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More than 30 years ago, a Baptist television star had a vision. Pat Robertson envisioned a nation where conservative Christian values ​​reigned supreme in the halls of power. Abortion would be illegal. Prayer would be restored in public schools. The crosses would be prominently displayed in town halls and courts. Conservative Christian believers would no longer be ignored, as he thought they were. Mr. Robertson ran for president in 1988, hoping to channel the evangelistic popularity of his growing television empire, the Christian Broadcasting Network, into Republican political power. Eventually, even devout Christians failed worried about the intensity with which…

NEW YORK – There is a three-way race for Harlem’s District 9 City Council seat heading into the Democratic primary after incumbent Kristin Richardson Jordan withdrew from the race. Candidates share similar views on important issues, with different ideas about approach. All three promise to improve the lives of the people of Harlem’s central district, political newcomer Yusef Salaam faces two current members of the State Assembly, Al Taylor and former council seat holder Inez Dickens. “Community members asked me to come back to the city,” Dickens said of his decision to return to the local arena. “I am not…

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. – One person was taken to hospital after a shooting in McKees Rocks on Thursday. According to police, emergency responders were called to the 100 block of Bell Avenue at 1:46 p.m. Once at the scene, emergency crews found an adult victim who had been shot in the foot and hand. The victim was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow the news of Channel 11 Facebook i Twitter. | Watch WPXI…

A Centereach man who admitted beating a friend to death with a baseball bat when they were both 16 and then burying and then digging up his victim’s remains to move them to a neighbor’s yard was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison. John Mann IV, now 20, apologized for killing Henry Hernandez after taking Mann’s father’s pickup truck and damaging it. He pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and tampering with physical evidence in March and will be eligible for parole when he turns 36, prosecutors noted during the sentencing. “[Hernandez] took a pickup truck for a ride and…

Basic health services like vaccinations, verbal assessments and counseling could be offered in homes under legislation headed to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk. The measure is thought to allow local health departments in New York to provide “light touch” services that include lead screening as well as referral services. Lawmakers want to allow nurses to visit homes and provide these public health services without being licensed, as long as the visit follows legal requirements and is not intended to serve as a formal nursing service. The measure would also allow the state health commissioner to determine whether the service exceeds the…

Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., called out politicians who “complain” about smoke from Canadian wildfires on Capitol Hill but “will not allow” forest management in the western states of the United States. “I have no empathy for DC politicians who complain about the smoke,” Zinke wrote in a post on Twitter Thursday. “If you don’t allow us to manage forests responsibly, you should have to face the consequences like we do in the West.” In a video posted in front of the Washington Monument that was masked by smoke, the Montana representative said the unhealthy haze is “a reminder that our…

A senior Cuban official on Thursday issued a strong denial of a Wall Street Journal report alleging that Cuba and China had reached an agreement to set up a spying facility on the island. Cuba’s deputy foreign minister, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, issued a strong statement, calling the newspaper’s information “totally false and unfounded.” “They are all fallacies promoted with the perfidious intention of justifying the unprecedented intensification of the blockade, destabilization and aggression in Cuba and to deceive public opinion in the United States and the world,” said Fernández de Cossío. According to the Journal, US officials with access…

Gino DiMare has officially resigned as head baseball coach of the Miami Hurricanes. This announcement comes after Miami’s disappointing performance in the Coral Gables Regional. As Miami’s head coach, DiMare posted a 168-86 overall record, including four postseason appearances over five seasons (the postseason was canceled in 2020 due to COVID). Gino, a former player from 1989-1992 under legendary ‘Canes manager Ron Fraser, has spent 24 years as part of the baseball coaching staff at Miami. DiMare played in the minor leagues from 1992-93 before beginning his coaching career at Westminster Christian in Miami in 1996. DiMare then joined the…