Affordable housing: In the US, a Brooklyn church hopes to build on its parking lot to help accomodation crisis

St Paul Community Baptist Church believes up to 800 affordable units could be built on its main parking lot. FIONA ANDRÉ, of Religion News Service, reports…
Oldest known stone tablet inscribed with Ten Commandments to be auctioned

New York City, US AP The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from 300 to 800 AD, will be sold in New York this month, Sotheby’s auction house said. The oldest complete tablet of the Ten Commandments, weighing 52 kilograms and approximately 1,500-years-old, is displayed at Sotheby’s, in New York, on […]
Trump’s impending return to White House brings criminal cases to a halt

Washington DC, US Reuters Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory on Wednesday will essentially end the criminal cases brought against him, at least for the four years he occupies the White House. The first former US president to face criminal charges, Trump for much of this year faced four simultaneous prosecutions, over allegations ranging from […]
US election uncertainty clouds UN climate finance progress

Reuters Countries have a chance to use this week’s UN meetings in New York to resolve big differences over boosting the world’s annual goal for climate finance, but uncertainty over the US election could jeopardise progress ahead of the next UN climate summit in November. Negotiators told Reuters that countries were reluctant to stake out […]
Trump hush money sentencing delayed until after election

New York, US Reuters A New York judge on Friday delayed former US President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money criminal case until after the 5th November election, writing that he wants to avoid the unwarranted perception of a political motive. Trump, the Republican nominee for president, had previously been scheduled to be sentenced […]
Episcopal Presiding Bishop-elect plans simpler installation, citing “carbon footprint”

RNS Bishop Sean Rowe, elected last Wednesday to be the Episcopal Church’s next presiding bishop, has decided to be installed in New York in a reduced version of the traditionally elaborate ceremony for the denomination’s transition of power. In an announcement issued on Friday, Rowe said his 2nd November installation will take place in the […]
Trump says he will appeal historic conviction

New York City, US Reuters Donald Trump said on Friday he would appeal the guilty verdict that made him the first US president convicted of a crime, though he will have to wait until after his sentencing on 11th July before taking that step. In rambling remarks at the Trump Tower lobby in Manhattan where […]
Trump tangles with judge as New York civil fraud trial wraps up

New York, US Reuters Donald Trump on Thursday accused the New York judge in his civil fraud trial of “having your own agenda” – and the judge told his lawyer to control his client – as a months-long case that could hobble the former US President’s business empire came to an end. During a contentious […]
Sharing space: Muslim migrants in New York find refuge in a Nigerian church

FIONA ANDRÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on how Hosanna City of Refuge Church in Queens, New York, is helping Muslim migrants from West Africa…
Climate change means New York City’s flooding is “new normal”, Governor says

Reuters Torrential downpours that caused flash flooding in New York City on Friday reflect a “new normal” due to the effects of climate change, New York Governor Kathy Hochul warned on Saturday, as the city began drying out after one of its wettest days ever. A police officer from the NYPD Highway Patrol looks on […]