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Newark Cardinal Joseph Tobin has launched an appeal to Catholics to voluntarily forgo their Second Amendment rights by refusing to bear arms. “It’s true that we have a second amendment right to bear arms, but rights always involve responsibilities — in this case, the responsibility to protect the innocent and to secure public safety and good order,” the cardinal declares in a recent pastoral letter. “The mass shootings we are witnessing almost weekly now are a grave threat to the lives and well-being of all people.” In what he calls his “most challenging and controversial proposal,” Tobin urges “voluntary self-restraint”...

The Democrat-run city of Newark, New Jersey, recently formalized its sister city partnership with the Hindu nation of Kailasa. Evidently, city officials did not consult a map before doing so. The "United States of Kailasa" does not exist. It is the invention of an accused rapist who has been on the run from Indian authorities since 2019 for child abduction and other crimes. Newark residents have spoken out about Democrat officials' failed foray into foreign policy, questioning whether anyone at City Hall is capable of performing a simple Google search. A sisterhood of deception According to its website, the so-called...

A monument to abolitionist Harriet Tubman was revealed Thursday in Newark, New Jersey, after a statue of explorer Christopher Columbus was removed. “The city, which is now 48% Black and 37% Latino, according to the U.S. Census, was a known stop along the Underground Railroad, which was a network of routes escaped slaves followed to find freedom in states that had abolished slavery,” NBC News reported Friday. The current monument stands in place of the Columbus statue removed during the George Floyd riots that erupted in 2020, per Reuters:

NEWARK, N.J. -- The city of Newark is admitting it got scammed. It was about to become a Sister City with a Hindu nation, but there was one problem -- the nation doesn't exist. As CBS2's Ali Bauman reports, the city only found out about the fraud after it held an official ceremony for it. What started off as a seemingly well-intentioned partnership has turned into a giant embarrassment for the city of Newark. Earlier this year, Mayor Ras Baraka invited what he thought was the Hindu nation of Kailasa to Newark's City Hall for a cultural trade agreement, but...

Octagon Earthworks’ alignment with moon likely is no accident Tuesday, February 13, 2007 BRADLEY T. LEPPER The Octagon Earthworks in Newark is one remnant of the Newark Earthworks, recently listed by The Dispatch as one of the Seven Wonders of Ohio. Earlham College professors Ray Hively and Robert Horn demonstrated in 1982 that the walls of this 2,000-yearold circle and octagon were aligned to the points on the horizon, marking the limits of the rising and setting of the moon during an 18.6-year cycle. The implications of this argument for our understanding of the knowledge and abilities of the ancient...

some of America’s largest cities are more dangerous for young males than a war zone like Iraq or Afghanistan. The study, conducted by the JAMA Network, included the cities of Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and New York City. ... Zip codes with the most violence in Chicago and Philadelphia had a notably higher risk of firearm-related death than US military personnel who served during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ... violence the same or greater than the risks faced by soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan; in some places, the death risk was almost double that of war.” ......

Newark, N.J. – Days after the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) came to a close on November 18, the Archdiocese of Newark’s Environmental Justice Task Force has released its own plan to guide parishioners on how they can help the planet. “Laudato Si’ — On the Care of Our Common Home: Actions for the Archdiocese of Newark” is a localized version of Pope Francis’ own “Laudato Si’” environmental encyclical, which states that caring for Earth is a Christian duty. To help local Catholics fulfill this obligation, the document presents seven goals for reversing climate change and environmental degradation....

The White House responded to the Tuesday afternoon shooting of two Newark, New Jersey, police officers by pushing gun control measures that already exist in New Jersey. Breitbart News reported that a suspect shot the two officers as they attempted to serve a warrant around 2 p.m. Both officers were transported to a hospital in stable condition, according to CNN. FOX News noted that the White House released a statement Tuesday night in which White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described Americans as being “scarred by the devastating impacts” of gun violence in the United States. Jean-Pierre pointed to the...

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – Police in Newark on Tuesday afternoon were on the scene of an active shooting where at least two police officers were wounded, reports said. The gunfire broke out near Van Velsor Place and Chancellor Avenue in Newark. Scanner reports indicated the suspect was armed with a rifle and firing from a rooftop It was unclear what preceded the shooting. The ATF and the FBI also responded to the scene. The conditions of the wounded officers were not immediately known. This is a breaking news update.

