kslmadmin

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The next bishop for West Virginia Catholics will be an El Salvador-born advocate for immigrants who has opposed U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown policies. Pope Leo XIV announced Friday the appointment of the Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, an auxiliary bishop in Washington, D.C., as the new leader of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, which comprises West Virginia, one of the nation’s least racially diverse states. Menjivar-Ayala, […]

A Trump administration task force has alleged wide-ranging discrimination against Christians during the tenure of former President Joe Biden, claiming in a new report they were targeted in areas such as education, tax law and prosecution of anti-abortion protesters. Progressive groups criticized the report, saying it fails to document a pattern of discrimination, focuses on causes favored by conservative Christians and amounts to “advocacy dressed up as investigation.” The Task […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The accuser at Harvey Weinstein ′s rape retrial resumed testifying Friday, a day after she said she was having difficulty focusing on the witness stand. Jessica Mann returned to court for further questioning from the former movie magnate’s lawyers, who spent the morning scrutinizing her communications and get-togethers with him after the alleged rape in March 2013. “I’m not doing too good right now, so I’m […]

BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics appeared to be skipping toward the second round of the NBA playoffs following a 32-point road win in Game 4 at Philadelphia. But back-to-back convincing wins by the 76ers in Game 5 and Game 6 have left a Boston team that once looked like a favorite to emerge from the Eastern Conference on the brink of an epic collapse. A loss in Saturday’s Game 7 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Maine just sent a blunt message to the Democratic Party’s national leaders. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills was forced to abandon her U.S. Senate campaign on Thursday, unable to generate sufficient fundraising or enthusiasm to compete against Graham Platner, an oyster farmer who has never served in elected office. The announcement marked a stinging defeat for Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, who recruited Mills to lead the […]

By Curtis Williams HOUSTON, May 1 (Reuters) – U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas to Asia jumped in April, with American producers helping offset reduced supplies from Middle Eastern exporters as the Iran war curtailed output in the region, preliminary ship-tracking data from financial firm LSEG showed. Nearly a quarter of all U.S. LNG exports went to Asia during the month, marking a sharp increase since the conflict began in late […]

OTTAWA, May 1 (Reuters) – The Canadian health regulator said on Friday that it had approved Canada-based Apotex’s generic version of semaglutide, making it the second copycat version of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic authorized in the country. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Ryan Patrick Jones; Editing by Caitlin Webber) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after a “catastrophic deterioration” of her health, her foundation said Friday. The Narges Mohammadi Foundation said the Nobel Prize laureate had two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis. Earlier Friday, Mohammadi had fainted twice in prison in Zanjan in northwestern Iran, according […]

By Tito Correa RUMICHACA BRIDGE, Colombia/Ecuador, May 1 (Reuters) – The flow of goods between Colombia and Ecuador is drying up, industry groups on the South American countries’ border say, as high tariffs resulting from an intensifying trade dispute came into full force this week. A 100% tariff announced by Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa took effect on Friday, though his government has not specified which products are affected. Colombia’s government, […]