Hours after it was categorized as a “potentially catastrophic category 5” storm by the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Irma began to rip through parts of the Caribbean Islands. Islands such as Barbuda and Antigua took on much of the brunt of the massive storm. Videos of Hurricane Irma’s impact path from the Atlantic Ocean through the…
Hurricane Irma already has caused hundreds of flight cancellations, raised orange juice prices, and prompted investors to sell the stocks of cruise ship companies, insurance firms and travel companies — even before economists could finish adding up the cost of Hurricane Harvey, which slammed Houston, Texas, recently. Wednesday, the U.S. central bank said Harvey caused “broad…
Florida’s southwest coast is preparing for a close call with a very large and powerful Hurricane Irma this weekend. We will feel impacts from this hurricane, even if there are no changes in the official forecast track and the computer models during the few days. Irma has a large wind field – so don’t be surprised…
The center of powerful Hurricane Irma passed just north of Puerto Rico overnight and was set to go through the waters near the Dominican Republic and Haiti later Thursday while hitting all three with its powerful winds and rain. By Thursday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center expects the storm will close in on the Turks…
The eye of Hurricane Irma was passing just north of Puerto Rico Wednesday night, knocking out power and running water to hundreds of thousands of people. Irma is a Category 5 storm and the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Its top sustained winds are 295 kilometers per hour (183 mph). U.S. President Donald Trump earlier…
Category 5 Hurricane Irma is already having effects on college football’s second week of the season, as several games have already changed times in advance of the impact of the storm. Miami’s game against Arkansas State has also already been cancelled as a result of the hurricane. Another game on the move will be Florida International…
Hurricane Irma has ripped through Puerto Rico and is now turning toward Florida, where it is expected to hit on Saturday morning as a Category 4 storm. Anthony Sagliani, the meteorological operations manager at weather data firm Earth Networks, said that although there is a “slight weakening trend ongoing” in the storm, it “will remain cat…
As Hurricane Irma tore through the Caribbean, a tropical storm in the Atlantic and another in the Gulf of Mexico were upgraded to hurricane status on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane Jose was 1,040 miles (1,675 kilometers) east of the Lesser Antilles in the Atlantic and packing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per…
NEWARK — Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday approved the deployment of New Jersey Army National Guard soldiers to help evacuate Floridians expected to be displaced by Hurricane Irma. The 253rd Transportation Company, a historic unit in Cape May outfitted with high-wheeled vehicles, will depart from their home armory in two stages and are expected to arrive…
A powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane has slammed into the French Caribbean islands, causing “major damage” en route to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading for the US state of Florida. Hurricane Irma has “blown the roofs” off of buildings, caused flooding and cut communications between Paris and the French-run islands of…
Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Caribbean on Wednesday with record winds and powerful waves. The Category 5 storm — the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded north of the Caribbean and east of the Gulf of Mexico — passed over the island of Barbuda overnight. The National Hurricane Center has warned of a growing possibility the…
Hurricane Irma killed one person and left behind “total devastation” as the monster storm smashed into the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda on Wednesday, the prime minister said. “It is just total devastation, Barbuda now is literally rubble,” Prime Minister Gaston Browne said in the aftermath of the Category Five storm. Speaking later on CNN, Browne…
by Phil Stilton TEXAS-Last week, the United States military deployed
SOUTHWEST ASIA, Sept. 5, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces
WSJ-Two American military veterans decided to fight with a Kurdish militia against ISIS in Syria. They captured their harrowing journey on video, and say the Kurds need more support from the U.S. to succeed. Photo: Bruce Windorski
RT-Drone footage of the embattled northern city of Raqqa was released on Monday, as the Syrian Democratic Forces continued their fight against Islamic State militants. Credit: Gabriel Chaim
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An NOAA plane makes a dramatic flight through Hurricane Irma in this time lapsed video.