We’ve been waiting for a very long time for someone inside the FBI to come forward and blow the lid off this disgraced bureau… and just when we had almost gone up on any “decent” rank-and-file agents, a flood of whistleblowers has finally come forward. Yes, the calvary is here, and they’re opening up and telling a lot of really wild and damning stories about what’s really going on inside the hallowed halls of the disgraceful FBI. It’s about time… The Washington Times reported that FBI whistleblowers accused bureau management in different field offices of corruption, cover-ups and retaliation against...

... “United Ground Express informed us that the employee has been terminated,” an airline rep said in an email, referring to the company’s connection subsidiary. The viral footage captured the unidentified worker shoving ex-Denver Broncos cornerback Brendan Langley, 27, who then unleashes a flurry of blows that send the employee reeling about 11 a.m. Thursday. ... “You saw that s—?” Langley shouts at a bystander before delivering a punch that sends the worker to the floor and left him bleeding from the head. The bloodied United worker stumbles back on his feet and confronts the football player again. “You wants...

This is the shocking moment a United Airlines worker hits a passenger at the check-in desk before he is punched to the ground in a vicious brawl, leaving his face covered in blood. Footage shared online shows the employee and the holidaymaker trading punches in the ugly fight in front of horrified tourists at Newark Airport. The man in the black sweatshirt had approached the check-in desk pushing his luggage in a wheelchair. The uniformed United employee then confronted him over his use of the wheelchair, which quickly descended into a physical fight. Footage being shared does not show the...

Jersey City officials and a coalition of Hudson County bike groups have opposed the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s plans to widen the Hudson County extension through Bayonne and Jersey City to the Holland Tunnel and replace the aging Newark Bay bridge. The opposition is based on concerns the project won’t alleviate congestion and would create more traffic and air pollution from vehicles cutting through Bayonne and Jersey City neighborhoods when traffic backs up on the extension. Bike advocates have a powerful ally, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, who had a letter sent on the city’s behalf, asking the Turnpike Authority...

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WASHINGTON (CBS) — U.S. Senator Cory Booker has tested positive for COVID, according to a statement from the New Jersey Democrat. The announcement came after he started feeling symptoms Saturday. “I learned today that I tested positive for COVID-19 after first feeling symptoms on Saturday. Fortunately, my symptoms are relatively mild,” U.S. Senator Booker said in a statement.

NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has tested positive for COVID, he said on Sunday.In a statement, Booker said he first started feeling symptoms on Saturday, and his symptoms are relatively mild.

TRENTON, New Jersey — Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday touted an anti-tax crusader's endorsement of a proposed 23-cent- per-gallon gasoline tax hike along with a sales tax cut, sweeping aside objections raised by Democratic leaders in the state Senate and voicing confidence that the measure would be passed in that chamber. Christie all but dared lawmakers not to act on his plan during a statehouse news conference, a day after the Assembly passed the plan to pay for a $2 billion a year transportation trust fund for eight years. The fund runs out of borrowing authority Friday, and Christie's...

TRENTON — Conservative activist James O'Keefe has released a video — titled "Teachers unions gone wild" — claiming to show undercover footage from a New Jersey Education Association leadership conference at the East Brunswick Hilton hotel. The video shows people identified as teachers playing arcade games on "their dime," chanting about kicking Gov. Chris Christie "in the toolbox," and talking about how hard it is to fire a tenured teacher. NJEA spokesman Steve Baker said O'Keefe is "completely and utterly discredited." "It’s James O’Keefe and that’s all you need to know," Baker said, citing O'Keefe's legal troubles in the past....

Christians rally at statehouse over Obama mandate

Just when you thought New Jersey couldn't get any bluer ... Democratic leaders of the state Legislature in Trenton have quietly resurrected a controversial proposal to ask voters next November to approve a constitutional amendment overhauling how the state draws its legislative districts. Sponsors say the goal is to make the process of choosing state lawmakers more fair, rendering an electoral map more reflective of the voters in the Garden State. But critics warn Democrats are trying to rig the system in New Jersey -- home to 900,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans -- to tighten their grip on the...