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Russia was ordered on Wednesday, to immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine by the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The Russian Federation contends that the ICJ lacks jurisdiction. By a vote of 13 to two, with Vice-President Kirill Gevorgian of Russia and Judge Xue Hanqin of China dissenting, the ICJ ruledContinue reading “International Court orders Russia to halt military operations in Ukraine”

A judge in Honduras has granted a U.S. request to extradite former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to face drug trafficking and weapons charges. The decision Wednesday came a month after Honduran authorities arrested Hernandez at his home in Tegucigalpa. Hernandez has denied any wrongdoing and can appeal the judge’s ruling. The request said Hernández,Continue reading “Judge allows extradition of former former Honduran president to U.S.”

The New Jersey Supreme Court declined an appeal by Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH) and its founders Arthur Goldberg and Elaine Berk, the conversion therapy providers who were barred from promoting and making referrals for fraudulent conversion therapy services in 2015. The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey had previouslyContinue reading “New Jersey Supreme Court rejects challenge in conversion therapy case”

Video from a drone camera captured the apparent killing of a civilian by Russian soldiers near Kiev, as suspicions of war crimes in Ukraine are growing stronger. The footage, obtained from a Ukrainian man whose identity is being kept anonymous by German broadcaster ZDF, shows several cars making sudden U-turns as the drivers see RussianContinue reading “Drone footage shows Russian troops shooting a civilian with his hands up”

In an unprecedented move taken in response to its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation is no longer part of the Council of Europe (COE), as the continent’s leading human rights monitor organization expelled the world’s largest country by area, from the body, ending a 26-year relationship. The 47-nation organization’s committee of ministers said inContinue reading “Russian Federation kicked out of the Council of Europe for invading Ukraine”

After her first day as a substitute teacher, Tiana Fedor, a junior majoring in Teacher Education, walked out of a kindergarten classroom, got into her car, and burst into tears. “It was happy tears,” she says. “I called my mom, and I told her I was crying. She was like, ‘That’s how you know that’sContinue reading “Substitute teacher program is a win-win for students & schools”

Israel’s ministry of health said Wednesday it had recorded two cases of new COVID variant, but which officials said they were not unduly worried about. To ensure COVID-19 vaccines provide optimal protection into the future, the World Health Organization says the formulas may need to be updated as new, antigenically distinct variants emerge. The updatedContinue reading “New COVID variant strikes Israel hard, sweeping Europe, moving to America”

Women are praising President Joe Biden for signing an Executive Order on March 15, 2022, that will require the federal government to determine how to limit or prohibit federal contractors and subcontractors from using salary history to set pay or make employment decisions. Tuesday, March 15, 2022, was Equal Pay Day, a date that symbolizesContinue reading “Women say President Biden’s latest Executive Order advances pay equity”

Things were not bad enough in Trenton, where the city government has been leaping from one fire into another since electing a chief executive with a greater desire to please the political establishment that regularly convenes in the city than to serve residents, who are generally far lower on the economic ladder. Former Trenton CityContinue reading “Former clerk Conti quits as consultant over mayor’s acrimonious gripes”

As might be expected, most gun owners say they feel safer with a firearm in their household than they would without a weapon, but researchers are finding that what makes someone feel more secure could be the very thing that puts them in danger. A Rutgers University study concluded that people who bought firearms during theContinue reading “People who probably should not have firearms are frequently gun buyers”

Russian oligarch Andrey Muraviev was charged with conspiring with associates of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and others to funnel foreign cash into U.S. political campaigns, according to an unsealed indictment released on Monday. In September 2020, a grand jury returned an indictment against Andrey Muraviev of Russia, charging him with making illegal political donations andContinue reading “Feds say Russian oligarch paid Giuliani associates to make straw donations”

An Arizona man was arrested Tuesday for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Jacob Zerkle, 50, of Bowie, Arizona, is chargedContinue reading “Another Trump-loving terrorist arrested in connection with failed coup”

A member of the Newark Municipal Council and Board of Directors of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (NCEDC) today admitted scheming to obtain bribes and kickbacks and subscribing to a false personal tax return for 2018. Joseph A. McCallum Jr., 66, of Newark, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William J. Martini to anContinue reading “Baraka’s West Ward Councilman, Joseph McCallum, pleaded guilty to bribery”

A New Jersey city covered up the name of the Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Tear Drop 9/11 memorial and officials are making plans to permanently remove any sign of the dictator in retaliation for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The 9/11 memorial in Bayonne, New Jersey, was given as a gift by Russia toContinue reading “Mayor Jimmy Davis practices Soviet-style ‘historical revisionism’ by covering up Putin’s name”

A Morris County man was indicted for his role in a conspiracy to bilk millions of dollars from Bank of America. Kurt Phelps, 53, of Flanders, New Jersey, is charged by indictment returned March 11, 2022, with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of bank bribery. Three of Phelps’ conspiratorsContinue reading “Former Bank of America executive indicted on $8 million bribery scheme”

A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Sergio Rodriguez of Paterson, N.J., who died on June 27, 2020, after he was arrested by a New Jersey state trooper during a motor vehicle stop outside the State Police Totowa substation. NewContinue reading “No charges over 51-year-old Paterson man who died in police custody”

The leaders of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia are visiting the Ukrainian capital today to support President Volodymyr Zelensky, as his nation desperately fights to repel. Russia, whose military now claims it controls the region of Kherson in southern Ukraine, bordering Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014. The prime ministers of Poland, theContinue reading “As European leaders travel to Ukraine”

Yulia Zdanovskaya, a 21-year old mathematician, was killed on March 8th, 2022 during a Russian forces attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 2017, Yulia represented Ukraine at the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad and won a silver medal at the competition. Her death was confirmed by the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She was mourned byContinue reading “Math whiz killed by Russian war, as world views barbaric attacks continue”

Fifteen one-star nursing homes in New Jersey are costing Medicaid more than one-hundred million dollars a year, have failed to improve for years, and are overwhelmingly operated for profit. Those findings were made public last month in a report from the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), a government watchdog that oversees New Jersey’s Medicaid program.Continue reading “Government watchdog pans NJ’s Medicaid-funded nursing homes”