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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who took a firsthand look at self-driving vehicle technology on Tuesday, said it was frightening to see "no hands on the wheel" as his car approached a parked car and called for more safeguards to be added to federal legislation following two recent fatal crashes. The bill awaiting action in the Senate should ensure people can manually override highly automated vehicles, the Democrat said.
Natasha Hemmings, of Piscataway, takes the helm as President and CEO of Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey on April 9. 6 questions for Natasha Hemmings, new CEO of Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Natasha Hemmings, of Piscataway, takes the helm as President and CEO of Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey on April 9. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://mycj.co/2EhrkBP Dedicated to scouting, there are now 15 Eagle Scouts in one family. Inspired by their parents, Charlotte and Albert Simon of East Brunswick, who was a Life Scout, the five Simon sons - Joseph, Michael, Laurence, Daniel and Matthew - all achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue devices that foreign spies and criminals could be using to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages.
Rep. Beto O'Rourke, left, takes a photo with a supporter during a town hall meeting. U.S. Rep Beto O'Rourke said he raised more than $6.7 million in the first three months of the year in his underdog bid to oust Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the upcoming Texas Senate race.
U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, a Deerfield Democrat, will talk with constituents about the issues facing Congress on Saturday, April 14, in Libertyville. The gathering is set for 10 a.m. at Libertyville High School, 708 W. Park Ave. It's open to the public.
This image released by Entertainment Studios shows Jason Clarke as Ted Kennedy, left, and Kate Mara as Mary Jo Kopechne in a scene from "Chappaquiddick." This image released by Entertainment Studios shows Jason Clarke as Ted Kennedy, left, and Kate Mara as Mary Jo Kopechne in a scene from "Chappaquiddick."
Republican Gov. John Kasich restored Ohio's membership in the National Governors Association as he seeks to shore up credibility for bipartisan deal-making that could bolster a 2020 bid for president. An invoice produced in response to a public records request shows Ohio rejoined the bipartisan policy group in January for the first time in eight years.
Jason Clarke plunged into frigid waters, repeatedly, for his role as the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in "Chappaquiddick." The Australian actor said his research about the accident that thwarted Kennedy's presidential chances included jumping into Poucha Pond, the same waters the Massachusetts Democrat's car crashed into in July 1969, killing Mary Jo Kopechne.
United Airlines will resume flying servicemembers' pets off Guam until the end of the month despite a worldwide suspension of its pet shipment service, the carrier announced Tuesday. "Effective April 3, we are allowing an exception to our suspension of new PetSafe reservations for members of the military and their spouses, and State Department Foreign Service personnel and their spouses, who wish to travel with or ship their pets out of Guam between April 3 and April 30," United said in a statement posted on its website.
President Donald Trump declared on Monday that a program shielding a group of young people from deportation -- which he moved to scrap last fall -- is "dead," and then blamed Democrats for failing to salvage the protections. "DACA is dead because the Democrats didn't care or act, and now everyone wants to get onto the DACA bandwagon," Trump said in one of a series of morning tweets on the matter.
Elizabeth Esty, a Democratic Congresswoman from Connecticut, won't seek reelection in November, saying she mishandled a 2016 investigation into allegations that her former chief of staff harassed and abused a colleague. Ms. Esty, 58 years old, on Monday apologized for what she said were mistakes in her response to misconduct by her ex-chief of staff, Tony Baker.
Republican Gov. John Kasich restored Ohio's membership in the National Governors Association as he seeks to shore up credibility for bipartisan deal-making that could bolster a 2020 bid for president.
The National Weather Service says a winter weather advisory remains in effect until 2 p.m. Monday, with several inches of sprin... . FILE - In this March 4, 2015, file photo, Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn.
Democrats in Congress are expressing deep concern over proposed changes at the Department of Housing and Urban Development that would see the words "free from discrimination" removed from its mission statement a move they say would "erase decades worth of progress" in housing anti-discrimination efforts. In a letter addressed to embattled HUD Secretary Ben Carson, lawmakers are asking the department to not remove the words, saying it would change the mission statement from one that promotes inclusion and discrimination-free communities to "one that does not strive to offer the same protections."
A bipartisan group of senators asked the head of a pharmaceutical company why the cost of a 40-year-old, cancer-fighting drug has spiked 1,400 percent over the last four years. A letter released Monday by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is the first step toward a Senate probe into Tri-Source Pharma and its subsidiary NextSource Biotechnology.
U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty announced on Monday she will not seek re-election this year amid calls for her resignation over her handling of the firing of a former chief of staff accused of harassment, threats and violence against female staffers in her congressional office. Esty, a Democrat from Connecticut and an outspoken #MeToo advocate, made the announcement not to seek a fourth term in the November election days after apologizing for not protecting her employees from the male ex-chief of staff.
U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty announced Monday she will not seek re-election this year amid calls for her resignation over her handling of the firing of a former chief of staff accused of harassment, threats and violence against female staffers in her congressional office. Esty, a Democrat from Connecticut and an outspoken #MeToo advocate, was accused of not protecting female staffers from the ex-chief of staff.
The Latest on U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty's handling of a sexual harassment case in her office : Connecticut U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty says in announcing her decision not to seek re-election amid questions about her handling of a sexual harassment case in her office that she "should have done better." There had been growing calls for the Democrat to resign because of her handling of a case involving her former chief of staff.
U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, right, in a 2014 file photo in the State Capitol. U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, right, in a 2014 file photo in the State Capitol.