Leonardo Blair
Senior Reporter
Leonardo Blair is an award-winning investigative reporter and feature writer whose career spanned secular media in the Caribbean and New York City prior to joining The Christian Post in 2013. His early work with CP focusing on crime and Christian society quickly attracted international attention when he exposed a campaign by Creflo Dollar Ministries in 2015 to raise money from supporters to purchase a $65 million luxury jet. He continues to report extensively on church crimes, spiritual abuse, mental health, the black church and major events impacting Christian culture.
He is a 2007 alumnus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he was an inaugural member of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York City.
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Former Cleveland dishwasher Charles Ramsey, who shot to fame in May for his role in saving three women and a young girl from kidnapper Ariel Castro's house, says he's now broke and homeless because of the fame but he doesn't want to give up the limelight.
Brooklyn Nets Sign Andrei Kirilenko; His Pop Star Wife Allows Him to Cheat Once a Year
The Brooklyn Nets have signed NBA forward Andrei Kirilenko whose wife, Russian pop star Masha Lopatova once confessed publicly that she allows her husband to cheat once per year.
Tennessee Lawyer Sues Apple for Not Protecting Him From Porn That Killed His Marriage
A Nashville, Tenn., attorney, Chris Sevier, 36, has filed a lawsuit against computer giant Apple for not protecting him from porn that killed his marriage.
Hero Teen Chases Car on Bicycle for 15 Minutes; Rescues 5-Year-Old Girl From Abductor
A Pennsylvania teenager's dogged pursuit of a car driven by an "older white man" with a missing five-year-old girl inside forced the man to release the girl and flee last Thursday after he realized he had been caught by the high school freshman.
'Lord During My Darkest Hour I Lean On You,' Says Trayvon Martin's Mother, Sybrina Fulton
Only God could bear the grief that moved through Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, when the not guilty verdict was handed down by a jury of six women on Saturday that let the man, George Zimmerman, who killed her son go free.
George Zimmerman to Get Back Pistol He Used to Shoot Trayvon Martin
Now that he's been cleared of murder, George Zimmerman, 29, will be getting back the Kel Tec 9 pistol he used to fatally shoot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and his lawyer says he now needs the gun "even more" than before.
NTSB Intern Blamed for Prank Names of Flight 214 Pilots Broadcast by KTVU
The National Transportation Safety Board apologized and blamed an intern on Friday for confirming a set of names said to belong to the pilots of the ill-fated Asiana Flight 214. The names were fake and realized as a prank after a KTVU news anchor in California read them out loud on the station's midday newscast.
Former NY Times Writer Virginia Heffernan Lampooned for Admitting She's a Creationist
Former New York Times technology and culture writer Virginia Heffernan, who now writes for Yahoo! News, recently told the world she's a creationist and she has become a lightning rod for ridicule because of it.
Eliot Spitzer Gets 27K Signatures in Four Days to Claim Spot on NYC Comptroller Ballot
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer kicked his political comeback campaign into full gear Thursday night when he delivered 27,000 signatures to qualify for a place on the Democratic primary ballot for New York City comptroller.
Anonymous Donor Posts $500K Bond for Teen Jailed Over Sarcastic Comment on Facebook
Thanks to an anonymous donor who posted his once prohibitive $500,000 bond, Justin Carter, the Texas teenager arrested in February for making a sarcastic comment on Facebook, was released from jail on Thursday and is now speaking out.
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