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WARNING: This story contains distressing details. (CBC Warning) In a barren field of sagebrush alongside a road through the Osoyoos Indian Band, Chief Clarence Louie stands atop a concrete pad and surveys the rubble in front of him. This used to be the front entrance to St. Gregory's, the simple wooden church that hosted countless community celebrations, dinners and religious services, on the reserve just north of the Canada-U.S. border in central B.C. The church had stood for more than one hundred years as a symbol of the Catholic faith, but on June 21, 2021, someone burned it to the...

An arson investigation was underway on Tuesday after seven fires erupted overnight at two churches, a gas station and four other buildings near Mississippi's Jackson State University, officials told local media. Video footage showed the worst of the seven fires near the historically Black college left Epiphany Church in ruins. There were no reports of any injuries, ABC affiliate WAPT reported.

A prominent Indigenous leader in the B.C. Southern Interior is condemning the acts of possible arson after four Catholic churches burnt down on First Nations land in six days. Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band, who is also the tribal chair and spokesperson of the Okanagan Nation Alliance, said there is no doubt in his mind the fires were intentionally set. “I wouldn’t call it suspicious, I’d call it what it is, it’s a criminal act, it’s vandalism. It’s arson,” he told Global News on Sunday. Obviously, it’s the same group of people. Why did they do it...

Arson investigators in Pennsylvania are searching for clues after two fires broke out at one church. The first fire at the Pentecostal Church of Bethlehem was reported shortly after midnight on Tuesday, while the second fire was called in just before 2 a.m. on Thursday, said the Bethlehem Police Department. No injuries were reported. The Thursday morning fire, which was contained to the roof, was quickly extinguished, police said. In the first fire, thick black smoke was seen billowing from the building, but the fire had already burned itself out when first responders arrived, according to police. The blaze left...

KATC has confirmed with multiple law enforcement sources that one person is in custody in the recent church fires in St. Landry Parish. Sources confirm the suspect in the church arsons is Holden Matthews, 21. He is the son of a St. Landry Parish Deputy. St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz tells KATC that, despite rumors, Matthews’ father did not turn his son in to deputies. Matthews was booked at around 5:30 this evening into the St. Landry Parish jail. We’re told that the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office will be holding a press conference tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. Governor...

Holden Matthews, 21, has been booked into the St. Landry Parish jail on suspicion of arson...Matthews is the son of St. Landry Parish Deputy Roy Matthews. Authorities have not released a mug shot of the suspect. The first fire took place last month at the St. Mary Baptist Church in Port Barre on March 26. The second happened April 2 at the Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas, while the latest came two days later at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, also in Opelousas.

I stand by every word of it. And it’s even worse today. Of the thousands of Clinton presidential records released to the public last week, one among them has received of the bulk of attention: a 332-page memo from 1995. The memo, which offers an in-depth analysis of the right-wing media, describes how conservative conspiracy theories about the Clintons passed from the fringes to the mainstream. (...) Let’s go all the way back to the summer of 1995. At the time, my then colleague (and current business partner) Mark Fabiani and I were working at the White House as lawyers...

Fifteen summers ago, America's news media informed us that black churches throughout the South were being torched by white racists. The purported wave of arsons dominated the airwaves and generated thousands of newspaper articles. Pundits, politicians and preachers decried the terrorism and the hate it represented. In fact, it never happened. Here is the little-known story of how an obscure radical group teamed up with a leftist national church organization, an unprincipled President and a legion of compliant news outlets to create a media firestorm -- one based entirely on lies.

TYLER, TX (KLTV) - The East Texas church arson investigation continues as federal, state and local law enforcement establish a command center in Tyler, sharing information that could lead to an arrest of the person or persons suspected of lighting six churches on fire. Investigators say that they won't stop the search until the suspects are caught. "It is our community," said Chief Neal Franklin, with the Tyler Fire Department. "We care deeply about this." "We go to churches here," said Clay Alexander, an ATF agent. "We have friends that go to churches here." "We're very serious about catching any...

Two men who authorities said dabbled in devil worship have been arrested in a rash of church arsons and vandalism in rural east Alabama, including scrawling on a Sunday school classroom wall: "Teach children to worship Satan!!" Geoffrey Parquette and James Clark, both 21, were arrested Sunday and entered not guilty pleas Monday. Friends at least since high school, the two from the Smiths community in Lee County were arrested after a stolen cross was found in Parquette's home and his grandmother alerted authorities, according to church members briefed by investigators. "These guys called themselves professed spiritual satanists," said Russell...

