Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries member Corey James on Thursday said he was convinced that the now-deceased church leader could have brought back his former church sister, who was killed in an alleged sacrificial ritual five years ago. “I honestly thought Kevin [Smith] would have been able to bring her back to life,” he said in the Home Circuit Court after prosecutor Latoya Bernard asked him what he was thinking after witnessing the killing.

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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – At least 33 suspects arrested for alleged illegal mining were found dead in Nigerian security custody on Thursday, officials said, pointing to a suspected disease outbreak in the area. The detainees died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, or NSCDC, in north-central Niger state, its spokesman Abubakar Muti told The Associated Press.

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Mount Pleasant Football Academy and Portmore United booked places in the final four of the 2026 Concacaf Caribbean Cup after securing victories over Cavalier and Cibao FC, respectively, in the final round of Group B matches. Mount Pleasant secured a crucial 1-0 win over Cavalier at the National Stadium, while Portmore United defeated Cibao 2-1 at Estadio Cibao in the Dominican Republic. Nickalia Fuller scored the decisive goal for Mount Pleasant, striking in the 38th minute.

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Ma-Isheeba is the woman who walks into a room, and heads automatically turn toward her. With her skin like ebony, her Afrocentric attire and winning smile, she makes a powerful statement, and everything comes together seamlessly when she takes a mic and starts singing. She has been singing all her life, and the girl, whose parents christened her Coral Gordon, is as accomplished as it gets in the world of music.

18 Sep, 2026 Yasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer 0

Jamaica’s inflation problem has shifted from transport costs to drought-hit food prices, Minister of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams said on Wednesday, as she argued that the economy has weathered Hurricane Melissa better than expected. “So I’m going to speak about inflation because it’s important to speak about it. The story changed twice,” Williams told a post-Cabinet briefing. “After a Category 5 hurricane, you’d expect food prices to run away from you. They did not.”

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