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March 18, 2019 at 7:14 pm
Washington - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, little known outside his home state, boasts he raised over $1 million in the days after launching his White House bid. Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and others say they did, too.
Impressive numbers, even if dwarfed by the $6 million or so reported by Bernie Sanders and now Beto O’Rourke .
The seven-digit figures for the lesser-known Democratic hopefuls don’t lie, but they don’t tell the whole story either. Early bursts of donations don’t happen by accident, especially for candidates with little national name recognition such as Inslee, who hit his target thanks in part to an email list of donors he’s cultivated for months.
He’s among a crowded field of more than a dozen Democrats who are feverishly try...
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March 18, 2019 at 7:14 pm
Oceanport, NJ - State environmental officials say thousands of dead fish have washed up in a New Jersey shore community.
The adult menhaden were found Saturday in creeks and bays in Oceanport that are part of the Shrewsbury River estuary in Monmouth County. Officials say the deaths occurred after a large school of menhaden were pursued by predatory fish and depleted the oxygen from the shallow water.
Officials took water samples and confirmed low dissolved oxygen in the creeks. Local crews were working to remove as many of the fish as possible, while the rest will decompose and eventually sink.
Menhaden are small schooling fish that play a vital role in the ocean food web. They are also harvested commercially for fish oil and use as aquaculture feed.
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March 18, 2019 at 7:13 pm
Fair Lawn, NJ - A New Jersey man says he has returned an overdue library book — 53 years after he first borrowed the book.
Fair Lawn resident Harry Krame says he checked out “The Family Book Of Verse” by Lewis Gannet from his school library when he was 13 and Lyndon Johnson was president. The now 65-year-old Krame found the book recently while cleaning out his basement and felt guilty about keeping it overdue for all those years.
Memorial Middle School Vice Principal Dominick Tarquinio says a late fee at today’s rate would be about $2,000, but says the district will let it slide.
School librarian Susan Murray says she plans to use the book for a display to teach students about returning books.
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March 18, 2019 at 7:13 pm
President Trump on Monday called Joe Biden a “low I.Q. individual” after the former vice president had a slip of the tongue and nearly announced he was running for president in 2020.
“Joe Biden got tongue tied over the weekend when he was unable to properly deliver a very simple line about his decision to run for President,” Trump tweeted. “Get used to it, another low I.Q. individual!”
The president was seizing on a mishap from Biden over the weekend where he told a gathering of Delaware Democrats that he has “the most progressive record of anybody running for the … anybody who would run” for the 2020 nomination.
Read more at The Hill.
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March 18, 2019 at 5:38 pm
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 18, 2019 - Dear Fellow Community Members and Elected Officials:
As reported in Baltimore Jewish Life, a wrong-way traffic camera was recently installed on Labyrinth Road between Bonnie Road and Fallstaff Road. On behalf of many, we are writing to publicly object to the installation of this camera and to request that Labyrinth Road be restored to two-way traffic.
Except for the one block between Bonnie Road and Fallstaff Road, Labyrinth Road is a two-way street. There are no legitimate safety reasons for the entire Labyrinth Road not to be open to two-way vehicular traffic. The only reason why that block of Labyrinth Road is a one-way street is because certain well-connected individuals do not want to be inconvenienced by what they consider to be unwanted vehic...
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March 18, 2019 at 5:37 pm
Washington - U.S. prosecutors are looking into the development of Boeing’s 737 Max jets, a person briefed on the matter revealed Monday, the same day French aviation investigators concluded there were “clear similarities” in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Max 8 last week and a Lion Air jet in October.
The Justice Department probe will examine the way Boeing was regulated by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the inquiry is not public.
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., sent a subpoena to someone involved in the plane’s development seeking emails, messages and other communications, the source told The Associated Press.
The Wall Street Journal reported on the probe on Sunday and also said the...
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March 18, 2019 at 5:36 pm
Maputo, Mozambique - More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters, the nation’s president said.