LOS ANGELES A suspicious fire broke out at a South Los Angeles church Saturday night, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. The fire was reported at 8:47 p.m. at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 1284 E. 50th St., and was put out by 9:35 p.m., Los Angeles city fire spokeswoman Melissa Kelley said. Heavy smoke came from the burning first floor and choir loft, Kelley said. No injuries were reported. Most of the damage was on a mezzanine level, CBS 2 reported. The sanctuary of the church escaped damage, according to Channel 2. Church member Bob Hewins told...

Latest video shows alleged Balkan war crimes Another video has been broadcast in the Balkans which purports to show war crimes committed against ethnic Serbs in Croatia in 1995. It appears to show members of Bosnian paramilitary groups brutally interrogated a Serb prisoner who is later killed. The fighters are also shown vandalising an orthodox church. This latest images - from nearly two hours of videos - were broadcast by Croatian television. The previous amateur video, allegedly involving Croatian fighters as well as those from Bosnia-Herzegovina, was transmitted by Serbian TV last week. The violence took place in the self-declared...

SPARTA, Tenn. — A man who pleaded guilty to burning two churches in a string of arsons has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Henry Dibrell, 48, was charged with setting fires at two predominantly black churches and five houses in Sparta, a town of 5,000 people about 75 miles southeast of Nashville. No one was hurt in the July 8 fires. District Attorney Bill Gibson said Dibrell pleaded guilty March 16 in White County. He was sentenced to serve two consecutive 10-year sentences for the church fires. Dibrell also was sentenced to serve six years concurrently on the...

This is just so hard to believe," said the state fire marshal, Richard W. Montgomery, after Alabama authorities caught the arsonists who burned nine churches. "My profile on these suspects is shot all to heck and back." The church burners were three bright college students from good families: Benjamin N. Moseley, Russell L. DeBusk Jr. (both 19, from the Methodist-related Birmingham-Southern College), and Matthew Lee Cloyd (age 20, from the University of Alabama, Birmingham). Mr. Moseley and Mr. DeBusk were theater majors, active in campus productions. They got roles in a movie and were making a film themselves. On the...

In days of old, when teaching right from wrong was the responsibility of parents, schools exclusively taught the basics and neither teachers nor parents could be charged with a crime if they disciplined unruly children, not only was a public education worth something, the country was a civilized place complete with ethics, morals and values. Today, the “village,” governmentally empowered to educate and look after our children, is producing arsonists and anarchists. Civility is nowhere to be found. Oh, happy day!It’s ironic that “evolved” liberal institutions of learning (such are our universities and increasingly, our high schools), complete with accelerated...

The lead investigator for the ATF regarding the alabama church fires was Jim Cavanaugh. If you will think back, it was Clinton, Reno and Cavanaugh that were responsible for the deaths at Waco, with david Koresh and the Branch Dividians.

In this photo released Wednesday, March 8, 2006, by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, Matthew Lee Cloyd, is shown. Cloyd, a 20-year-old junior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been arrested in connection with the church fires. (AP Photo/Shelby County Sheriff's Office)

Speculation is still rampant about the perpetrators and the causes of the recent rash of church burnings in our state. Ten churches torched can hardly be accidental. The fires are the apparent work of arsonists. What they hope to accomplish by their twisted and foul deeds, only the arsonists know at this time. One thing the fires made evident, however, is the ability of Alabama Baptists to respond to emergencies, even the burning of church buildings. The first five fires burned during the early morning hours of Feb. 3. Within a week, Alabama Baptists were providing assistance. Rehobeth Baptist Church,...

FOXNEWS.COM HOME > U.S. & WORLD Two Men Arrested in String of Alabama Church Fires Wednesday, March 08, 2006 PHOTOS Click image to enlarge STORIES • Two Juveniles Arrested in Latest Ala. Church Fire • Cops Investigate Latest Ala. Church Fire • Suspect Arrested in Copycat Church Fire • Investigators: Friends Set Alabama Church Fires • Tenth Ala. Church Fire Ruled as Arson • Governor: Ala. Church Fires Appear Linked • Four More Alabama Churches Set on Fire • Church Member: Dark SUV Seen Near Fire • Alabama Churches Set Ablaze Police arrested two men Wednesday in connection with a...

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