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Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center, Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll additional damages for defaming her in 2019 when he denied her allegations of sexual assault. Last year, in a separate trial, a jury determined that Trump was liable for sex...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trumps convincing victory in Mondays Iowa caucuses shows his continued strength among Republicans, and a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds once more that Trump is both viewed nationwide as the candidate whom Republicans and Republican-leaning independents would be most satisfied with as their 2024...

KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. has launched a new retaliatory strike against Houthi targets in Yemen amid the groups continued attacks on international ships in the area, officials said Wednesday. Five areas were targeted in the U.S. strikes on Yemen: the governorates of Hodeidah, Taiz, Dhamar, Bayda, and Saada, the Sanaa-Saba press agency, the Houthi state media claimed. CENTCOM said in a post on X Wednesday night that the strike targeted 14 Iranian-made Houthi missiles "t...

Assignment Judge Michael Blee on Wednesday dismissed Maria Lacca’s lawsuit seeking a recount in the Nov. 7 City Council election in Ward 5, saying she didn’t show sufficient evidence of errors in counting. According to the Press of Atlantic City, Republican Lacca challenged incumbent Democratic Councilman Muhammad “Anjum” Zia in the fifth ward but lost ... Read more

Teacher Retirement System of Texas lifted its stake in Jacobs Solutions Inc. (NYSE:J – Free Report) by 1.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 96,652 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,595 shares during the period. Teacher Retirement System of […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- U.S. economic activity changed little in recent weeks as hiring stalled, prices grew modestly and the private sector feared uncertainty tied to the 2024 election, a Federal Reserve report released on Wednesday showed. A rosy outlook nevertheless pervaded the findings, since industry officials anticipated interest rate cuts this year, the report said. On the whole, the report depicts an economy that has downshifted from blistering growth in the middle of la...

DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Despite having a very effective and easily available vaccine, measles outbreaks have continued to pop up in the United States over the last two decades. Most recently, there have been eight cases confirmed in Philadelphia since December 2023, all among unvaccinated individuals. Additionally, a person with measles traveled through D.C.-area airports and cases have been identified in Delaware, New Jersey and Washington state, according t...

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It may be the middle of winter, but two exhibitions on view at ArtYard in Frenchtown connect us to the world of plants, living things, and the lightness of being. Kendall Buster: What Blooms is on view through January 21, and Lucia Monge: While a Leaf Breathes can be seen through January 28.

Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A new, bipartisan tax framework unveiled by lawmakers Tuesday would enhance the popular Child Tax Credit to benefit millions of American families. The proposal, released by Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden and Republican Rep. Jason Smith, would boost the refundable portion of the credit people can claim, allow low-income families with multiple children to receive more of the benefit and adjust the credit for inflation. "Fifteen million kids...