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After a slew of controversies, the SBC turns to a low-key leader to keep things cool 08/13/2024 04:31pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — As he stepped up into the old-fashioned wooden pulpit on a recent Sunday, Pastor Clint Pressley wasted no time. After quickly thanking the student discipleship minister who had brought many of the church’s Camp Paradise teens to the 11 a.m. service at his church, Hickory Browns rookie DT Mike Hall Jr. arrested on domestic violence charge after fight with fiancee 08/13/2024 03:10pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns rookie defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. was arrested Tuesday and charged with domestic violence after police said he threatened his fiancee with a gun during a fight. Hall was booked and arraigned at Avon Lake Municipal Court, said James M. Drozdowski, a public info Banksy London Zoo mural offers clue to why wild animals have been appearing all over city 08/13/2024 03:02pm • LONDON (AP) — Workers arriving at the London Zoo early Tuesday were surprised to discover an unexpected exhibit that suggested the animals were being set free. A mural by elusive street artist Banksy showed a gorilla holding up the entrance gate as birds took flight and a sea lion waddled away. Th Dentist charged with invasion of privacy after camera found in employee bathroom, police say 08/13/2024 02:31pm • WEIRTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia dentist faces charges after police said a concealed camera allegedly was found in his office's employee bathroom. Dr. Jeremy Michael Crow turned himself in at the Weirton Police Department on Monday. Crow, 45, of Washington, Pennsylvania, was charged with 39 c Police video shows protester tackling Ferguson, Missouri, officer, who suffered life-threatening brain injury 08/13/2024 02:22pm • FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police video shows protester tackling Ferguson, Missouri, officer, who suffered life-threatening brain injury. Death of Ohio man who died while in police custody ruled a homicide by coroner's office 08/13/2024 01:36pm • CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The death of an Ohio man who died in police custody earlier this year has been ruled a homicide. The Stark County Coroner’s Office issued its finding Monday on the death of Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old East Canton resident who died April 18 after he was handcuffed and left face A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice 08/13/2024 11:08am • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice. The violence in Bangladesh after Hasina's ouster stirs fear within the country's Hindu minority 08/13/2024 10:31am • KHULNA, Bangladesh (AP) — When a mass uprising forced Bangladesh’s longtime prime minister to step down and flee the country last week, a 65-year-old retired auditor who had worked for her political party feared for his life. Arobinda Mohalder, who is part of Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, had j 'Shock to our community': Fairfax Co. high school football coach arrested on charge of solicitation of minor 08/13/2024 10:08am • A teacher at Langley High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, who is also the head football coach, has been charged with five counts of sexual solicitation of a minor. According to the sheriff's office in Frederick County, Maryland, on Aug. 1, 48-year-old David Clay Murray contacted an undercover Armed man shot dead by officer at Alexandria apartment building, police say 08/13/2024 09:42am • A man with a firearm was shot dead by a police officer at an Alexandria, Virginia, apartment building Monday night. The Alexandria Police Department said officers received "a call for service" at 5101 Maris Ave. at about 10:46 p.m. When officers arrived at the Alexandria Overlook apartments, p Man charged with attempted murder in stabbing of 11-year-old girl in a London tourism hot spot 08/13/2024 08:33am • LONDON (AP) — A man accused of stabbing an 11-year-old girl in London’s bustling theater district was charged Tuesday with attempted murder. Ioan Pintaru put the girl in a headlock and stabbed her eight times, seriously wounding her, prosecutors said. The girl was hospitalized and required plas Sweden drops a probe into Joost Klein, Eurovision contestant who was expelled hours before the final 08/13/2024 06:32am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden on Monday dropped its investigation into a backstage altercation in May involving a Dutch contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest who was expelled from the competition hours before the final. After fan favorite Joost Klein was booted out, organizers said the rea Man who died flying a helicopter that crashed on Cairns hotel roof had not flown in Australia before 08/13/2024 06:30am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man who died when the helicopter he was flying crashed onto a hotel roof in Australia was an employee of the aviation company that owned the aircraft, but he did not work as a pilot and had not flown in Australia before, the company said Tuesday. Nautilus Aviation 'Organized crime at the highest level': At least 5 people in gold bar scam, Montgomery Co. officials say 08/13/2024 05:50am • Montgomery County, Maryland, law enforcement officials are urging the public to be vigilant about an ongoing scam in which a growing number of seniors have already lost millions of dollars. So far at least five people have been arrested and charged in these schemes, Montgomery County State’s At Proposed policy would prohibit student cellphone use at elementary and middle schools in Arlington 08/13/2024 04:14am • High school students in Arlington, Virginia, would only be allowed to use their cellphones between classes and during lunch under a proposed policy that could go into effect this fall. The proposal would prohibit elementary and middle school students from using their cellphones throughout the day