WHIPPANY — With the state’s Transportation Trust Fund less than three weeks away from running out of money for new road, bridge and rail projects, Gov. Chris Christie said the fix being pushed by the Democratic-controlled legislature lacked sufficient tax breaks to be signed into law. Speaking to the Morris County Chamber of Commerce on Monday,… Read the rest of this entry »
A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Orlando on Sunday delivered sandwiches and iced tea to a blood drive supporting victims of the gay nightclub terrorist attack. The restaurant on University and Rouse Road delivered the food free of charge to the One Blood donation center, the DC Gazette reported. The owners of the Christian-run organization, which is normally… Read the rest of this entry »
An Islamic scholar who spoke earlier this year at an Orlando mosque has previously said gay people should be killed according to Islamic law “out of compassion.” “Death is the sentence,” Sheikh Farrokh Sekaleshfar said at a speech at the Husseini Islamic Center in Orlando in 2013. “We know. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about this.… Read the rest of this entry »
Omar Mateen aspired to be a police officer and had once applied to join a police academy. He worked at a centre for juvenile delinquents as a correctional officer. More recently he was an armed guard for a gated retirement community in South Florida. A former co-worker said that Mateen’s anger was “constant.” He was known… Read the rest of this entry »
The gunman in a mass shooting that left at least 50 people dead and 53 others wounded early Sunday in an Orlando night club was once married to a New Jersey woman. Records show Omar Mateen, who died in a shootout with a police, married Sitora Yusufiy in 2009 in Florida. Yusufiy lived in Edison and… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — There was no winner in Friday night’s drawing of the Mega Millions lottery jackpot so the pot has grown to $293 million. The next drawing is Tuesday night. If the winner chooses the cash option, it would be $198.2 million before taxes. Friday night’s winning numbers were 34 61 66 67 68, megaball 07.… Read the rest of this entry »
The gunman who killed 50 people and wounded 53 others after opening fire at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is believed to have ties to Islamic terrorism, according to early reports from authorities. “It’s really early in the investigation, but the indicators are clear that this person did have Islamist leanings,” said Rep. Peter… Read the rest of this entry »
A state program to lend more than $400 million in taxpayer dollars to replenish affordable housing lost during Hurricane Sandy so far has assisted fewer than two dozen victims of the storm, state statistics show. The Fund for Restoration of Multifamily Housing began disbursing zero- and low-interest loans in 2014 in the nine counties most affected… Read the rest of this entry »
About 20 people have been killed and dozens more are injured after a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, police in Florida say. The FBI is investigating it as a possible act of domestic terrorism. (more) Credit: Wochit FOR LIVE UPDATES: Twitter, Facebook The shooting happened at around 2 a.m. ET on Sunday… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — A former executive at what was once among the state’s most politically connected engineering firms was sentenced to state prison Friday for his role in a scheme to skirt New Jersey’s campaign contribution laws. Thomas Rospos, 64, the former executive vice president at Birdsall Services Group, was given a three-year sentence by Superior Court… Read the rest of this entry »
