On first day of Trump hush money trial, prosecutors say he corrupted 2016 election
New York, US Reuters New York prosecutors said on the first day of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial that the former president broke the law and corrupted the 2016 election by trying to cover up sexual encounters with a porn star and a Playboy model, while his defence lawyer said he committed no crime. […]
“Building something new”: New York Catholic Workers bring new growth with rooftop garden
Inspired by Pope Francis’ apostolic letter on ecology, a garden planned for the roof of the movement’s historic Maryhouse has attracted new attention to Dorothy Day’s Catholic service organisation. FIONA MURPHY, of Religion News Service, reports…
Essay: It’s New York City’s moral responsibility to welcome the stranger
Rev JACQUI LEWIS, senior minister of Middle Collegiate Church in Manhattan, says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that caring for migrants cannot be shouldered alone by houses of worship…
Arctic blast ends New York snow drought, brings record cold to West
New York City, US Reuters Millions of Americans awoke on Tuesday to snow, freezing rain and frigid temperatures as an Arctic blast gripped much of the United States, ending a nearly two-year “snow drought” in New York City and putting much of the West into a deep freeze. Record-breaking cold was expected across the Rocky […]
Prominent Black church in New York sued for gender bias by woman who sought to be its senior pastor
United StatesAP Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of the Black church in America. Based in Harlem, it became a famous megachurch with the political rise of Rev Adam Clayton Powell, Jr, perhaps the most influential of the many men who have […]
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on edge over war in Gaza
Reuters Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday with heightened security measures in place and tensions running high over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, potentially casting a shadow over a normally joyous holiday. War in the Middle East has prompted officials to take extra precautions at airports and shopping malls across the United States […]
NYC’s Middle Collegiate Church nears time for demolition of its historic facade
United StatesRNS Middle Collegiate Church, the New York City congregation whose historic building suffered a devastating fire nearly three years ago, has received permission to remove the heavily damaged remnant of its 19th-century neo-Gothic facade. Rev Jacqui Lewis, who leads the multi-ethnic church in Manhattan’s East Village, said the pending work is a mixture of […]
Trump reaped over $US100 million through fraud, New York says as trial starts
New York City, USReuters A defiant Donald Trump attacked New York’s Attorney General and the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial as it began on Monday, with a state lawyer accusing the former president of generating more than $US100 million by lying about his real estate empire. Attorney General Letitia James is seeking at least […]
New York to distribute flyers telling migrants at US-Mexico border to ‘consider another city’
Washington DC, USReuters New York City will distribute flyers at the US-Mexico border telling newly arrived migrants to “consider another city” and limit shelter stays for adult asylum seekers to 60 days as the city’s Democratic mayor says it is straining to house them. In an announcement on Wednesday, the office of Mayor Eric Adams […]
US east coast blanketed in eerie veil of smoke from Canada fires
New York, USReuters Schools across the US east coast cancelled outdoor activities, commercial airline traffic was slowed and millions of Americans were urged to stay indoors on Wednesday as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted south, blanketing cities in a thick yellowish haze. The US National Weather Service issued air quality alerts for virtually the entire […]