A Utah nurse spoke out on Monday one week after a video went viral that showed her betting handcuffed while she tried to stop a police officer from taking blood from an unconscious patient. Alex Wubbels explained her version of the events to NBC and CNN on Monday. “Any nurse I think would have done exactly…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke by phone Saturday and discussed ways to “maximize pressure” on North Korea over its missile program. Trump and Abe “reaffirmed the importance of close cooperation between the United States, Japan, and South Korea in the face of the growing threat from North Korea,” the White…
President Trump arrived in Texas Saturday to meet with survivors of Hurricane Harvey in Houston on his second trip this week to the storm-ravaged region. Mr. Trump and first lady Melania Trump were greeted at a military reserve base by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Four Cabinet members traveled with the president, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos…
From the Desk of Congressman Chris Smith Marking the opening
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The team that has garnered a reputation for scoring runs did just that in the opening round of the Little League World Series. New England’s Fairfield American Little League from Fairfield, Conn., knocked the ball all over the park in a 7-6 win over New Jersey’s Holbrook Little League from Jackson, N.J., at…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump returned to Bedminster Friday for what may be the final weekend of his working vacation away from the White House. Air Force One arrived at Morristown Airport at 5:23 p,m. and a motorcade ferried the president to his golf club, according to White House pool reports. Trump had arrived Wednesday but…
Short answer: it’s complicated. Flooding near Houston, Texas, in April 2016. Tom Pistillo/USGS The United States is an enormous country, spanning mountains, deserts, forests, prairie, tundra, and more. This varied terrain is also home to many natural hazards spawned by air, water, fire, and forces beneath the Earth’s surface. Some of these threats are dramatic; the…
London Mayor Sadiq Khan was confronted by angry residents at a press conference following Wednesday”s deadly blaze at Grenfall Tower. Hecklers chided Khan throughout the press conference, as residents interrupted him and on several occasions, approached him while shouting, before being restrained by police. “Someone needs to be accountable,” one woman yelled. “These deaths could have…
An Iranian military vessel trained a laser on an American helicopter that was accompanying three U.S. military ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Navy officials said Wednesday. Commander Bill Urban, spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, said the Iranian vessel, which came within 730 meters of the USS Baatan assault ship, acted in an “unsafe…
Russia has claimed killing the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in an air strike targeting a meeting of ISIL leaders just outside the group’s de-facto capital in Syria. The Russian defence ministry said it was checking claims that ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in May…
After seven aborted missions, NASA is going to try again to launch a rocket that will generate colorful artificial clouds in the night sky over the Atlantic coast as part of a study on how air moves in the upper atmosphere. The launch is planned for Friday night, sometime between 9:05 p.m. and 9:20 p.m., weather…
Former federal prosecutor Joseph diGenova on Tuesday praised President Donald Trump for . It was long overdue, said diGenova, who served as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia under President Ronald Reagan. “He should pick a fine, professional person in law enforcement.” “I’m very proud of the president of the United States,” he told LifeZette.…
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LOS ANGELES — An Orange County couple says they were kicked off a Los Angeles-bound Delta flight last month after airline staff insisted their 2-year-old son could not sit by himself, even though the family had already paid for the seat. Brian and Brittany Schear of Huntington Beach told KABC-TV’s “Eyewitness News” they were removed from…
Repeated warnings that U.S. President Donald Trump has run out of “strategic patience” and is considering possible military options to end the North Korean nuclear threat has raised concerns that any such action would trigger a deadly response that could easily expand into a regional nuclear war. Rejecting former President Barack Obama’s “strategic patience” policy that…
Three militants loyal to the Islamic State group (ISIS) have been killed by wild boars as they planned to ambush Iraqi tribesmen opposed to the group, according to a local anti-ISIS leader. At least eight ISIS fighters had reportedly taken cover among dense reeds in Iraq’s al-Rashad region, about 55 miles southwest of Kirkuk, in preparation…
North Korea tried and failed to launch a test missile on Sunday, hours after showing off its latest military hardware at a Pyongyang parade. Leader Kim Jong-un was widely expected to attempt a launch around Saturday’s anniversary of the birth of the state’s founder. Pyongyang has conducted several missile and nuclear tests, despite UN sanctions, and…
Ousting Chief Strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council (NSC) is one of many shake-ups that will continue to define Donald Trump’s White House. Yet, this realignment is different in the impact it will have on US foreign policy. Even though the move appears like a sudden game changer, it is a merely an aftershock…
Some of the 72 victims of the recent suspected gas attack in northern Syrian were buried on Wednesday as their families grieved. One man lost his twin daughters and his wife. “It was an airstrike by the criminal air force. I took my wife and children out of the house. Five minutes later, we started smelling…
By Jeremy Friedman, Assistant Professor, Business, Government, and the International Economy, Harvard Business School. 3D_creation/www.shutterstock.com Forty-five years ago last February, U.S. President Richard Nixon returned from a visit to China that shocked the world and unsettled leaders in Moscow, who were awaiting a visit from Nixon a few months later. Soviet leaders wondered if they were…
Thousands of refugees, a sea of tents, and a big, open desert. Five years ago, this was Zaatari. Today, the tents are gone from this refugee camp in Jordan. But the refugees aren’t. In fact, they’re more settled than ever. About 80,000 people live here, now in rows and rows of trailers. There are nine schools.…
A Muslim man has died after being attacked by a mob while transporting cows in India, police said on Wednesday, as tensions continue to rise over the slaughter of what is considered a holy animal in the Hindu-majority country. No arrests have been made, but police said they registered a murder case over the death of…
I took a walk around the local strip mall the other day. The only traffic was a guy in a muscle car doing burn-outs. In the old days, the cops would have been on him in a minute. But no one was there to notice him except for me. The parking lot was empty except for…
The grandfather of one of the three armed robber teens gunned down in self-defense by a 23-year-old Oklahoman with an AR-15 is saying that while “[w]hat these three boys did was stupid” “they did not deserve to die.” RELATED: Teenage armed robbers’ last sight on Earth was a 23-year-old with an AR-15 Watch the video To…
Celebrating April Fool’s Day is an age old media gag that can’t be passed up. This year, we take a look at the race for New Jersey Governor in New Jersey, one of the most important political elections of the 2017 cycle nationwide. While most of the candidates are playing the Trenton and D.C. political game by the Politics 101 playbook, local resident Joe Rullo has been out there doing his own thing. He’s been ignored by the establishment elite, big money donors and even his own opponents who have already written him off as dead.
