A Mississippi church whose pastor filed a lawsuit against local coronavirus restrictions has burned down in what authorities are saying is a suspected arson fire. First Pentecostal Church in Holly Springs, Mississippi, brought forth a lawsuit against municipal authorities last month over local restrictions on certain types of gatherings. Police offers had reportedly broken up […]
After Notre-Dame Blaze, GoFundMe for Historically Black Churches Destroyed by Arson Gets Attention…
Within hours after firefighters extinguished the catastrophic blaze at Notre-Dame Cathedral, people around the world had already pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild the historic site. That included commitments from French businessman François-Henri Pinault, the L’Oreal cosmetics company, and Apple CEO Tim Cook, who said the Silicon Valley company would make a donation. […]
San Francisco Is Burning by Jon Ronson…
A series of strange and unsettling fires in the Mission District have people wondering: Are the city’s landlords using arson to drive out low-income tenants? And is this the deadly endgame of gentrification and tech-boom greed? Jon Ronson investigates the mystery. I’m sitting by the fireplace, as I told him I would be. This is […]
20 Months After an Arson Attack, the Loaves Church in Israel Reopens…
Twenty months after an arson attack by the extremists in 2015, the church in northern Israel reopens following renovation work at the cost of $1million, with Israel contributing $400,000. The church in northern Israel where Christians believe Jesus performed the miracle of the loaves and fishes reopened on Sunday, 20 months after an arson attack […]