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Canadian pastor picked up Michigan teen at high school, took her to motel for sex acts, feds say
Read full article: Canadian pastor picked up Michigan teen at high school, took her to motel for sex acts, feds sayA former pastor from Canada was charged last week after he picked up a Michigan teenager at her high school and took her to a motel for sex acts in 2013, according to federal officials.
Ferndale pastor accused of trying to kill deputies with car faces criminal charges including attempted murder
Read full article: Ferndale pastor accused of trying to kill deputies with car faces criminal charges including attempted murderDavid Jones, 57, is facing criminal charges including attempted murder after allegedly trying to hit deputies with a vehicle believed to have been driven while the pastor was under the influence.
Detroit pastor encourages Black community to get COVID vaccine, offers help to those in need
Read full article: Detroit pastor encourages Black community to get COVID vaccine, offers help to those in needA church on Detroit’s west side is trying to help those affected by the pandemic by any means necessary. Drew Sheard is a pastor at the Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ. READ: Feds give Michigan $8.3 million for COVID vaccine distribution support“My definition of ministry is meeting the needs of people,” Sheard said. Sheard and his wife, famous gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard, are uring people -- especially in the Black community -- to get the COVID vaccine when they are able. Let’s try to get rid of COVID out of our communities, especially out of the Black community,” Sheard said.
Tracking active COVID cases per state on Feb. 7, 2021
Read full article: Tracking active COVID cases per state on Feb. 7, 2021As of Feb. 7 at 3:22 p.m., there are 15,337,111 active coronavirus cases in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University. Each week, we’ll provide an update on the number of active COVID-19 cases in each state and how they compare. LOCAL: Coronavirus in Michigan: Here’s what to know Feb. 7, 2021Below is the number of active COVID-19 cases in each state in the U.S. on Feb. 7, 2021. AdAs of Feb. 7 at 3:22 p.m., the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States is 26,986,827 -- the highest in the world. To see the total number of COVID-19 cases per state on Feb. 7, click here.
Things to Know: Pentagon lends military aid to vaccine push
Read full article: Things to Know: Pentagon lends military aid to vaccine pushAlfred Cockfield received the vaccine in a public show of trust and faith in the vaccine. President Joe Biden has called for setting up 100 mass vaccination centers around the country within a month. Coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt says military personnel will arrive at those centers in a little over a week. — Tensions are running high in some state capitols over coronavirus precautions after this year’s legislative sessions began with a COVID-19 outbreaks. ___Find AP’s full coverage of the coronavirus pandemic: https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic
Michigan pastor tells congregation to catch virus, ‘get it over with’
Read full article: Michigan pastor tells congregation to catch virus, ‘get it over with’HOLLAND, Mich. – The senior pastor of a church in western Michigan has encouraged his congregation to catch the coronavirus to “get it over with” and calling it “all good.”Bart Spencer made the statements during a Nov. 14 sermon at Lighthouse Baptist Church in Holland, The Holland Sentinel reported. “It’s OK. Get it, get it over with, press on.”The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 389,032 as of Friday, including 9,661 deaths, state officials report. On Thursday, the state reported 380,343 total cases and 9,580 deaths. The sermon was posted on the church's website and shared on Facebook, the newspaper said. Spencer later told the newspaper that he and several members of his family contracted the virus and have recovered.
Pastor accused of peeing on sleeping woman during flight to Detroit
Read full article: Pastor accused of peeing on sleeping woman during flight to DetroitDETROIT – A pastor is being sued for millions of dollars on accusations he stood up in the middle of a flight to Detroit, walked over to a sleeping woman and peed on her, according to records. A complaint accuses Pastor Daniel Chalmers, a North Carolina resident, of drunkenly urinating on a woman during Delta flight 874 from Las Vegas to Detroit on Oct. 13 or Oct. 14. The flight was scheduled to depart at 11:30 p.m. PT Oct. 13 and land in Detroit at 6:15 a.m. The woman, a Detroit resident, got on the plane with her sister, according to the complaint. She screamed, waking up the other passengers on the plane, according to the complaint.