Like Donald Trump, many are saying Rullo is doing it for the name recognition, but as the primary heats up, Rullo, is in dead last in every big name poll that sampled 200 or so random landline telephone owners, but he’s won virtually every online poll in the state, yet his opponents, the media and all of the other cogs in the Trenton machine walk by and shake their head at him.
The last time we heard Rullo speak, he said “I’m not like the others”. My mind instantly flashed back to a childhood moment. I was maybe 7 or 8 and Sesame Street was on and the the “Which of these things don’t belong?” game came on. As Rullo was speaking, I was humming the song in my head. I instantly knew that was my 2017 April Fools Day skit for the Shore News Network if he was still in the race.
So here it is:
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Labriute Meals based in Lakewood announced that it has completed Operation Military Passover Meals and that all of the brave men and women in all branches of U.S. military will be able to enjoy Kosher for Passover meals wherever they are.
Labriute Meals was awarded an exclusive three-year DLA contract (Defense Logistics Agency) to supply kosher MREs (meals ready to eat) to troops stationed around the world.
“Passover is an exciting yet challenging period at Labriute Meals. We have to ensure uninterrupted production of our meals to all of our market segments, but shipping meals in time for Passover to our brave men and women of all branches of the United States military is our highest priority,” says Abe Halberstam, President and Founder of Labriute Meals.
“Last year, Labriute was invited to attend the bi-annual JWB convention in Baltimore where I spoke in front of a gathering of all US Military chaplains. It was a humbling experience as well as incredibly gratifying to hear from the chaplains how much our Passover meals mean to our troops. Our Kosher MRE’s in addition to meeting religious observance, also serve as our soldiers’ connection back to their families who have to conduct a “Seder” without them,” continued Mr. Halberstam.
Mr. Halberstam explains, “The challenge stems from having to end our regular production of kosher MREs, then prepare and certify our equipment for our Kosher for Passover so production can begin. It is quite a complex logistical project as we have to coordinate “kashrut” of our plant as well as receipt of all of the Kosher for Passover food ingredients.”
Labriute ships over ten thousand kosher MRE meals which will be dispatched by the DLA to all branches of the military including active engagement territories. “We are truly honored to be part of this project. In 2016, Labriute was called upon to deliver additional meals to our troops. Our trucks drove through the night to meet one of the Navy ships in order for meals to reach their destination. A truly gratifying experience for all of our employees,” said Mr. Halberstam.
SpaceX launched its first recycled rocket Thursday, the biggest leap yet in its bid to drive down costs and speed up flights. The Falcon 9 blasted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, hoisting a broadcasting satellite into the early evening clear sky on the historic rocket reflight. It was the first time SpaceX founder Elon Musk tried to fly a booster that soared before on an orbital mission.
This particular first stage landed on an ocean platform almost exactly a year ago after a space station launch for NASA. SpaceX refurbished and tested the 15-foot booster, still sporting its nine original engines. It aimed for another vertical landing at sea once it was finished boosting the satellite for the SES company of Luxembourg. Longtime customer SES got a discount for agreeing to use a salvaged rocket, but wouldn’t say how much. It’s not just about the savings, said chief technology officer Martin Halliwell.
Halliwell called it “a big step for everybody — something that’s never, ever been done before.” SpaceX granted SES insight into the entire process of getting the booster ready to fly again, Halliwell said, providing confidence everything would go well. SES, in fact, is considering more launches later this year on reused Falcon boosters.
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A massive fire caused a section of Interstate 85 to collapse in Atlanta. There were no injuries, but the Interstate remains closed in both directions.
Members of Congress looking into Russian interference in last year’s presidential election have been invited to the White House to examine relevant secret documents. Lawmakers confirmed such a letter was received by the Senate and House intelligence committees Thursday, a move that White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended as “doing the responsible thing.” The documents…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has offered to cooperate with congressional investigators looking into contacts between Trump campaign advisers and Russia, as long as Flynn is granted immunity from prosecution. The Wall Street Journal first reported Thursday that Flynn is in talks to try to get a promise of immunity, but…
The Trump administration has declined to comment on a report that two White House officials reportedly provided the leader of a congressional investigation with intelligence that showed members of the Trump presidential transition team were caught up in incidental foreign surveillance by U.S. spy agencies. The New York Times newspaper reports the White House “sources” are…
The long road to reusability SpaceX For the first time, a Falcon 9 booster has flown a second mission. For the first time, a used SpaceX rocket booster has flown again. On March 30, the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket sent its second payload into space, after having launched and landed in April 2016.…
In the bustling border town of Peshawar, Pakistan, the lines form early these days at this government office that processes residence permits. That’s because Afghan refugees now live in constant fear of officials separating them from their loved ones or deporting them to their war-torn native country that many no longer consider home. “The government of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited an area in the Arctic archipelago as part of Russia’s efforts to reaffirm its foothold in the oil-rich region. On a tour on the Franz Josef Land archipelago, a sprawling collection of islands where the Russian military has recently built a new runway and worked to open a permanent base,…