Category Archives: New Jersey News

Despite a prevailing “sense of fear” among vulnerable citizens, UN humanitarian agencies and their partners reiterated a global commitment to the people of Afghanistan on Friday, informing that they are still accessing those in need throughout the country. At least 26,500 people, which includes Afghans and foreign nationals, have been evacuated from Afghanistan since theContinue reading “UN helping Afghans displaced by Taliban”

After MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell made the ridiculously false claim that former President Donald Trump would be back in the White House by August 13, when he was ostensibly due to be reinstated as president, pollsters found that one in five Republicans said they believed that the 2020 election loser would be returned to power.Continue reading “Donald Trump’s reinstatement as president is another crock of shit Republican fantasy”

The U.S. Postal Service will pay $120 million over the next five years to a major logistics contractor that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy previously helped lead and with which his family maintains financial ties, according to DeJoy’s financial disclosure statements and a federal contracting database. The new contract will deepen the Postal Service’s relationship withContinue reading “Postmaster General Louis DeJoy getting rich while bankrupting U.S. Postal Service”

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, broke ground for a new facility that will help strengthen the ability of countries around the world to tackle nuclear terrorism in areas such as the illegal trafficking of nuclear material and the physical protection of facilities and major public events. TheContinue reading “International Atomic Energy Agency facility will help tackle nuclear terrorism”

by Jenny Deam and Bianca Fortis | ProPublica Meggan Ingram was fully vaccinated when she tested positive for COVID-19 early this month. The 37-year-old’s fever had spiked to 103 and her breath was coming in ragged bursts when an ambulance rushed her to an emergency room in Pasco, Washington, on Aug. 10. For three hoursContinue reading “CDC to only tracks breakthrough infections that lead to hospitalization or death”

Four drug companies that made $665 billion last year are settling claims that they bear responsibility for the opiate epidemic for about $26 billion to be paid over 18 years, or about 0.2% of their revenues. New Jersey intends to join nationwide settlement agreements with New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson and the country’s three largestContinue reading “New Jersey absolves corporations largely responsible for the opioid crisis”

After a standoff that lasted several hours, authorities in Washington, D.C. have identified the man who claimed to have an explosive outside the Library of Congress as Floyd Ray Roseberry. Roseberry surrendered to police shortly after 2 p.m., he was taken into custody without further incident, and multiple charges are pending against him. Roseberry, 49,Continue reading “Trump supporter demands free health care while claiming to have bomb at U.S. Capitol”

Advice is changing as the Delta variant spreads across the country. COVID-19 upended daily life in the United States as SARS-CoV-2, the virus spreading the disease, caused surges in infections across the country. After more than a year of adjusting to strict guidelines, many Americans have gotten vaccines and started to resume a more normal life.Continue reading “5 Things Everyone Should Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak”

Overall cancer death rates continue to decline in men and women for all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, the product of a collaboration among the American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute, and NorthContinue reading “Cancer death rates continue to decline”

The League of Women Voters of Northern Valley plans to celebrate Women’s Equality Day on August 26, 2021 in order to recognize the advancements made towards achieving political, economic, and social equality.  The date commemorates the 101st anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees American women theContinue reading “League to celebrate Women’s Equality Day”

A federal judge ruled last night that the US Postal Service must give the government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington documents about potential conflicts of interest by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. “DeJoy’s publicly available financial disclosures made at the time of his appointment show that he owned stock in USPS contractorContinue reading “Postmaster General’s conflicts of interest are under intense scrutiny and criticism”

Two Jersey City, New Jersey, men who were involved in a shootout made their initial court appearances today on charges that they possessed ammunition as previously convicted felons. Shamir Blunt, 35, and Mark Franklin, 29, are charged by criminal complaint with one count each of being felons in possession of ammunition.  Blunt and Franklin madeContinue reading “Jersey City convicts who were involved in a shootout made initial court appearances”

The Department of Defense is laser-focused on operations at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said during a Pentagon news conference yesterday, but Pentagon Spokesman John F. Kirby told Pentagon reporters attending an operational update of U.S. military operations in that country that the crisis in Afghanistan remainsContinue reading “Pentagon is laser-focused while crisis in Afghanistan remains fluid & dynamic”

T-Mobile has confirmed that about 47.8 million current, former and prospective customers have been affected by the cyberattack on its systems. Of that number, about 7.8 million are current T-Mobile postpaid accounts and the rest are prior or potential users who had applied for credit, the company said in a press release.  The carrier said itsContinue reading “47 million victims in T-Mobile data breach”

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly fled in a helicopter with $169 million in cash and has been given asylum on humanitarian grounds in Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE is one of three nations, including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, which recognized the previous Taliban regime, which governedContinue reading “Afghan President reportedly fled with cash”

Even as people began to feel some hope—or at least cautious optimism—early this summer that the pandemic could recede to the background, there was still the threat that new mutations of the COVID-19 virus could bring it back, and it might be even stronger. A major worry right now is Delta, a highly contagious SARS-CoV-2Continue reading “Delta variant is a highly contagious strain of coronavirus”

All life on Earth 500 million years ago lived in the oceans, but scientists know little about how these animals and algae developed. A newly discovered fossil deposit near Kunming, China, may hold the keys to understanding how these organisms laid the foundations for life on land and at sea today, according to an internationalContinue reading “Fossil may reveal more about origins of life”

An Ohio man pleaded guilty today to a money laundering conspiracy arising from his operation of Helix, a Darknet-based cryptocurrency laundering service, and Grams, one of the first darkweb search engines. According to court documents, Larry Dean Harmon, 38, of Akron, admitted that he operated Helix from 2014 to 2017. Helix functioned as a bitcoinContinue reading “Darknet money laundering conspiracy busted”

Two Bronx, New York, men were sentenced yesterday to 29 months in prison each for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl to buyers in New Jersey. Eddy Urena Rodriguez, 36, and Francisco Mercedes Gil, 33, both previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to informationsContinue reading “Two heroin & fentanyl dealers sent to prison”

A Mexican national was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for his role in transporting approximately two kilograms of fentanyl into New Jersey for distribution. Adrian Vargas Arroyo, 31, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti, imposed the sentence inContinue reading “Drug courier sentenced to prison”