David Vander Meer, former Vegas youth pastor charged in wife’s murder, dies before court appearance

The former youth pastor who was just charged with killing his wife 20 years after she fell to her death in Zion National Park is dead, a judge said Thursday. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Bernadette Vander Meer.Obtained by NBC News Judge Eric Goodman … Read more

Former Vegas youth pastor charged with murder 20 years after his wife’s deadly fall at Zion National park

A former Las Vegas youth pastor has been charged with murder and insurance fraud nearly 20 years after his wife fell some 1,200 feet to her death from a spot in Zion National Park, court records show. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. David Vander … Read more

Trump switches support in Oklahoma congressional race as formerly endorsed pastor candidate suspends campaign

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement of Oklahoma GOP congressional candidate Jackson Lahmeyer on Wednesday, and threw his support behind Republican rival Mark Tedford, a dramatic reversal that came shortly before Lahmeyer publicly announced he was suspending his campaign. Lahmeyer told Fox News Digital, however, that he … Read more

Oklahoma pastor drops out of House race after Trump unendorsed his campaign

Jackson Lahmeyer, a Republican pastor who on Tuesday night advanced to a runoff election in Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District, dropped out of the race after President Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement and backed his opponent, state Rep. Mark Tedford. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “After … Read more

Church cans patriotic staple on Biden’s posh vacation enclave — pastor says tradition ‘doesn’t cut it’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Nantucket pastor is defending her church’s decision to cancel its annual Fourth of July reading of America’s founding documents, using her sermon to explain why the long-running tradition was axed on the exclusive Massachusetts island favored by former President Joe Biden. “After two and a half … Read more

Florida pastor and son’s $8 million Covid fraud case comes to bizarre end

It was one of the strangest Covid fraud cases brought by the Justice Department, with the kind of wild details that seemed ripped from a Hollywood script. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. There was an $8.4 million pandemic relief loan based on records purportedly signed … Read more

Years of ignored warnings freed a children’s pastor to sexually abuse girls, lawsuit says

Survivors described the same devastating cycle: children who tried to warn adults, pastors who minimized or ignored allegations, and church leaders who extended grace and protection to abusers, clearing the way for more children to be harmed. Davis’ account was one of the starkest examples. After NBC News’ investigation was published, more women came forward … Read more

The pastor of the nation’s largest Methodist church is running for the US Senate in Kansas

LENEXA, Kan. — The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. launched a campaign Thursday for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas, upending the race in a normally Republican state as the GOP’s small majority seems less secure than it was a year ago. The Rev. Adam Hamilton … Read more

Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris is free after 6 months in an Oklahoma jail for child sex abuse

OKLAHOMA CITY — The founder of a Texas megachurch who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s was released Tuesday after serving six months in an Oklahoma jail. Robert Preston Morris, 64, was released just after midnight, said Osage County Sheriff’s Capt. Matt Clark. Morris pleaded guilty last year to five counts … Read more