Sujitno Sajuti has been living inside a Unitarian Universalist church in Connecticut with his wife, Dahlia, since being ordered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2017 to board a plane.
Tim Allen
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Pope Francis urges Romanians to work together to confront challenges
His three-day pilgrimage to Romania in many ways will complete the 1999 trip by Pope John Paul II that marked the first-ever papal visit to a majority Orthodox country.
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Spacey lawyer says accuser deleted ‘exculpatory’ messages
Defense attorney Alan Jackson says in court documents filed Friday that the actor’s accuser went ‘to great lengths to remove text messages that he believes did not fit his narrative.’
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Fishermen face another quota cut, could hit lobster prices
Fishermen already dealing with a dramatic reduction in the amount of a key bait fish they are allowed to harvest will likely face an additional cut next year
Posted inBusiness
The highest-paid CEOs by state
In Maine, Jonathan Ayers of IDEXX Laboratories was paid $6.8 million in 2018.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
CEOs get $800,000 pay raise, leaving workers further behind
Pay for CEOs at the biggest U.S. companies climbed 7% last year, widening the chasm between them and their workers, whose pay didn’t rise as quickly.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
At $2 million, priciest-ever medicine treats fatal genetic disease
The medicine is a gene therapy that treats an inherited condition called spinal muscular atrophy, which strikes about 400 babies born in the U.S. each year.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
China ramps up war of rhetoric in trade standoff with U.S.
State media accuse the U.S. of seeking to ‘colonize global business’ with moves against Huawei and other Chinese technology companies.
Posted inNation & World
Pope urges China’s Catholics to unify after bishop deal
Francis made a special appeal at the end of his weekly audience Wednesday, noting that May 24 is a feast day in China dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
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Italy’s Catholic bishops ‘morally obliged’ to report abuse
The main Italian victims’ group, Rete L’Abuso, calls the announcement ‘dishonest.’