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New Jersey plans to drop the bald eagle from its endangered species list
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New Jersey proposed Monday removing the bald eagle from its endangered species list, citing a rebound since more than four decades ago, when a single nesting pair in a remote county was the only of its kind in the state.
The turnaround stems from the work of volunteers and state professionals who nurtured hatchlings, guarded nests and educated the public, state environmental Commissioner Shawn LaTourette said in a statement. The proposed rule to delist the bald eagle as endangered includes the osprey, which was considered threatened, as well.
The proposal means the bald eagle, a national symbol of the United States, and the osprey have recovered to the point where the survival of those species is no longer in jeopardy, according to the department.
“The de-listing of eagles and ospreys is a milestone in the history of wildlife conservation in New Jersey,” LaTourette said.
The federal government removed the bald eagle from its list of endangered species in 2007. New Jersey kept the bird on its state list because of disturbances to nests and habitat threats.
The use of the insecticide DDT, as well as habitat destruction, played a significant role in the birds’ decline. The chemical had “lasting impacts on the food chain” because it was ingested by the fish the eagles and ospreys ate, making the shells of eggs too thin. It was banned for general use in 1972.
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As of 2023, there were 267 nesting pairs of bald eagles in every county in New Jersey. That was up from a single pair in southern Cumberland County in the early 1980s, according to the department.
New Jersey began trying to reverse the decline in the early 1980s by bringing in eagles from Canada, along with artificial incubation and fostering efforts, the department said.
Osprey, sometimes called fish hawks, are typically found along shorelines. They, too, were greatly affected by DDT, with the number of osprey nests falling to about 50 five decades ago. In 2023, the state documented a record 800 occupied osprey nests.
The proposed rule is open for public comment until Aug. 2.
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Top New Jersey political power broker indicted | Watch Inside Story
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Join host Brian Taff and the panel as they discuss the New Jersey political power broker George Norcross and others being indicted on racketeering charges involving the redevelopment of the Camden Waterfront.
They discuss the presidential race as former President Trump is set to rally in North Philadelphia, his appeal (or not) to Black voters, and what outcomes the panelists expect from the first televised presidential debate on June 27.
Then they talk about Mayor Cherelle Parker’s first budget being approved by City Council, and her ‘return to the office’ mandate.
Next, it was a rundown of the region’s Senate races.
Sen. Bob Casey’s GOP challenger Dave McCormick is scheduled to be at the Trump rally.
Will New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (who is currently on trial) really run as an independent and thwart Rep. Andy Kim’s chances?
And they weigh in as Delaware’s U.S. Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester officially files for her Senate race.
The panel also discusses whether warning labels should appear on social media for kids.
Panel: Donna Gentile O’Donnell, Maureen Rush, Alison Young, Guy Ciarocchi
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New Jersey school district apologizes for offending Muslim group with question about ISIS terror group in quiz
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A New Jersey school district apologized for offending a Muslim activist group this week after a middle school teacher featured a class quiz question naming the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, as a terror group.
The Wayne Township Public Schools superintendent’s office sent out a statement to the district expressing regret over an “inappropriate” question that was asked during a quiz at Schuyler-Colfax Middle School earlier this week.
“The question was offensive and contrary to our values of respect, inclusivity, and cultural sensitivity,” the office said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
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A New Jersey school district apologized after a Muslim educators group accused one of its public schools of bigotry by calling ISIS a “terror group.” (AP)
The superintendent’s letter addressed a recent complaint made by the activist group “Teaching While Muslim” (TWM) on social media.
The group, which describes itself on its website as a network of Muslim educators that confronts “discrimination, implicit bias, and institutional racism” against Muslims in public schools, shared an Instagram post condemning a quiz question that one teacher posed to his seventh-grade students about the Islamic State.
The group shared a screenshot of the question, which read, “It is a terrorist organization that commits acts of violence, destroys cultural artifacts, and encourages loss of life in order to achieve its goal of global rule under strict Islamic Sharia law.”
