Drive for 3 burned African American churches tops $1.8M goal

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A crowdfunding drive to help rebuild three African American churches gutted by arson fires in Louisiana has surpassed its original $1.8 million goal.
A spokeswoman for GoFundMe says in a Thursday email that people in all 50 states and around the world have made more than 35,000 donations. Donations totaled more than $1.97 million as of Thursday afternoon.
The money is to be distributed equally among the three century-old St. Landry Parish churches: St. Mary Baptist Churc