A Racist in the Oval Office
By John Cassidy| The New Yorker| Donald Trump grew up in a wealthy white enclave in Queens, and he first came to public attention in 1973, when the Justice Department sued his father’s real-estate company […]
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UN condemns Donald Trump’s ‘shithole countries’ remark as racist
US President Donald Trump Remarks by Donald Trump describing immigrants from Africa and Haiti as coming from “shithole countries” were racist, the United Nations human rights office has said, as it led global condemnation of […]
Key witness in murder trial says defendant is killer
By Michaelangelo Conte | The Jersey Journal | JERSEY CITY — The prosecution’s key witness took the stand today in the murder trial of Isaiah Huggins and without hesitation said Huggins is the man who […]
Accused subway bomber due in court today for arraignment
NEW YORK – The accused subway bomber in last month’s attack in Times Square will be arraigned in court Thursday. Akayed Ullah was indicted Wednesday on terrorism and explosives charges. He faces six counts related […]
4 charged after N.J. teen allegedly held in basement ‘torture chamber’
By Rebecca Everett reverett@njadvancemedia.com| Four people in Massachusetts are facing serious charges after police say they kept a 16-year-old girl from New Jersey tied up in their freezing basement, where they shaved her head, burned […]
N.J. Legislature clears way for $5B in Amazon tax breaks
By Samantha Marcus smarcus@njadvancemedia.com | The state Legislature on Monday embraced Gov. Chris Christie’s plan to offer Amazon $100,000 per job it creates should it build its sought-after second headquarters in Newark. New Jersey’s offer, […]
Water Pipe Break Delays Flights At JFA Airport Terminal
International flights are coming into JFK Airport’s Terminal 4 after they were shut down earlier Sunday due to a water pipe break that has delayed flights all day. At the time of this writing, the […]
Trump Says He Would ‘Absolutely’ Talk to North Korea’s Kim on Phone
By James Oliphant | CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would “absolutely” be willing to talk on the phone to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and that […]
Earthquake 3.5 magnitude hits just south of San Antonio
By Chris Quinn, mySA.com | The USGS reports the epicenter of an earthquake that hit Texas Saturday morning, Jan. 6, 2018, was approximately 16 miles southwest of Poth, near Fashing in Atascosa County. A 3.5 […]
Trump seeks $18 billion to extend border wall over 10 years
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration has proposed spending $18 billion over 10 years to significantly extend the border wall with Mexico, providing one of its most detailed blueprints of how the president hopes to […]