Global warming has heated the oceans by the equivalent of one atomic bomb explosion per second for the past 150 years, according to analysis of new research. More than 90% of the heat trapped by humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions has…
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Murphy’s ‘State of the State’ speech looks backward, not forward
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy gave his first State of the State address before an audience composed of legislators, his cabinet secretaries, former governors and the state Supreme Court members, putting a happy face on despite the fact that much…
Workers union says AT&T shorted taxpayers on jobs
While AT&T refuses to release details about what it’s using its $20 billion in tax savings for, a report by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) examines the telecom giant’s continued role in hollowing out the middle class by eliminating thousands of…
Beto O’Rourke stripped from list for taking ‘dirty money’
In the wake of an investigative report showing he had accepted multiple contributions from oil and gas executives, Oil Change USA took Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s name off the list of political candidates who promised to reject fossil fuel donations…
Menendez on the beach puts GOP on shutdown warpath
Sen. Bob Menendez was spotted on the beach at a resort in Puerto Rico on Day 22 of the partial government shutdown, and he was promptly criticized over the optics of vacation in the midst of a national crisis. Menendez…
Gunman shot, hostages free
The Gloucester County Prosecutor Charles Fiore said a lone suspect was shot by police, who liberated two female hostages who work at the UPS facility in Logan Township, where an active shooter incident had been under way since earlier this…
Active shooter at UPS facility in Gloucester County, NJ
Logan Township Police are responding to an active shooter situation at a UPS facility in Gloucester County, the latest in America’s epidemic of gun violence in which 35,000 people die in this country each year. Gloucester County officials report that…
Trump shutdown weakens American cybersecurity
The partial shutdown of the US federal government, now approaching three weeks, is having at least one impact not felt during the shutdowns of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. As our online lives have grown dramatically in the last couple…
Non-denial denial
After a blockbuster report in the New York Times asserted that FBI agents opened a counter intelligence investigation to determine if Donald Trump has been working on behalf of Russia against American interests, the administration failed to forthrightly deny that…
Mueller’s investigation eyes shady pro-Trump super PAC
The pro-Trump super PAC Rebuilding America Now is reportedly under scrutiny in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election but from its inception, the group has engaged in dubious legal maneuvers. The super PAC’s close…