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BOSTON — Federal prosecutors have charged Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins with leveraging his official position to coerce a cannabis company into giving him lucrative stock deals, according to an indictment unsealed Friday. Tompkins, 67, was taken into custody in Florida on two counts of extortion under color of official right, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley […]
NEW YORK (RNS) — On Sunday mornings in Brooklyn, nicknamed the borough of churches, the muffled sounds of choir singers, hand‑claps and Hammond organs can be heard from the sidewalks. The borough still has a church on nearly every block, but over the years, the number of people in the pews has thinned. Many church choirs […]
