Month June 2019

Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senator Robert Singer today announced that they have introduced bipartisan legislation to expressly prohibit anti-Semitism in public schools and institutions of higher education statewide. Currently, State law broadly prohibits discriminating against a person based on… Continue Reading →

Washington – It’s a difficult time for the Pentagon to be without a permanent U.S. defense secretary. The Trump administration is grappling with an escalating crisis with Iran, an unusual and controversial deployment of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, the… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] Summer is nearly upon us. Camp HASC has been planning, training, and preparing for the upcoming season throughout the year. Now, as part of Camp HASC’s staff orientation, over 500 staff members will spend an intense 4 day training… Continue Reading →

New Jersey – A Poland-born Holocaust survivor from New Jersey invited Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to tour Auschwitz following her remarks about concentration camps. Edward Mosberg, 93, on Friday extended the invitation to the Democrat lawmaker who on Monday touched off… Continue Reading →

The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders will become part of national litigation in the fight they hope will reduce deaths from opioid overdoses. “While we have implemented programs through our Prosecutor’s Office and our Corrections Department and Juvenile Services… Continue Reading →

Hamburg – A rabbi from Hamburg was spat on and accosted during an anti-Semitic incident on the street. Shlomo Bistritzky, regional chief rabbi in Hamburg and local Jewish community member Eliezer Noe were leaving a meeting with Mayor Peter Tschentscher… Continue Reading →

Washington – President Donald Trump says the U.S. was “cocked and loaded” to retaliate against Iran for downing an American drone, but canceled the strikes 10 minutes before they were to be carried out after being told some 150 people… Continue Reading →

Dominican Republic – Alberto Rodríguez Mota had one job: taking a photo of the man that his crew of hired killers was supposed to fatally shoot at an outdoor cafe, according to Dominican authorities. But the lighting was bad. And… Continue Reading →

Albany, NY – Lawmakers in New York state have voted to eliminate criminal penalties for public possession and use of marijuana after efforts to legalize pot stalled. The measure would reduce low-level criminal charges for unlawful possession of marijuana to… Continue Reading →

Starting Monday, Sunset Rd & Caranetta Rd will be closed for approximately 2 weeks. Plan alternate route.

Philadelphia – A fire in a vat of butane at a 150-year-old refinery complex in Philadelphia turned the early morning sky a bright orange and yellow and awakened startled residents with explosions that shook homes Friday. The fire broke out… Continue Reading →

Tehran – Iranian state television’s website has published images it says show debris from the U.S. military surveillance drone that Iran shot down the previous day. The pictures show what appears to be the skin of the U.S. Navy RQ-4A… Continue Reading →

Sweden – A Swedish supreme court ordered a rabbi and his wife, who is a teacher, to pay more than $100,000 for refusing to send to school two of their children. Alexander and Leah Namdar, both emissaries of the Chabad… Continue Reading →

Washington – The United States abruptly called off preparations for a military strike against Iran over the downing of a U.S. surveillance drone, a U.S. official said, while Iran claimed Friday it had issued several warnings before shooting down the… Continue Reading →

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