Scientists: Superstorm Sandy jolted United States Superstorm Sandy didn't just rattle the East Coast, it also jiggled the ground across the country ever so slightly, scientists reported Thursday. Earthquake sensors located as far away as the Pacific Northwest detected the storm's energy as it surged toward the New York metropolitan region last year. More
Pal: Nightmares Drove NJ Man to Admit 1990 Killing A southern New Jersey man who admitted killing a teenager 23 years ago was haunted by nighttime visions of the boy's mother, according to the suspect's best friend. Steven Goff, 41, of Ventnor, turned himself in to police Monday and confessed to the 1990 stabbing of 15-year-old Frederick "Ricky" Hart in Galloway Township. More
Petraeus making first speech since leaving CIA Former CIA director David Petraeus is making his first public speech since resigning in November over an extramarital affair. The former four-star general is scheduled to speak Tuesday night at a University of Southern California event honoring the military. More
Behind Christie's decision to take over Camden's schools A month ago, Gov. Christie's senior staff members laid out the pros and cons of taking over New Jersey's worst-performing school district: Camden. Christie sat alone in his office afterward and came to two conclusions. First, "enough is enough." He had heard calls for a state takeover when he campaigned in 2009 in Camden; his education commissioner, Chris Cerf, had long advocated the move. More
Lawmakers approve Slotkin amendment to ban foreign electric vehicles from military bases House lawmakers approved an amendment to the fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill that will ban electric vehicles produced by foreign adversaries from entering military bases. 05/23/2024 - 8:56 am | View Link
Biden’s Plan to Mandate Electric Vehicles in Combat Will Greatly Weaken and Undermine the US Military Biden is oblivious to the reality that our enemies only need to eradicate charging stations to demobilize the military electric vehicle fleet and put the lives of our troops at severe risk of ... 05/23/2024 - 8:53 am | View Link
Marines, special ops test MRZR vehicles that add power, payload capacity Polaris developed two new MRZR Alpha variants that support using more payloads in the field: a power export variant, and a heavy payload variant. 05/17/2024 - 6:57 am | View Link
“President Biden’s re-election strategy rests in large part on reminding voters about the darkest days of Donald Trump’s presidency: the Capitol riot, a botched response to Covid-19 and violence driven by racial strife in Charlottesville, Va,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Now, Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts gives Biden and his allies their best chance yet to jolt voters into recalling Trump as an agent of chaos and to argue that his personal behavior carries risks for the country.”
New York Times: “Although Mr. Trump proclaimed at a news conference on Friday that he had plenty of ammunition to overturn what he called ‘this scam,’ several legal experts cast doubt on his chances of success, and noted that the case could take years to snake through the courts.”
“And so, after a five-year investigation and a seven-week trial, Mr.
“New York City was once Donald Trump’s playground, the place where he made his name and then plastered it everywhere he could,” the New York Times reports.
“Now, the city that helped make him rich and famous has become his battleground. And Mr. Trump keeps losing.”
“His conviction this week was the third and heaviest blow the former president has been dealt in his erstwhile hometown this year — a series of challenges to his ego, his bottom line, and now, perhaps, his freedom.”
Axios: Trump plays the old hits in post-conviction rant.
Wall Street Journal: “A wave of political violence has become a threat across Mexico ahead of the country’s national elections Sunday. More than 200 government officials, candidates and political party activists have been gunned down since Mexico’s electoral process got under way in September, according to Integralia Consultores, a Mexico City consulting firm.”
“While the presidency and both houses of Congress are up for grabs, organized-crime groups are particularly focused on thousands of local elections.