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WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — With a long agenda for consideration, the Executive Committee of the Georgia Baptist Convention met for its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Central Baptist Church in Warner Robins.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A redeeming shift in its treatment of internationals is happening in Charleston. What was once a major port for enslaved people is now a harbor for diaspora groups, and Southern Baptists are an important part of the culture change.
Country music fans are likely familiar with the 1972 hit single, Delta Dawn, first recorded by Bette Midler but popularized by Tanya Tucker’s rendition at the age of thirteen. The song is about a woman from Brownsville, Tennessee who is so beautiful in her youth that she is given the name Delta Dawn.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saquon Barkley stole the show in his Philadelphia Eagles debut. He gave the offense the credible, every-down back the franchise craved. He may have given his old team, the Giants, a few sleepless nights. Barkley’s three-touchdown effort sealed a few fantasy football victories, too. So will Barkley repeat the feat Monday night against Atlanta?
ATLANTA (AP) — The student accused of killing four people in a Georgia high school shooting rode the school bus that morning with a semiautomatic rifle concealed in his backpack, investigators confirmed Thursday.
MIAMI (AP) — The percentage of U.S. residents who were foreign-born last year grew to its highest level in more than a century, according to figures released Thursday from the most comprehensive survey of American life.
