Day: January 29, 2024

Former NJ public works chief gets probation after using town labor for housework, campaign help

12:45 pm January 29, 2024

A former northern New Jersey official has been sentenced to probation almost a dozen years after he acknowledged having used township workers for personal chores and political campaign work. James Wiley, 78, former superintendent of the North Bergen Department of Public Works, was sentenced last week to two years of probation as part of a […]

2 arrested in Mississippi after baby found behind dumpsters of mobile home park

12:35 pm January 29, 2024

Two people were taken into custody as part of an investigation into the abandonment of a newborn girl who was found last week behind dumpsters in Mississippi, authorities said. MISSISSIPPI MOM OF 3 SHOOTS KNIFE-WIELDING HOME INTRUDER IN ACT OF ‘BRAVERY,’ POLICE SAY The two people were arrested Friday, the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office said […]

Manchin ‘absolutely’ can see himself as president, thinks Biden health or Trump conviction could give opening

12:14 pm January 29, 2024

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is privately making the case that a “health scare” for President Biden or a “conviction” for former President Trump could give him the opportunity he needs to win a run for president this year, per a new report. “Privately, the West Virginia Democrat has told people that a Joe Biden health scare or […]

Sri Lankan fishing boat crew may have been abducted by Somali pirates, diplomats say

12:06 pm January 29, 2024

Sri Lanka’s diplomats are talking with Somali authorities trying to ascertain the whereabouts of a fishing vessel and its six crewmembers suspected of being abducted by Somali pirates two days ago, officials said Monday. The apparent abduction came two weeks after Sri Lanka said it would join a U.S.-led operation to protect merchant vessels sailing […]

Tennessee convicted sex offender captured after he ‘walked off’ and escaped from jail, sheriff says

11:58 am January 29, 2024

A convicted felon and sex offender in Tennessee was captured Friday after he “walked off” from a jail and escaped earlier in the day, authorities said. Jack Janes, 42, escaped from the Putnam County Jail through a door that was accidentally left unlocked, Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Harris said in a news release. “Anytime an […]