Students were prompted to choose the group from the multiple choices below, which included, “The Shining Path,” “al Qaeda,” “Islamic State,” and the “Palestinian Liberation Organization.”
The image featured the “Islamic State” bubble filled in, as it was the correct answer. TWM condemned the question in the post’s caption, stating, “We have seen anti Muslim & anti Palestinian sentiments, teachers, and content in our schools over and over again. But we must not allow it to continue. Call and email everyone that you can.”
“This is not okay on a million levels. Go. And yes. This is real,” the post added. It also included a screenshot of the school principal’s alleged apology for the question, as pointed out by conservative journalist Andy Ngo on X.
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A recent Congressional research document defined the Islamic State as “a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group. At its 2015 height, the group controlled large areas of Iraq and Syria from which it launched attacks in the region and beyond.”
The document continued, noting that “The 2024 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) of the U.S. Intelligence Community assessed that ‘ISIS will remain a centralized global organization even as it has been forced to rely on regional branches … [and will attempt] to conduct and inspire global attacks against the West and Western interests.’”
When asked to confirm details of TWM’s account against Schuyler-Colfax Middle School, the superintendent’s office provided its statement apologizing for the incident.
It read, “First, I sincerely apologize on behalf of the school district. Such incidents are unacceptable and do not reflect the standards we uphold for our educational community. We understand the deep concern and disappointment this has caused among students, parents, and the broader community. It is also important to recognize that one question does not define our entire school community.”
The statement went on to say an “investigation” had been launched into the matter and found that “the test question was derived, in part, from software used as a resource for this class.”
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“It is crucial to emphasize that our schools are committed to fostering safe and respectful environments for all students, regardless of background, belief, race, or religion. We have a process in place for reviewing curriculum materials and have already initiated a review of this software,” it added, also mentioning that the school continues to “provide cultural sensitivity training to all teachers and staff.”
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Study Says New Jersey Residents Use Smartphones Different Than Most Americans
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Everywhere you go, you see people on their smartphones. Whether they are scrolling on social media apps, typing up emails, or replying to text messages, everyone stays connected with today with their phones.
We all have applications on our smartphones we do not need or will use any time soon. Aside from the apps that come with your phone when you purchase it, there are a plethora of others on your device that you downloaded and used only a couple of times.
According to a joint press release by Charter and Company along with Vivid Ads, they gathered data from thousands of smartphone users to find out how often Americans are removing apps from their phones.
What Does New Study Say About Americans and Smartphone Apps
They found there are over 8,000 searches every month on Google for “How to delete social media” and many of the people performing those searches next proceed to remove apps from their devices.
The research by Charter and Company, 48.1 percent of Americans are deleting apps off their smartphones. The number one app most frequently removed from United States residents’ phones is TikTok at a rate of 1 of every 42 Americans.
Researchers at Vivid Ads found that after TikTok, the other apps that Americans are removing from their phones at the highest rates are Tinder (1 in every 48 US Citizens), Twitter/X (1 in every 53 Americans), and Snapchat (1 in every 76 US Citizens).
How Does New Jersey Compare to the rest of America?
While almost half of United States Citizens are choosing to delete apps from their smartphones, New Jersey is not following this trend. The researchers at Charter and Company found that only 27.8 percent of New Jersey residents are removing apps from their devices.
Residents of The Garden State are removing apps from their phones at the second lowest rate of any state in America. New Jersey is just ahead of Wisconsin at 22.1 Percent. But the residents in The Garden State are not alone in the Northeast.
Pennsylvania residents also are below the national average with only 33.3 percent of residents deleting apps from their smartphones (4th lowest in the United States). Also, New Jersey’s northern neighbors in New York have the 9th lowest percentage of residents removing apps from their devices (38.4 percent).
Other states in the Northeast that are well below the national average are Massachusetts (34.6 percent) and Connecticut (37.8 percent).
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Before smartphones, there were flip phones, Razrs, and Blackberrys.
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