About a dozen megadroughts struck the American Southwest during the 9th through the 15th centuries, but then they mysteriously ceased around the year 1600. What caused this clustering of megadroughts — that is, severe droughts that last for decades —…
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Ten volunteers train to serve as advocates for foster youth
Eight municipalities are represented in the latest class of 10 volunteers to successfully train as advocates for Union County youth removed from home due to abuse or neglect, and now living in foster care. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of…
Survivor’s story highlights horror of atomic weapons
On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. Nagasaki was devastated on August 9, 1945, when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, dropped by the…
Travel warnings cite US ‘high levels of gun violence’
Amnesty International and several nations have issued travel warning to anyone planning to visit America due to “the potential for gunfire incidents everywhere in the United States.” Gun violence left 31 people dead in two mass shootings last weekend. The…
Registration Begins August 15th For The Gateway Family YMCA’s 7th Grade Initiative
UNION COUNTY, NJ – Registration begins August 15th, for the new class of 7th Grade Initiative members at The Gateway Family YMCA. As part of the NJ YMCA 7th Grade Initiative, a state-wide program designed to support and encourage teens…
Trump has no plan to make Mexico pay for border wall
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Kimberely Breier told Congress last year that that she has no strategy to get Mexico to pay for President Trump’s border wall, according to Hill.TV. “As our principal diplomat for the Americas,…
Can probiotics and other factors be used reliably to benefit health?
By Darrin S. Joy Steven Finkel tells the story of a close family member who had a discomforting health issue — the kind you don’t discuss at the dinner table. “She went and chose a bunch of yogurts with active culture,”…
Mike Gravel endorses Bernie Sanders
Former Senator Mike Gravel ended his unusual candidacy and endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president of the United States. Gravel, a fierce opponent of the Vietnam War who served in the military, was running for president to force the tough…
ACLU sues to stop Missouri abortion ban
Planned Parenthood along and other defenders of civil liberties, took the state of Missouri to court to stop an unprecedented number of abortion bans from taking effect in the state. The case, filed along with the ACLU, the ACLU of…
The 20th century was the hottest in nearly 2,000 years
Two global warming studies by an international network of scientists show that the greatest increase in the Earth’s temperatures began after the industrial revolution. Two studies further indicate that global warming was manmade because the warming trend began after the…