Rutgers investigates suspicious package in parking deck

NEW BRUNSWICK — Authorities at Rutgers University are investigating a suspicious package in a campus parking deck, and advising students to avoid the area Monday morning. According to a tweet from the university, students and visitors should avoid the Douglass Parking Deck and surrounding area. A University spokesman said Monday morning at about 9 a.m. that… Read the rest of this entry »

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FBI names Elizabeth man as suspect in NYC bombing

NEW YORK — An Elizabeth man is being sought by authorities for questioning in connection with Saturday’s explosion in New York. Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, was born in Afghanistan but is a United States citizen, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday. Rahami is about 5-foot-6, 200 pounds, the FBI said. The blast on West 23rd… Read the rest of this entry »

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NYC blast believed to be ‘intentional act,’ mayor says

NEW YORK CITY — An explosion that injured more than 20 people in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood was an “intentional act” but there was no indication the blast was linked to terrorism, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said. “Tonight, New York City experienced a very serious incident,” the mayor said at a late Saturday press… Read the rest of this entry »

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Delta flights grounded due to computer problems

Delta Airlines passengers with a flight Monday morning may face significant delays as a system-wide computer outage has grounded flights across the country. Flights already in the air are not affected, the airline said in a statement. Dozens of Delta flights were scheduled to leave airports in Newark, New York and Philadelphia on Monday morning. Delta… Read the rest of this entry »

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Guaranteed Funding for State Pensions Probably Won’t Make Ballot

Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) was supported by advocates for seniors and the disabled as well as union and construction representatives. With the deadline for final legislative approval of a proposed constitutional amendment to boost public-employee pension funding now just days away, it appears more likely than ever that it will not be put before voters… Read the rest of this entry »

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President Obama commutes sentences of 3 N.J. prisoners

WASHINGTON — Three New Jersey men convicted of drug-related crimes will be released from prison on Dec. 1 after President Barack Obama on Wednesday commuted their sentences. In total, Obama commuted the sentences of 214 prisoners across the nation. White House counsel Neil Eggleston said the prisoners had been put behind bars “under outdated and duly… Read the rest of this entry »

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Nude photos of first ladies and presidents

If Donald Trump is elected President of the United States, his wife will not be the first first lady who posed for nude photographs.

Melania Trump’s censored nude photos adorn the pages of the New York Post today.  Columnist Andrea Peyser posted, “This election has finally gotten European,” on facebook.

The Post said it exclusively obtained the photos from French photographer Alé de Basse­ville who shot them during a Manhattan photo shoot in 1995 when Melania was a professional model, Hillary Clinton was first lady and Monica Lewinsky was an intern.

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Fla. nightclub shooting leaves 2 dead, more than a dozen hurt

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Two people have been killed and more than a dozen shot at a nightclub in Fort Myers, Florida, authorities said. As many as 17 people have been shot in the early Monday shooting at Club Blu, police Capt. Jim Mulligan said. Three people have been taken into custody and there are two… Read the rest of this entry »

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Several Baton Rouge officers shot dead

In a grim repeat of last week deadly attacks on law enforcement, two police officers are reported dead following a shooting in Baton Rouge. Officials have confirmed two law enforcement officers have died and at least five others were injured during an early morning shooting on Airline Highway near Old Hammond Highway in Baton Rouge. “The… Read the rest of this entry »

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Secret chapter of 9/11 inquiry released after 13-year wait

WASHINGTON — Under wraps for 13 years, the U.S. on Friday released once-top secret pages from a congressional report into 9/11 that questioned whether Saudis who were in contact with the hijackers after they arrived in the U.S. knew what they were planning. The newly declassified document , with light redactions, names people the hijackers associated… Read the rest of this entry »

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