A church in a historic New Jersey town was being restored for a theater company's use. Contractors found a letter from 1891 in its rafters.

Lauryn Hill of the Fugees performs during a ceremony in celebration of Roberta Flack’s life at The Abyssinian Baptist Church on Monday, March 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Senior Pastor of The Abyssinian Baptist Church, Reverend Dr. Kevin R. Johnson gives the benediction during a ...

Awards in Newark, N.J. on Aug. 5, 2017. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) Roberta Flack appears backstage at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 31. 2010. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File ...

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Johnson, senior pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church. “Long before there was a nationally recognized Women’s History Month, this church has celebrated the strength, wisdom and leadership of women.

NJ Police Officer Dies After Cancer Battle ... Gonzalez was born and raised in Newark, graduating from East Side High School, according to an obituary posted by the Borough of Fanwood. Earning a ...

A Newark police officer was killed and another officer suffered critical injuries in a shooting in New Jersey's largest city Friday evening, according to the police union and officials.

Rev. Dr. Kevin R. Johnson, Morehouse College alumnus and senior pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church, presents Morehouse College President Dr. David A. Thomas with framed photo commemorating ...