“It is a real disaster of great proportions,” President Filipe Nyusi said.
Cyclone Idai could prove to be the deadliest storm in generations to hit the impoverished southeast African country of 30 million people.
It struck Beira, an Indian Ocean port city of a half-million people, late Thursday and then moved inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi with strong winds and heavy rain. But it took days for the scope of the disaster to come into focus in Mozambique, which has a poor communication and transportation network and a corrupt and inefficient bure...
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March 18, 2019 at 4:34 pm
New York - Apple has unveiled a new iPad that’s thinner and slightly larger than its current entry-level tablet.
The new iPad Air will cost $499 and sport a screen that measures 10.5 inches diagonally. That compares with the standard, 9.7-inch iPad, which Apple will still sell for $329.
Apple has higher-end Pro models starting at $999. The new iPad Air has several features found in older Pro models, but not the latest. For instance, the iPad Air has a home button with a fingerprint sensor, while the latest Pro ditches that to make more room for the screen.
Apple is also refreshing its 7.9-inch iPad Mini for the first time in more than three years.
In the past, Apple has sometimes used older chips in the Mini, saving the latest technology for the larger models instead. This time, ...
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March 18, 2019 at 4:34 pm
Tehran - Iran’s president on Monday urged Iranians to put a curse on the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia, reiterating his long-standing charge that the U.S. and its allies are responsible for the country’s ailing economy.
President Hassan Rouhani’s remarks were meant to deflect criticism of his administration’s performance amid a spiraling economy after President Donald Trump last year pulled America out of the nuclear deal and re-imposed sanctions on Tehran, targeting Iran’s vital oil sector.
“Put all your curses on those who created the current situation,” Rouhani urged Iranians, adding that “the United States, the Zionists” and Saudi Arabia were to blame. He didn’t say what kind of curses the Iranians should invoke.
T...
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March 18, 2019 at 4:33 pm
The Hague, Netherlands - Utrecht’s police chief says the suspect in the deadly tram shooting in the Dutch city has been detained.
At the end of a news conference Monday evening in Utrecht, police chief Rob van Bree told reporters: “I just heard that the suspect we were hunting has been arrested.”
Further details were not immediately available.
The father of the suspect in the Utrecht tram shooting says his son should be punished if he’s to blame.
Utrecht police released a photo of a 37-year-old man born in Turkey who they said was “associated with the incident.” The photo identified him as Gokmen Tanis.
Police say three people were killed in the shooting Monday and five wounded.
Mehmet Tanis, his father who lives in Turkey’s central Kayseri p...
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March 18, 2019 at 4:33 pm
New York - Although small businesses vary widely in terms of size, industry and issues, they do appear to be generally united by a growing uneasiness about the economy.
Several surveys and economic reports released in recent weeks show that company owners have more trust in their businesses than the national or local economy, and that they’re running their businesses more conservatively in response to uncertainty about overall business conditions.
In a survey by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and MetLife taken in January, 53 percent of the 1,001 randomly selected small business owners questioned said they believe the national economy is in good shape, down from 58 percent in a survey taken in the last quarter of 2018. Fifty-three percent said their local economy is in good health, do...
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March 18, 2019 at 4:15 pm
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 18, 2019 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Tzvi and Tari Pensak on the birth of a Son
Special BJL Mazel Tov wishes to Grandmother Mrs. Margie Pensak
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בנם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
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March 18, 2019 at 4:14 pm
Program Provides a Look at Federally-Funded State Transportation Projects
HANOVER, MD – To ensure all Marylanders have a voice in transportation projects, the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is inviting the public to comment through April 17 on the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), a four-year, prioritized set of transportation projects compiled from state, local and regional plans.
“Through this effort, all Marylanders will have input in developing and delivering a better transportation network across the state,” said MDOT Secretary Pete K. Rahn.
