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PACK YOUR BAGS: Restrictions Loosened For Fully-Vaccinated Travelers PACK YOUR BAGS: Restrictions Loosened For Fully-Vaccinated Travelers
Pack Your Bags: Restrictions Loosened For Fully-Vaccinated Travelers Federal health officials on Friday loosened the restrictions – and increased the incentives -- for fully-vaccinated Americans to “return to the things we love about life,” including leaving on a jet plane. Although the government hasn’t required the coronavirus vaccine for travel, officials said anyone who is two weeks past his or her final shot doesn’t need a COVID test before going on domestic trips. You also don’t need to self-quarantine after travel, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. You should, however, follow other public health recommendations, including wearing …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID-19: Rutgers Students Required To Get Vaccine By Fall, Nation's 1st University Mandate COVID-19: Rutgers Students Required To Get Vaccine By Fall, Nation's 1st University Mandate
Covid-19: Rutgers Students Required To Get Vaccine By Fall, Nation's 1st University Mandate Rutgers University will require the COVID-19 vaccine for all students who are enrolled for the 2021 fall semester, officials announced Thursday. The New Jersey college is believed to be the first in the nation to require a coronavirus shot for its more than 71,000 students before they can return to in-person classes on campus.  “We are committed to health and safety for all members of our community, and adding COVID-19 vaccination to our student immunization requirements will help provide a safer and more robust college experience for our students,” said Rutgers President Jonathan Holl…

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by Jon Craig
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Bodies Of Erotica Photographer, Brother, Found In Bergen County Garage Bodies Of Erotica Photographer, Brother, Found In Bergen County Garage
Bodies Of Erotica Photographer, Brother, Found In Bergen County Garage Authorities were awaiting autopsy results to determine the official causes of death of two brothers whose bodies were found in the garage of the family’s Old Tappan home in an apparent double suicide. Insuh Yoon, 36, and David Yoon, 39, were in grade school when they emigrated to the United States with their mother from Seoul, South Korea more than 25 years ago. Their bodies were found early Friday in a Nissan Rogue parked in the garage of a home at the end of a heavily wooded cul-de-sac in Old Tappan near the Rockland County border, multiple responders said. They'd been in the SUV “more t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CDC Tells Customs Agents To Destroy Mysterious ‘Bushmeat’ Seized At Newark Airport CDC Tells Customs Agents To Destroy Mysterious ‘Bushmeat’ Seized At Newark Airport
CDC Tells Customs Agents To Destroy Mysterious ‘Bushmeat’ Seized At Newark Airport It’s with understandable concern that federal authorities seized nine pounds of illegal “bushmeat” that a passenger brought into Newark Airport from Ghana. We’ve all heard how bats that were sold at a wet market in Wuhan, China, may have either sparked the COVID-19 outbreak – or, at the very least, spread it -- nearly a year ago. Although it wasn’t immediately determined which animal or animals the cargo came from, bush meat has been made from those that can transfer diseases to humans, including bats. The passenger, a United States citizen, declared the meat and wasn’t in any trouble…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID-19: Pennsylvania Averages Record 5,000 Hospitalizations Daily COVID-19: Pennsylvania Averages Record 5,000 Hospitalizations Daily
Covid-19: Pennsylvania Averages Record 5,000 Hospitalizations Daily Nearly 6,000 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized in Pennsylvania, which has seen record levels of cases across the state this past week, authorities said. . The Keystone State has averaged more than 5,000 patients in the hospital every day during the past week due to COVID-19, state officials said on Tuesday. That's an all-time high for the state since the coronavirus epidemic arrived in  In fact, it's nearly double the state's last peak in spring, officials said. It also coincides with the nation's peak for hospitalizations which was recorded on Monday, according to The Hill.  A total of…

