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Ratona Stokes-Robinson, a pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church who was appointed to lead St. James AME Church in Thorofare, New Jersey, in June, is still waiting to preach her first sermon from the pulpit as congregants have kept her locked out of the church building because of her sex, pastors in the denomination say.
Ratona Stokes-Robinson, a pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church who was appointed to lead St. James AME Church in Thorofare, New Jersey, in June, is still waiting to preach her first sermon from the pulpit as congregants have kept her locked out of the church building because of her sex, pastors in the denomination say.
Healing continues decades after family's prom night murders Jim Axelrod This story previously aired on August 15, 2020. Jessi Toronjo was just 9 years old when she returned from a sleepover at a friend's house to find out her mother, stepfather and two sisters were murdered in their Lakeville, Indiana, home. Police immediately suspected Jessica's stepbrother Jeff Pelley, but it would take 13 years to arrest him. The motive? Prosecutors say the then-17-year-old Pelley wiped out his family in anger at not being able to drive to his prom. Pelley was ultimately convicted, but the ...
The star of the event: then-state Sen. Eric Adams of Brooklyn. Inside the polished mahogany confines of the elite venue, a powerful mix of elected officials, lobbyists and their clients mingled — including two bidders seeking to run a casino at Queens’ Aqueduct Racetrack, a project Adams was involved in vetting. It was a fundraiser, but it was also Adams’ birthday party: He’d turned 49 just two days before. At one point during the celebration, Adams publicly thanked one of the Aqueduct bidders, according to a lobbyist who was there. Later, the lobbyist and his client — one of the bi...
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