The STIP is used to request federal funding for projects in Maryland’s legislatively approved six-year transportation budget, known as the Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP)....
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March 18, 2019 at 3:35 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ‘security forces are in close pursuit of the terrorist’ who committed two attacks in the West Bank on Sunday that claimed the lives of a soldier, rabbi and left another soldier in critical condition.
“The IDF, the Shin Bet and the security forces are in close pursuit of the terrorist. This morning I gave instructions to start demolishing his house,” the prime minister said speaking at the Ariel Junction where the attack first occurred.
The announcement came following conflicting local media reports that initially suggested the 19-year-old Palestinian assailant Omar Amin Abu Laila was neutralized, but later said the army arrested two other suspects who aided him.
In a lengthy statement, Netanyahu said he gave discrete...
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March 18, 2019 at 3:35 pm
Geneva - U.N. war crimes investigators called on Israel on Monday to stop its snipers using lethal force against protesters on the border with Gaza, as the anniversary approached of the start of demonstrations there last year in which 189 Palestinians were killed.
The Commission of Inquiry said Israel should investigate the shooting of more than 6,000 people, far beyond the criminal inquiries it has announced into 11 killings.
“The most important thing for the government of Israel is to review the rules of engagement immediately and to ensure that the rules of engagement are according to accepted international law standards,” the commission’s chairman Santiago Canton told the Human Rights Council.
Israel says the U.N. council is biased, and it boycotted the day-long de...
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March 18, 2019 at 3:34 pm
New York - Most voters in New York think it was bad for the state when Amazon dropped plans to put a second headquarters in Queens and many think U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bears blame for the deal falling through, according to a new poll released Monday.
The Siena College poll of registered voters in New York state found that 67 percent of those surveyed said the internet retailer’s decision last month was detrimental to New York. Sixty-one percent support the state and city again offering Amazon up to $3 billion in incentives to create 25,000 jobs if the internet giant reconsiders.
“While some may have celebrated Amazon’s announcement to pull the plug, the vast majority of New Yorkers of every stripe thought it was bad for the Empire State,” said Siena p...
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March 18, 2019 at 3:34 pm
Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed bills restricting online media and making a criminal of anyone who insults the state — laws that critics see as part of Kremlin efforts to stifle criticism and tighten media control.
A bill passed by the Russian parliament earlier this month introduces fines for publishing materials showing disrespect to the state, its symbols or government organs. Repeat offenders could face a 15-day jail sentence.
Another bill envisages blocking anyone who publishes “fake news” online that is perceived to threaten public health and security. It gives those who publish such information a day to correct or remove it. If they fail to do so, prosecutors will move to block them.
Putin has signed both bills, according to information post...
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March 18, 2019 at 3:18 pm
Over a 12-hour period Sunday, President Donald Trump fired off roughly three dozen tweets or retweets.
The tweets included missives that demanded the return of suspended Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, lashing out at three other Fox News anchors deemed insufficiently loyal, criticizing Sen. John McCain, railing against the “deep state” and Democrat Ilhan Omar, thanking GOP senators who didn’t defect from his declared national emergency to build his border wall, and asking if the “Federal Election Commission and/or FCC” should investigate NBC’s “not funny” Saturday Night Live re-run for being too mean to him, among many other posts.
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March 18, 2019 at 11:08 am
Beto O’Rourke reported raising more than $6.1 million during the first 24 hours of his presidential campaign, a record-setting haul that narrowly tops the amount announced by Sen. Bernie Sanders and dwarfs everyone else in the 2020 field.
O’Rourke was a fundraising juggernaut during his U.S. Senate race in Texas last year, but there were significant questions about whether that would translate to a national campaign where he was running against fellow Democrats, not Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
The answer appears to be yes.
O’Rourke’s campaign said he raised $6,136,763 from donations that came from all 50 states, D.C., and every U.S. territory.
“In just 24 hours, Americans across this country came together to prove that it is possible to run a true grassroots...
