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The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently took custody of Mohammed Khalifa, a Saudi-born Canadian citizen whose role as a combatant and propaganda producer with the Islamic State allegedly resulted in death. If convicted, he could face life in prison. The Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led militia backed by the U.S., had captured him following aContinue reading “Canadian ISIS fighter charged with providing support to terrorist group”

A few days before President Joe Biden was sworn into office, Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV) called for spending up to $4 trillion on infrastructure over 10 years but now he claims the Democratic Party’s decade-long $350 billion per year proposal for expanding heath care access, boosting education programs and fighting climate change is tooContinue reading “Democrat holding up Biden wanted $4 trillion infrastructure spending”

The driver of a gasoline tanker was killed after the truck crashed, flipped over and caught fire early Saturday morning on Interstate 287 in Bergen County, New Jersey. It happened just before 7 a.m. on I-287 South at mile marker 66 in Mahwah, according to the State Police. The tanker overturned on the ramp fromContinue reading “Driver killed in tanker explosion on Route 287 in Mahwah”

The newly-leaked Pandora Papers reveal the inner workings of a shadow economy that benefits the wealthy and well-connected at the expense of everyone else, as offshore havens and hidden riches of world leaders and billionaires exposed in an unprecedented disclosure of secret banking information. Millions of leaked documents and the biggest journalism partnership in historyContinue reading “Shadow financial system benefits the world’s most rich & powerful”

A small but steady number of American workers have more than one job, because either they need extra income or they want to gain more experience or explore different interests, as multiple jobholding has become even more prevalent in the U.S. economy over the past two decades. The share of Americans working more than oneContinue reading “Women more likely to have multiple jobs but they still earn less than needed to live”

Over 540 marches, with some in all 50 states, marked the fifth Women’s March with over 120,000 citizens telling lawmakers and the Supreme Court not to take away Americans’ reproductive freedoms. The movement stated in 2017, when women marched in the millions to protest the policies of Donald Trump, who had just become president. SinceContinue reading “Women’s March protests abortion laws”

A corrections officer at Bayside State Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey, was arrested Friday for allegedly assaulting and physically punishing inmates. U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said John R. Makos III, 41, of the Cumberland County municipality Maurice River Township, was charged by complaint with participating in a conspiracy to deprive inmates of civil rights.Continue reading “Corrections officers tortured & assaulted prison inmates”

Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety (“HTS”) today announced a statewide art contest for adults and teens to promote its ongoing “Take Control of Your Destiny” distracted driving public awareness campaign. Winners will have their art displayed on HTS’s social media channels as part of the campaign. The “Design YourContinue reading “Color New Jersey safe”

More than 40 law enforcement agencies collaborated in the investigation that led to the indictment of a Teaneck ex-con who is charged with leading a criminal ring responsible for no fewer than 84 broad-daylight residential burglaries across much of New Jersey and Rockland County, NY. A state grand jury indicted Keith Perry, 38, of Teaneck,Continue reading “Band of brazen burglars busted”

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, in partnership with Us Helping Us, launched the United States’ first national in-home HIV testing program centered around reaching communities disproportionately impacted by HIV—Black and Latinx gay, bisexual men and transgender womenContinue reading “In-home HIV testing reaches hardest hit”

Congress passed legislation on Thursday extending government spending through December 3 to avert a shutdown just hours before current funding expires. Democrats initially sought to attach a suspension of the debt ceiling to the funding bill, but Republicans refused to vote to increase the borrowing limit. President Joe Biden must sign the bill before midnightContinue reading “Congress votes to keep US government open”

Lance Cpl. Hunter Clark was photographed lifting an infant over a wall at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan in August, but he disgraced his unit by speaking at a rally for former President Donald Trump even though he was out of uniform when he appeared on stage with the treason-inciting Republican. PentagonContinue reading “Trump stunt lands Marine in hot water”

Following the U.S. departure from Afghanistan in August, some questioned whether the hand-over of Bagram Air Base — about 27 miles north of the capital city, Kabul — was ill-advised and had been a tactical mistake, but top military leaders defended the move before a panel investigating the action for Congress. Secretary of Defense LloydContinue reading “Pentagon brass defend Afghanistan evacuation & exit”

South Dakota’s Republican Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has reached a settlement agreement with the widow of the man he was convicted of hitting, and killing, on the night of Sept. 12, 2020, when the pedestrian was walking on the shoulder of a rural highway. Sources confirmed that the two parties reached a settlement agreement roughlyContinue reading “Republican South Dakota Attorney General is a killer facing impeachment”

Twenty national environmental, public health, and climate advocacy organizations called on Congress to pass the “Climate Test” by putting America on a clear path to cutting in half planet-warming pollution by 2030. The message to Congress clearly lays out the investments that must be included to achieve this science-backed goal, while also creating good-paying jobs,Continue reading “Groups want Congress to pass a “Climate Test””

Sen. Bernie Sanders said it would be better to halt a bipartisan congressional infrastructure deal after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi derailed progressives’ strategy for voting on both measures, then to capitulate to the political establishment. Since June, when President Joe Biden reached a bipartisan deal in the Senate on a $1 trillion roads-and-bridges bill, theContinue reading “Bernie Sanders to progressives: Don’t surrender”

A caseworker employed by the New Jersey Department of Children and Family Services, Division of Child Protection and Permanency, was charged yesterday with possessing images of child sexual abuse. Trent Collier, 55, of Kearny, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of possession of child pornography. Collier made his initial appearance by videoconferenceContinue reading “Child Protection worker charged with kiddie porn”

Top fast moving goods companies are churning out plastic pollution ‘solution’ projects that do very little to solve the plastic pollution crisis, and consumers are buying their lies. The Break Free From Plastic global movement has tracked and analyzed projects that seven major companies and eight alliances claim are part of their response to plasticContinue reading “Consumers are contributing to the plastic pollution crisis”

A Middlesex County man was arrested September 15, 2021, on charges that he fraudulently obtained $1.3 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). Jordan C. Larkins, 31, of Edison, New Jersey, was charged by complaint with three counts of bank fraud, seven counts of wire fraud, and twoContinue reading “Edison man obtained $1.3 million in fraudulent COVID-19 loans”

Activists from student divest-invest campaigns and leaders of the global fossil fuel divest-invest movement recently discussed the significance of Harvard University’s decision to divest itself from fossil fuel investments and what it means for campaigns targeting universities, cities, pensions, and other financial institutions. The speakers also spoke to the financial impact of these announcements onContinue reading “Leaders discuss importance of victory: Harvard dumps fossil fuel investments”