Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the demure firebrand who in her 80s became a legal, cultural and feminist icon, died Friday. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas. The court, in…
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Examining How Nursing Has Changed Over the Last 100 Years
Over the course of the last century, the profession of a nurse has developed hugely and remains one of the most vital jobs in the world to ensure that healthcare standards are kept at an all-time high. Working round the…
Listen to black holes collide
LIGO and Virgo detectors were able to “hear” in gravitational-waves the collisions of neutron stars and black holes – confirming Einstein’s predictions from a century ago. The ability to listen to gravitational waves opens up an entirely new and exciting…
Governor’s lawyer leaving
Matthew J. Platkin, Chief Counsel to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, will join as partner in Lowenstein Sandler’s White Collar Criminal Defense and Business Litigation groups at the conclusion of his state service in October. As Chief Counsel, Platkin managed…
Judge says Trump sabotaged USPS
President Donald Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy are “involved in a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” that could disrupt the 2020 election according to a federal judge in Washington State. Stanley A. Bastian, chief…
Trump disputes CDC Director on masks, vaccine
President Donald Trump’s latest broadside against one of his administration’s public health officials has shined a spotlight on his distrust of experts and placed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield in a potentially untenable position. Redfield…
Former Pence aide picks Biden
People who know Donald Trump and have seen the president in action are increasingly joining the ranks of those who want new leadership in the White House. Olivia Troye, who worked as homeland security, counterterrorism and coronavirus adviser to Vice…
School leaders endorse Biden
Today, the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) today endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for president and vice president of the United States. The group is the exclusive national labor union for administrators, professionals and supervisors advocating for excellence…
Researchers detected a massive black hole merger
A binary black hole merger likely produced gravitational waves equal to the energy of eight suns. For all its vast emptiness, the universe is humming with activity in the form of gravitational waves. Produced by extreme astrophysical phenomena, these reverberations…
Stockton professors explain unusually hazy sky
by Susan Allen Smoke from the wildfires in California and Oregon has traveled thousands of miles in the jet stream air currents and has arrived on the east coast. “The fires are consuming a vast amount of fuel, converting it to gases, smoke…