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Disgraced former Gen. Michael Flynn has endorsed Robert Kovic, who is one of up to a dozen Republicans hoping to challenge Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Blue Dog Democrat who captured New Jersey’s 11th District seat in 2018 and won re-election in 2020. “I am truly honored to have the endorsement of General Flynn,” said Kovic.Continue reading “Pardoned traitor who pled guilty to federal crimes endorses Republican”

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is constantly changing and accumulating mutations in its genetic code over time but top federal health officials warn that the omicron variant is rapidly spreading in the United States. They say the pandemic could peak in a massive wave of infections as soon as January, according to new modelingContinue reading “Omicron coronavirus variant spreading rapidly across the United States”

Joseph Centanni, 74, of Mountainside, a landlord who has owned hundreds of rental units in at least 18 different apartment buildings around Elizabeth, agreed to pay $4.5 million in monetary damages and a civil penalty to resolve a Fair Housing Act (FHA) lawsuit concerning his sexual harassment of tenants and housing applicants for more thanContinue reading “Lascivious landlord loses loot in lawsuit”

A Cumberland County-based attorney was sentenced on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, to 14 months in prison for evading more than $250,000 in federal taxes on income generated from his law firm. Douglas M. Long, 55, of Upper Deerfield, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Noel. L Hillman to an informationContinue reading “Ex-Democratic freeholder disguised $800,000 as “business expenses””

The U.S. drug epidemic reached another terrible milestone Wednesday when the government announced that more than 100,000 people had died of overdoses between April 2020 and April 2021. It is the first time that drug-related deaths have reached six figures in any 12-month period. The people who died — 275 every day — would fillContinue reading “100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in the pandemic year”

The Air Force has discharged 27 people for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, making them what officials believe are the first service members to be removed for disobeying the mandate to get the shots. The Pentagon earlier this year required the vaccine for all members of the military, including active duty, National Guard, andContinue reading “Air Force discharges 27 anti-vaxxers”

President Joe Biden directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate how the climate crisis influenced the deadly and devastating tornadoes that moved across several southern and central states, killing possibly hundreds of Americans in Kentucky and several other states this weekend. Asked if the storms and the intensity have to do with climate change,Continue reading “Biden wants EPA to probe link between the climate crisis and deadly tornadoes”

A mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation announced that its groundbreaking clinical trial of psilocybin therapy has found that a 25mg dose of magic mushrooms is effective for treatment-resistant depression. Compass Pathways revealed the psychedelic drug was highly efficacious as a therapy “demonstrating a highly statistically significant and clinically relevantContinue reading “Magic mushrooms found to be effective in treating serious depression”

The international James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled for launch on December 22, on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Developed and constructed over more than 30 years, Webb is a remarkable feat of engineering and technology – with the largest astronomical mirror ever flown in space, sophisticated new scientific instruments, andContinue reading “Space Telescope is scheduled for launch”

The Kentucky National Guard has called up more than 300 personnel to duty — including 81 in law enforcement roles, 80 in recovery support and 44 in debris clearance, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said at a press briefing today. Scores of people were killed and many more were injured or unaccounted for after tornadoes tore throughContinue reading “Pentagon troops tackle tornado tragedy”

Glaciers in Antarctica are retreating due to warmer ocean temperatures but an unmanned submarine and new satellite images confirm the disquieting information that things are worse than previously believed and it could be melting faster than we previously thought. Satellite images presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union show several large, diagonalContinue reading “Climate catastrophe may surge sea level by 25% in as little as 5 years”

Five members of New Jersey’s delegation in Congress were flagged for potential conflicts of interest, self-dealing, and disregard for a decade-old law designed to prevent corruption at the highest levels of American government. Rep. Tom Malinowski established a blind trust after he previously made headlines for his 145 failures to comply with financial disclosures requiredContinue reading “New Jersey’s delegation in Congress: five failed to comply with ethics rules”

President Joe Biden convened governments, civil society groups, and the private sector to discuss bold, practical ways to strengthen democracy during his Summit for Democracy, which he used to outline a five-point plan to support freedom worldwide that includes measures to bolster independent media and combat corruption. “Democracy needs champions,” said Biden from the WhiteContinue reading “Summit for Democracy host prosecutes publisher for sharing accurate news”

The shares of American 9- and 13-year-olds who say they read for fun on an almost daily basis have dropped from nearly a decade ago and are at the lowest levels since at least the mid-1980s, according to a survey conducted in late 2019 and early 2020 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Among bothContinue reading “Fewer American children read for fun, losing physical & mental benefits”

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the legal challenge brought forward by abortion providers against Texas’ unconstitutional law imposing restrictions may continue, bringing new life into the fight against the statute but also drawing the ire of reproductive rights advocates who criticized the ruling for not blocking the law outright. The court allowed theContinue reading “Supreme Court OKs lawsuit but won’t block unconstitutional abortion ban”

President Joe Biden said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia would pay “a terrible price” and face devastating economic consequences if it invaded Ukraine. Russia has amassed tens of thousands of combat-ready troops and machinery near its border with Ukraine for the second time this year, raising concerns that the Kremlin could beContinue reading “Biden Warns Putin: Russia Will Pay ‘Terrible Price’ If It Invades Ukraine”

Chris Cuomo’s CNN producer, John Griffin, was charged on Friday, December 10, 2021, with luring underage girls to his Vermont estate to engage in unlawful sexual activity, according to the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont. Griffin, 44, of Stamford, Connecticut was arrested Friday by the Federal Bureau of InvestigationContinue reading “CNN producer John Griffin charged with luring underage girls for “sex”

Three incredibly dramatic splashdowns occurred in different parts of the country on a single day. The wet and wild Wednesday—December 8, 2021—was marked by tragedy, heroism and some freakish synchronicity. A woman accidentally drowned while at a company party in Troutdale, Oregon, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. A woman in her late 60sContinue reading “December 8 was a wet & wild Wednesday, in 3 separate mishaps”

Medicaid covers almost half of births in the U.S., but federal law requires that pregnancy-related Medicaid coverage last only through 60 days postpartum, so the Center for Reproductive Rights asked legislators to urge Congress to fix that with the Build Back Better law. Progressive activist Lisa McCormick said she was shocked to learn that no New JerseyContinue reading “No NJ lawmaker urged Congress to ensure postpartum Medicaid coverage”

The federal government is once again imposing monetary penalties without demanding an admission of guilt from a business that allegedly robbed millions of dollars from taxpayers. A New Jersey pathology practice will pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by making false representations in connection with submissions to the CentersContinue reading “Doctors pay $2.4 million for cheating Medicare without jail or admitting guilt”