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Winter storm Juno promises blizzard conditions

Impremedia — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:01:00 +0000

Millions of citizens in the Northeast are preparing for what promises to be one of the major storms of this winter season. The storm began yesterday and is predicted to last through Wednesday. In preparation for the storm, gas stations, grocery stores and more were soon flooded with customers. Twitter featured panic-stricken photos and tweets of empty grocery aisles stripped clean and lines to pay miles long. Scenes of the typical apocalyptic movie come to mind. People are resorting to hoarding, saving away everything they possibly can, hoping for the best and expecting the worst. New York’s Mayor announced schools would be closed through Wednesday as a safety precaution. Fortunately, there haven’t been any images on social media of customers elbowing each other for the last six-pack left on the shelf, but everyone in the tri-state area is anticipating a major snow storm. Some are preparing with provision, while others are preparing for an indoors blizzard party, complete with booze and party food. Like most panic buying, it started as a trickle, just after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s dramatic televised speech during which he described the upcoming snow storm as “one of the largest snowstorms in the history of this city.” There have been some complaints about de Blasio’s claims being somewhat over-the-top. But anyone who has been paying attention to what the weathermen are saying, quickly realized that this could turn out to be an historic weather event. Winter Storm Juno has a high potential for blizzard conditions, and Weather.com predicts high sustained winds, likely 20 to 40 mph in a large area, with gusts up to 50 mph. Even higher winds are expected in Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard where gusts up to 70 mph are possible. Widespread accumulations of 1 to 2 feet of snow are likely with some areas picking up over 2 feet with even higher snow drifts. SEE ALSO: Your flu vaccine may be less effective this winter The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings well in advance of the storm from the New Jersey shore all the way to Downeast Maine, including the cities of New York City, Boston, Providence, Hartford and Portland. By far, the heaviest snowfall amounts from Juno are expected from eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey to New England. Flurries are predicted as far south as north Georgia. Most warnings are in effect from Monday afternoon — or evening — through late Tuesday night. This is when the snowstorm will have its peak impacts At least 28 million people are in the zone of potential blizzard conditions, and millions more will have to face snow deep enough to inconvenience travelers. People are encouraged to not proceed with travel plans in the affected areas late Monday and Tuesday. Blizzard or near-blizzard conditions will make travel dangerous and, in some areas, impossible. SEE ALSO: 3 ways the winter can affect your sex life Preparations should have been made by yesterday afternoon. Northeastern citizens should prepare for power outages both during and in the days after the storm. Damaging wind gusts, power outages and coastal flooding also possible. Over 3,500 U.S. flights originally scheduled for Monday and Tuesday have been canceled, according to FlightAware. Any flights that have not already been canceled will likely be severely delayed. Airports are likely to be closed late Monday through Tuesday.

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Fuego en NJ deja a decenas sin hogar (video)

Impremedia — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:01:38 +0000

Edgewater, NJ – Un incendio multialarmas en un complejo de apartamentos de Edgewater dejó a decenas de familias sin techo, incluyendo a un afamado locutor de los Yankees de Nueva York.El fuego, que se inició a las 4:20 p.m. del miércoles, permanecía fuera de control cuatro horas más tarde y se produjo en el complejo […]

