17+ hour, 48+ min ago   (421+ words) At Fort Rucker, Alabama, Air Force Capt. Hanna Born trains the next generation of rotary-wing aviators in the TH-1H training helicopter. Outside the cockpit, she is leading a personal mission to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by…...

18+ hour, 27+ min ago   (110+ words) A prominent Roselle educator and homeowner made her closing argument this week against a $90 million school construction referendum, urging voters to separate the district’s educational needs from the financial burden the proposed solution would place on households. Dr. Marie Dupont,…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1602+ words) By James J. Devine Ready-fire-aim Republican state legislators are pressing for the immediate removal of Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell, demanding a virtual lynching rather than justice from Gov. Rebecca “Mikie” Sherrill’s administration. Sherrill ordered an independent investigation into allegations of inappropriate…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1742+ words) By James J. Devine If loose lips sink ships, a president with a few loose screws can probably flounder the entire fleet. And what are we to make of the men and women in Washington who watch this happening—who see…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (830+ words) A prominent educator and city council candidate is raising concerns about an $87 million school bond referendum set for a Sept. 15 vote, questioning whether the district’s recent financial control history and the proposed appointment of a business administrator with a troubled…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1295+ words) The Trump administration is moving ahead with an experiment that will give psychedelic drugs to veterans suffering from severe depression, putting some of the nation’s former service members at the center of an accelerating federal effort to determine whether psilocybin…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (671+ words) by Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor The union that represents New Jersey corrections officers wants lawmakers to expand solitary confinement in state prisons, saying changes are needed to reduce inmates’ assaults on guards. William Sullivan, who heads the officers’ union,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (775+ words) For tens of thousands of people incarcerated in the United States, punishment can mean spending 22 or more hours a day alone in a cell barely larger than a parking space, with little human contact, limited recreation, and few opportunities for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1053+ words) Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, who voted to confirm the appointment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to fire the Pentagon chief, accusing the former Fox News host of “inept management” that has driven experienced…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (148+ words) Texas-based internet dating giant Match Group, Inc. will pay $650,000 and implement sweeping changes to its business practices to resolve allegations that it violated New Jersey’s consumer protection and internet dating safety laws by misleading users about its criminal background screening…...