

[Opinion] Churches Across the U.S. Are Launching Reparations Programs Joe Jurado © Photo: Maleo (Shutterstock) “Let us now bow our heads and get this (daily) bread” The topic of reparations is a touchy one...for white people. While the American government hasn’t touched the topic in a serious way, churches across the country are taking it upon themselves to try and make amends for the role they played in the slave trade. According to the Associated Press, there is a r...