For decades, a little-known nonprofit organization has played a central role in keeping the lights on for 65 million people in the Eastern United States. Even some governors and lawmakers acknowledge that they were not fully aware of how much influence the organization, PJM, has on the cost and reliability of energy in 13 states. … Read more
A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security suggested on Saturday that three Democratic members of Congress might face assault charges after a confrontation outside an immigration detention facility in Newark during the arrest of the city’s mayor, even as new details emerged that appeared to contradict the Trump administration’s account of the surrounding events. … Read more
Senator Cory Booker, his voice still booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, on Tuesday night surpassed Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action. Mr. Booker, a New Jersey Democrat … Read more
This is why I hate movies.No, I hate going to the movies.Because I came out with a streaky tearface blinking into the dingy realityof the sticky patterned carpet and carrying the coldnear-empty popcorn box with kernels and stalepieces rattling — came from his almost comicanti-chivalrous beauty and from the burnished depthsof his living in another … Read more
Calling the recent crimes against Sikhs in New York and other parts of the U.S. “reprehensible” acts of hate and violence, the mayor of Hoboken city in the U.S. State of New Jersey expressed concern over the rising hate crimes against the minority community in the country. Mayor Ravi. S. Bhalla’s October 22nd statement came … Read more
March 24, 2022 — Raagini Jawa, MD, was high schooler in a small New England town when she experienced firsthand the shock and grief of a deadly drug overdose. Jawa lost a close friend — a classmate who had been to her house for countless dinners and sleepovers. That was 15 years ago. Since then, … Read more
Lower courts rejected the argument by the plaintiffs that the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. The lawsuit seeks an unrestricted right to carry concealed handguns in public. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority is considered sympathetic to an expansive view of Second Amendment rights.New York’s law requires … Read more
7.02pm BST19:02 Biden sells Build Back Better agenda in New Jersey Joe Biden is now speaking in a suburb of Newark, New Jersey, to deliver a pitch for his Build Back Better economic agenda. The president’s speech comes as Democrats attempt to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the reconciliation package. Underscoring the need to … Read more
BENGALURU: The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has launched Nasscom Launchpad in New Jersey, to promote cross border trade through partnerships. Through this platform, jointly with VentureLink@NJIT and Choose New Jersey, Nasscom aims to facilitate partnerships between New Jersey and India and promote technology-based foreign direct investment between the two regions. So … Read more