New Jersey to continue offshore wind push despite top contractor’s withdrawal
Despite the loss of two major offshore wind farm projects when Danish developer Orsted pulled out of New Jersey, the state is moving forward with its plans to support and grow the nascent industry. The state Board of Public Utilities on Friday voted to seek bids for a transmission facility into which several offshore wind Read More
Thousands of Chinese nationals, gotaways at the southern border since Oct 1: sources
Thousands of Chinese nationals have hit the southern border since the beginning of the fiscal year, along with hundreds of Afghans and other nationalities, while there have been thousands of “gotaways” who have evaded Border Patrol – as the U.S. tackles a migrant crisis that is global in scope and has renewed national security concerns. Read More
Haley rises but Trump remains dominant in early GOP presidential primary state: poll
With less than two months until the first votes in the battle for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, two new polls in the first primary state show sustained momentum for former ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. However, the surveys in New Hampshire, which holds the second overall contest in the GOP nominating Read More
Homeless man sentenced to 27 months for assaulting Democratic lawmaker in elevator
A mentally ill homeless man who attacked a Democratic congresswoman in an elevator was sentenced Thursday to 27 months in prison, according to authorities. Kendrid Khalil Hamlin, 26, assaulted Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., inside her Washington D.C., apartment building on the morning of Feb. 9. Hamlin followed Craig into an elevator inside her Mount Vernon Read More
Biden camp weighs joining TikTok to sway young voters months after purging app from federal devices: report
President Biden’s re-election campaign is reportedly weighing privately whether to join the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok. Axios first reported on Friday that Biden’s team was considering using the platform, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, though a spokesman for the president’s re-election downplayed the story. The president’s talks about potentially joining TikTok come after Read More