Gov. Chris Christie wants cop killer Assata Shakur to return from Cuba

Impremedia — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:12:00 +0000

Part of the controversy over easing US-Cuba relations is whether Cuba should be taken off the US State Sponsors of Terrorism list, but the case of Assata Shakur, who was convicted of killing a police officer in New Jersey five decades ago, may prove to put this controversy to the test. SEE ALSO: Tupak Shakur’s aunt could be extradited from Cuba New Jersey Governor Chris Christy chimed in this weekend on the matter, writing a letter to President Barack Obama demanding Cuba return Shakur, whose real name is Joanne Chesimard and is a fugitive who escaped from prison after killing a New Jersey state trooper. In addition to asking she be returned to the United States, Governor Christie came out publicaly for the first time in denouncing the Presidents decision to establish ties again with Cuba. Chris Christie asks Obama for Assata Shakur to return from Cuba “Despite my profound disagreement with this decision, I believe there is an opportunity for Cuba and its government to show the American people it is serious about change,” Christie wrote to Obama, according to a copy of the letter Christie’s office provided. “If, as you assert, Cuba is serious about embracing democratic principles then this action would be an essential first step.” Chesimard, who is now known as Shakur, is a member of militant group the Black Liberation Army, and she has been on the FBIs most wanted terrorist list with a $1 million for information that leads to her capture. The government believes she currently lives in Cuba after receiving asylum there. Christie, who could be running for president in 2016 under a Republican ticket, expressed hes surprised that the capture and extradition of Shakur wasnt already a part of the negotiations between US and Cuba before the re-establishing of relations was made public. “The family of her victims, like so many of those who have, and continue to suffer under the Castro regime, deserve this basic decency before further steps toward Cuba are taken by this government,” Christie wrote. Some defend Assata Shakur Despite this, some activists groups are asking that Shakur be liberated. Change.org, published the following call to action in a petition asking for her liberation …Evidence proved Shakur was targeted and framed by the covert and illegal FBI COINTELPRO program. The baby of J. Edgar Hoover, COINTELPRO was designed to monitor, infiltrate and destroy social justice movements seen as a threat to national security, including civil rights and antiwar groups, the Black Power movement and the Young Lords. Some of the stated goals of the program in an FBI memo were to prevent the coalition of militant black nationalist groups, to Prevent the RISE OF A MESSIAH who could unifythe militant black nationalist movement, to Prevent militant black nationalist groups and leaders from gaining RESPECTABILITY, by discrediting them toboth the responsible community and to liberals who have vestiges of sympathy, and to prevent the long-range GROWTH of militant black organizations, especially among youth.” Shakur, who is the aunt of deceased rap star Tupac Shakur, was convicted in the 1973 killing. Many leaders in New Jersey have since been asking for her return after President Obama announced that the US would re-establishing relations with Cuba. Even though Obama accomplished this, the question remains whether Congress will vote to end the economic embargo against the island nation and whether Cuba will be taken off the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. Cuba unlikely to budge However, Cuba made it clear on Monday that it will continue to give asylum to certain fugitives if it sees it as “legitimately” necessary. Some experts see this as a clear sign that Raul Castro’s communist government has no intention of extraditing America’s most-wanted woman, despite improved relations. “We’ve explained to the U.S. government in the past that there are some people living in Cuba to whom Cuba has legitimately granted political asylum,” said Josefina Vidal, Cuba’s head of North American affairs. She added, “There’s no extradition treaty in effect between Cuba and the U.S.” SEE ALSO: 8 great stories that can help you understand what’s going on in Cuba Since March of 1982, Cuba has been on the US State Department State Sponsors of Terrorism list, which also includes, Iran, Sudan and Syria.

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Gov. Chris Christie embarks on trade mission to Mexico

Impremedia — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:09:00 +0000

Beginning Wednesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be in Mexico for a three-day trip that is coined as a trade mission and an opportunity…

La Casa de Don Pedro: un hogar latino en Nueva Jersey

Impremedia — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 08:03:04 +0000

La organización trabaja por facilitar a los padres latinos servicios de educación temprana y culturalmente apropiada para niños bilingües.

Perro ataca y mata a joven de 13 años en Paterson

Impremedia — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:03:26 +0000

También mordió a otro muchacho y atacó a su propio dueño

Rolling Stones anuncian regreso a los escenarios (fotos)

Impremedia — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:10:15 +0000

La última vez que ofrecieron un concierto en vivo, fue el 26 agosto de 2007, como parte de gira de dos años “Bigger Bang”, también en la ciudad de Londres, Inglaterra.

Festival Peruano llega a su fin este domingo en Jersey

Impremedia — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:07:47 +0000

Se espera que miles de personas se den cita para celebrar esta rica cultura

NJ investigará a la NYPD por espionaje

EFE — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:02:57 +0000

Chris Christie, afirmó que la actuación de la policía neoyorquina le parece “perturbadora”

Maryland es el octavo en aprobar matrimonio gay

EFE — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:02:41 +0000

Hace sólo una década ningún estado del país permitía las uniones entre homosexuales

Dan de alta a menor que recibió trasplante

Impremedia — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:02:05 +0000

Yarelis Bonilla deberá ser capaz de regresar a la escuela en tres meses

Asamblea aprueba bodas gay en NJ

Impremedia — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:02:22 +0000

Nueva York/servicios combinados – La Asamblea Legislativa de Nueva Jersey aprobó ayer por amplia mayoría un proyecto de ley que legaliza el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo en ese estado, aunque el gobernador, Chris Christie, ya ha dicho que vetará la legislación para que sea sometida a referéndum.Después de más de dos horas de […]

Whitney Houston: ¿Se lo merece o no?

Impremedia — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:02:24 +0000

Al gobernador de Nueva Jersey, Chris Christie, le han caído chinches por ordenar que las banderas ondeen a media hasta en honor a la artista que tuvo problemas con las drogas