Month March 2021

New Jersey is extending its income tax filing deadline to May 17th to reflect the federal tax filing deadline, which was extended last Wednesday, Governor Murphy announced.  New Jersey officials said they will soon release “formal guidance” on the tax… Continue Reading →

The mood is so bad at the U.S. Capitol that a Democratic congressman recently let an elevator pass him by rather than ride with Republican colleagues who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s election. Republicans say it’s Democrats who just need… Continue Reading →

A man charged with beating to death a New Jersey resident he says sexually abused him as a child now claims he has killed a total of 16 people, including his ex-wife and three others in New Mexico, officials said…. Continue Reading →

A long dormant volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland flared to life Friday night, spilling lava down two sides in that area’s first volcanic eruption in nearly 800 years. Initial aerial footage, posted on the Facebook page of… Continue Reading →

A longtime Los Angeles television news reporter and his photographer were among five people seriously injured Friday when an allegedly drunk driver crashed his SUV into a building along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, officials said. At the time of… Continue Reading →

Final polls aired by Channel 12 and Channel 13 Friday ahead of Tuesday’s national election showed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the cusp of clinching a ruling majority as the… Read more » The post Final Polls Show Netanyahu Gaining… Continue Reading →

China said Saturday it had agreed with the U.S. to take up climate change and a handful of other issues, a sign of small but possible progress at recently concluded… Read more » The post After Testy Meeting, China Says… Continue Reading →

As the coronavirus made an end-of-the-year surge across New York, few nursing homes escaped unscathed. But some proved especially helpless at stopping the spread of COVID-19, despite having nine months to stockpile protective equipment and refine preventative measures. At least… Continue Reading →

Five White House staffers have been fired because of their past use of drugs, including marijuana, press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday. Marijuana has become a delicate issue for President Joe Biden’s administration because 15 states and Washington, D.C., allow… Continue Reading →

The government ministers voted Motzoei Shabbos to end the cap limiting the number of Israelis permitted to enter the country to 3,000 a day. The restriction was already set to… Read more » The post Ministers Vote to End Limiting… Continue Reading →

A woman who currently works in the office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he engaged in innaproppoarte behavior to her and another aide, according to a newspaper report published Friday. Alyssa McGrath told The New York Times the… Continue Reading →

Britain said Saturday that half the country’s adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine as the government races to reach everyone over age 18 by the end… Read more » The post Half of U.K. Adults Have… Continue Reading →

U.S. relations with its two biggest geo-political rivals are facing severe tests as President Joe Biden tries to assert America’s place in the world and distinguish himself from his predecessor. Airing myriad complaints, the Biden administration took an extraordinarily tough… Continue Reading →

Four men described as leaders of the far-right Proud Boys have been charged in the U.S. Capitol riots, as an indictment ordered unsealed on Friday presents fresh evidence of how federal officials believe group members planned and carried out a… Continue Reading →

Somehow, they didn’t see it coming. Within weeks of Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, the Biden administration had reversed many of the most maligned Trump-era immigration policies, including deporting children seeking asylum who arrived alone at the U.S.-Mexico border and… Continue Reading →

Former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, has been partially closed after staff members tested positive for the coronavirus. That’s according to several people, including one familiar with club operations, who said Mar-a-Lago had “partially closed” a… Continue Reading →

The U.S. government on Friday updated its COVID-19 mitigation guidance, halving the acceptable distance between students who are wearing masks to at least three feet from at least six feet,… Read more » The post U.S. Backs Distance of 3… Continue Reading →

Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Motzoei Shabbos, calling for his ouster in a final show of force ahead of this week’s… Read more » The post Thousands Protest Against Netanyahu Ahead… Continue Reading →

The ambulance was donated in memory of Malky Hirth A”H. FIRST LOOK: The inauguration of the new Hatzolah of Central Jersey ambulance in memory of Malky Hirth. pic.twitter.com/JXzy2Bnfj0 — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) March 19, 2021

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that an investigation by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Squad-Arson Unit, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crime Unit, Ocean County Fire Marshal’s Office, Lakewood Township Police Department Detective Bureau, and… Continue Reading →