New Jersey Governor Agrees: Anyone Moving to Florida is Either Trading Crypto or High on Cocaine
Trenton, NJ — Governor Phil Murphy is making a bold claim about New Jersey’s status, calling it “America’s number one state to raise a family” and insisting the phrase deserves to be…
Arsonist charged for Tuesday fire at Fort Lee high rise apartment building
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of Jay U. Freedman of 1265 15th Street, Apt. 8C, Fort Lee, NJ on a charge of Causing or Risking Widespread Injury or Damage.…
Lighting maker Signify’s Q4 profit up despite high raw material costs
AMSTERDAM – Signify NV, the world’s largest lighting maker, reported a 6% increase in fourth-quarter core earnings on Friday, as higher sales offset a rapid increase in the prices of raw materials…
Florida man charged after violent, racially motivated attack against high school students at gas station
DELAND, FL – A DeLand man is facing enhanced charges in an unprovoked, racially prejudiced attack on a car occupied by three high school students at a gas station in the Osteen…
STMicro to double investments to meet high chip demand
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS -French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics plans to double its investments this year to up to $3.6 billion, buoyed by high demand that drove its earnings to beat expectations in the…
Taiwan GDP storms to decade high in 2021 on strong exports
By Jeanny Kao and Meg Shen TAIPEI -Taiwan’s economy grew last year at its fastest pace in more than a decade, driven by strong tech exports during the COVID-19 pandemic to support…
Chevron shares touch record high ahead of Q4 results
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON – Shares of U.S. oil major Chevron Corp on Wednesday touched an all-time high intraday amid a strong stock market rally and ahead of the release of Chevron’s…
U.S. Attorney’s Office Joins Launch of High School Mentoring Program Targeting Violence and Substance Use Prevention
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The United States Attorney’s Office is joining with three Project Safe Neighborhoods community outreach partners in the launch of a 20-week in-school mentoring program for students at Blackstone Academy…
Brazil sees 2022 public debt as high as 6.4 tln reais, more floating rate debt
BRASILIA -Brazil’s outstanding public debt is expected to increase this year to a range between 6 trillion reais and 6.4 trillion reais, a rise of up to 14% on last year’s 5.614…
U.S. new home sales surge to a nine-month high in December
WASHINGTON – Sales of new U.S. single-family homes jumped to a nine-month high in December, boosted by a severe shortage of previously owned houses on the market. New home sales increased 11.9%…
UK public’s inflation expectations hit record high – Citi/YouGov
LONDON -The British public’s expectations for inflation in 12 months’ time jumped to a record high in January, according to a monthly survey that will bolster the Bank of England’s concerns that…
Japan’s corporate service price index hits 20-year high
TOKYO – An index measuring the prices Japanese firms charge each other for services hit a more than two-decade high in December, a sign inflationary pressure was building on rising freight costs…
Australia marks two years since first COVID case with another high death count
SYDNEY – Australia on Tuesday recorded one of its highest number of deaths in a day from COVID-19 as an outbreak of the highly-infections Omicron variant tore through the country which marked…
Home Sales Surged To 15-Year High In 2021
U.S. existing home sales soared to a 15-year high in 2021 fueled by low interest rates and remote work, which boosted a competitive housing market, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced…
School District Openly Promotes Implementation Of CRT, High School Presentation Discusses ‘Pyramid Of White Supremacy’
A high school in Oregon gave a presentation featuring a “Pyramid of White Supremacy” that discussed concepts like “white fragility” and “white saviorism,” according to documents obtained by Parents Defending Education. Grant…
Another Key Inflation Indicator Surges To Record High In 2021
The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures inflation at the wholesale level, surged to 9.7% on a year-over-year basis as of December 2021, marking the highest rate in history, the U.S. Bureau…
Wall Township High School football players charged for locker room hazing incident
FREEHOLD – Juvenile complaints have been filed against a number of Wall Township High School students as the result of two separate investigations conducted by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Acting Monmouth…
CDC: Omicron is not as deadly as delta, but high spread could increase death rates
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky this week officially confirmed that the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus is not as deadly as the delta variant, but because there are significantly more cases, death…
Driver sentenced for fatal 2019 crash outside North Bergen High School
NORTH BERGEN, NJ – On Thursday, January 6, 2022, the Honorable Vincent J. Militello, J.S.C., sentenced Denisse Ortega, 36, of New Milford, to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison for causing…
Ford To Double Electric Truck Production On High Demand
Ford will nearly double its production capacity of electric F-150 Lightning trucks to meet “soaring” demand, the company announced Tuesday. The increase will allow Ford to make about 150,000 F-150 Lightnings per…
POLL: Biden’s Disapproval Rating Soars To Record High
President Joe Biden’s disapproval rating soared to a record high in December 2021 as voters showed widespread frustration with the president’s handling of the economy and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, according…
Mandate layoffs, high rate of omicron leads New Jersey to request federal medical ‘strike forces’ to staff hospitals and health facilities
With hospitals and long-term care facilities experiencing staff shortages across New Jersey, New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said she is requesting federal strike force teams to assist. Medical facilities…
High School track coach arrested for sexual contact with student on return from Domincan Republic
TAKOMA PARK, MD – On Oct. 27, 2021, the Special Victims Investigations Division began an investigation into the sexual assault of a now adult victim by her former track coach and school…
Mile High Karen: Former Raiders Cheerleader, Playboy model who assaulted man on plane had DUI arrest in November
Former Oakland Raiders cheerleader and Playboy model Patricia Cornwall, the mile-high Karen, Patricia Cornwall who was caught on video assaulting an elderly man on a plane who was eating for not wearing…
Ocean County Commissioners give high ranking employees third big raise of 2021
TOMS RIVER, NJ – While many in Ocean County pushed through the COVID-19 pandemic hoping to have a job, county workers remained employed, many working from home throughout. Now, to reward them…
She killed her boyfriend with a sword on Christmas Eve while high on meth, police say
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO – On Friday, December 24, 2021, at approximately 11:05 pm, officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department were dispatched to the area of Barberry near Quince Street for a…
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