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Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area
Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area Federal authorities announced charges Monday against an accused Libyan terrorist on the 32nd anniversary of the Flight 103 bombing over Scotland that killed 270 people. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud is charged with terrorism-related crimes in the 1988 bombing over the village of Lockerbie that killed 190 Americans in all, Attorney General William Barr said Monday. The victims in modern-day history’s worst attack on Americans before 9/11 included 33 New Jerseyans and 61 New York State residents, as well as 11 from Massachusetts, nine from Pennsylvania and five from Connecticut (see list below). …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Chinese Citizen Who Financed $2.25M Exotic Turtle-Smuggling Operation Extradited To NJ Feds: Chinese Citizen Who Financed $2.25M Exotic Turtle-Smuggling Operation Extradited To NJ
Feds: Chinese Citizen Who Financed $2.25M Exotic Turtle-Smuggling Operation Extradited To NJ A Chinese citizen who bankrolled the smuggling of $2.25 million worth of rare, protected turtles out of the United States was extradited from Malaysia to face federal charges in New Jersey, authorities said. Kang Juntao, 24, of Hangzhou City, China, financed a nationwide ring of criminals who smuggled at least 1,500 protected turtles out of the U.S., many of whom were bound with duct tape and stuffed into socks, Justice Department officials said Thursday. “Wildlife trafficking is a serious crime that impacts imperiled species at home and abroad,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aure…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Politics
Booker On COVID-19: Mitch McConnell Poses Greatest Obstacle In 'Getting Crisis Under Control' Booker On COVID-19: Mitch McConnell Poses Greatest Obstacle In 'Getting Crisis Under Control'
Booker On Covid-19: Mitch McConnell Poses Greatest Obstacle In 'Getting Crisis Under Control' With coronavirus cases rising dramatically nationwide, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said the time is now "to get this crisis under control." "We cannot wait. We must do something now," Booker said during a daily COVID-19 briefing in Trenton on Monday. "It deserves a big response."  The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives remain at odds over what should b included in the next stimulus relief bill, recent news reports say. Booker said he will call on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, to take major action before President-elect Joe Biden assumes office in Janua…

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by Jon Craig
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Save On Wine, More Wine, And All The Accessories You Need To Enjoy It Save On Wine, More Wine, And All The Accessories You Need To Enjoy It
Save On Wine, More Wine, And All The Accessories You Need To Enjoy It Whether you are a wine connoisseur or just like to enjoy a glass to wind down at the end of the day, we think you'll want to get in on these vino must-haves that are all on sale right now. World Wine Tour CollectionWorld Wine Tour 1. World Wine Tour Collection: 18 Bottles of Wine + Free Shipping It's always smart to have a bottle of wine on hand, whether that's to drink it yourself or to give as a gift. With this deal from the World Wine Tour Collection, you'll have more than enough bottles to share or keep. You'll get 18 half-price bottles of wine from countries including Spain, Italy,…

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Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win
Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win Democrat Joe Biden won Pennsylvania Saturday morning, putting him on the path to becoming the 46th president of the United States.  Biden surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to take the presidency, the Associated Press reported at 11:25 a.m. The former vice president holds narrow leads over incumbent President Donald Trump in key swing states, including Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as Nevada, Arizona and Georgia. Biden is expected to address the nation later in the day Saturday, along with his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, who will become the first female and first p…

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J&J: Mystery Illness Pauses Largest COVID Vaccine Trial J&J: Mystery Illness Pauses Largest COVID Vaccine Trial
J&J: Mystery Illness Pauses Largest COVID Vaccine Trial A mystery illness suffered by a participant has put the largest COVID-19 vaccine trial on hold, drug maker Johnson & Johnson announced. The New Jersey-based company – which sought 60,000 volunteers mostly over 60 – didn’t describe the illness or identify the patient in any way. “We must respect this participant's privacy,” J&J said in a statement. “We're also learning more about this participant's illness, and it's important to have all the facts before we share additional information.” J&J said it would provide transparent updates throughout the development of the randomized, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Morristown Woman Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen For Smuggling $2M In Airplane Parts To Iran Morristown Woman Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen For Smuggling $2M In Airplane Parts To Iran
Morristown Woman Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen For Smuggling $2M In Airplane Parts To Iran A Morristown woman must spend the next year and a half in federal prison for helping smuggle more than $2 million worth of aircraft parts to buyers in Iran who authorities said have ties to Hezbollah and Hammas. Joyce Eliabachus, 53, was the principal officer and operator of Edsun Equipments, a purported New Jersey-based aviation parts trading company that she ran from her home, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. She conspired with others in “an international procurement network that surreptitiously acquired large quantities of aircraft components from United States-based manufacturers and…

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by Jerry DeMarco