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A retired pastor associated with the Christian Reformed Church has been arrested after he confessed to murdering an 8-year-old girl in 1975.

A Louisiana pastor recently locked himself in a prayer room with the hopes that his prayers would help decrease crime in the state’s capital city, Baton Rouge.

The San Diego, California-based Rock Church and one of its employees have been named as defendants in a civil lawsuit claiming that the church, among others, failed to report and investigate child abuse and neglect by former elder and volunteer Leticia McCormack. McCormack was arrested last November and charged with torturing her 11-year-old adopted daughter, Arabella, who was murdered by McCormack's father.

A trial has begun for a Florida man and his three sons who allegedly sold bleach solution as a cure for COVID-19.

Police in Buffalo, N.Y., have arrested and charged a man with a hate crime after he allegedly toppled over a statue of Mary in front of a Catholic church.

Michael Manns, 40, of Buffalo, was charged with criminal mischief designated as a hate crime after he allegedly pushed the statue over in what police say was a targeted attack in front of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church.

Police have charged three suspects with vandalizing houses of worship in Southeast Maryland.

Ralph Yarl, the Kansas City teenager who was shot after knocking on the door of the wrong house in April, spoke to Good Morning America this week about the harrowing shooting and his recovery.

A church in Maryland recently fell victim to a vandalism attack that left roughly $100,000 in damages.

The attack occurred on June 8 at Fowler United Methodist Church, a predominantly African American congregation in Annapolis. Anne Arundel County Police are investigating the act as a possible hate crime.

A teenager has been charged with several crimes, including threatening President Joe Biden, after he crashed his U-Haul truck into the gates of the White House late Monday night.

A woman from Wisconsin pleaded guilty to theft last week for stealing around $30,000 from a local church. She will serve four days in a corrections facility.