The annual Reformed Church of Linden will kickstart Linden’s holiday season on Saturday Dec 7, with families joining in the spirit of giving by participating in a Relay for Life from 11 am to 3 pm. Relay For Life is…
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Climate crisis poses risk to plants
Almost 40% of global land plant species are categorized as very rare, and these species are most at risk for extinction as the climate continues to change, according to new research published today in Science Advances. The findings are published…
Coast Guard searches for missing kite surfer near Ocean City, New Jersey
The Coast Guard is searching for a missing kite surfer near Ocean City, New Jersey, Thursday evening. Coast Guard Station Atlantic City watchstanders received a call from 911, notifying them of a kite surfer, reportedly wearing all black, seen drifting…
‘It was no secret’: Sondland says Trump ordered Ukraine pressure campaign
Gordon Sondland, the United States Ambassador to the European Union, testified that President Donald Trump did abuse his power by extorting a foreign government to smear his potential Democratic rival. Sondland said in public testimony on November 20, that it…
Essex County man charged with child sexual abuse
An Essex County, New Jersey, man appeared in court this week on charges of producing, receiving, and possessing images of child sexual abuse. Ramon Zelaya, 36, of Newark, is charged by indictment with one count of sexual exploitation of a…
Ginsburg out of hospital
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from a hospital Sunday, where she had been admitted for chills and a fever. “She is home and doing well,” said Supreme Court spokesperson Kathy Arberg, but details were not available. Ginsburg…
Pope slams nuclear deterrent, ‘unspeakable horror’ of Nagasaki
Pope Francis Sunday railed against atomic weapons, the nuclear deterrent and the growing arms trade, as he paid tribute to the victims of the “unspeakable horror” of the Nagasaki bomb. In a highly symbolic visit to the Japanese city devastated…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized after experiencing chills and fever, the court said Saturday. In a statement, the court’s public information office said Ginsburg was admitted Friday night to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She was initially…
Georgia woman pleads guilty to using NBA player’s stolen ID to try to get $2.5M loan
An Atlanta woman could face up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty last week to using a NBA player’s stolen identity to try to obtain a $2.5 million loan. Annie M. Ford, 51, of Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty…
Climate disaster threatens hazardous waste sites
The latest National Climate Assessment report warned that natural disasters are worsening in the United States because of global warming, but the Trump administration continues to minimize the threat. Among the locations that could be struck with disaster are nearly…