Two Union County public schools are among nine in New Jersey that earned the Blue Ribbon designation for high student achievement and quality programs from the U.S. Department of Education. Locally, Washington Elementary School in Westfield and Terence C. Reilly…
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Bernie Sanders will be in the next Democratic debate
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) will participate in the fourth Democratic debate on Oct. 15, his campaign said on Thursday. Sanders, who was treated for a blocked artery after experiencing chest discomfort on Tuesday,…
North Korean missile landed in Japanese waters
A North Korean missile landed in Japanese waters on Wednesday, providing a provocative reminder of the threat posed by the kinds of short-range weapons that the has been testing as President Donald Trump tries to resume nuclear talks with Kim…
Sanders boosts ‘Medicare for All’ during hospital stay
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is using publicity associated with his recovery from a heart procedure to boost his trademark Medicare for All proposal, although his campaign canceled public appearances after the 78-year-old lawmaker was hospitalized, appearance at a fundraiser…
Stockton University hosts Assembly candidate debate
The William H. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University and The Press of Atlantic City will cosponsor a debate among state Assembly candidates in Legislative District 2 on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The one-hour debate will start at 6…
House Intelligence Committee Releases Whistleblower Complaint
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the declassified whistleblower complaint showing that President Donald Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, in order to smear the candidate for the…
Trump’s Ukrainian firestorm
A whistleblower complaint released by the House Intelligence Committee alleges that President Donald Trump sought Ukraine’s help in the 2020 election by concocting a corruption investigation that would impugn former Vice President Joe Biden, one of 20 Democrats seeking to…
NJ identifies hepatitis A outbreak
The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) has identified an increase in the number of hepatitis A (HAV) cases among persons reporting homelessness, drug use, Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) and recent incarceration. Hepatitis A is a disease…
Murder victim’s brother charged in fatal shooting
A North Jersey man is in custody and has been criminally charged with being responsible for a fatal shooting that took place in Rahway earlier this summer. Daymon Duncan-Wilson, 27, of Passaic is charged with first-degree murder and two related…
30 more civilians killed in Afghanistan
A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan last week killed at least 30 civilians and injured 40 other people resting after a day’s labor in the fields. The Wednesday night attack was intended for an Islamic State (IS) hideout but accidentally…