Jana Cholakovska

1 week ago | nj.com | Jana Cholakovska

The booze is still flowing at Trump National. At least for now. Nearly a year after New Jersey decided not to renew their liquor licenses, President Donald Trump’s golf clubs continue to serve alcohol thanks to an extension of temporary permits that were set to expire last week. People convicted of crimes involving “moral turpitude” — which typically includes acts of “dishonesty, fraud, or depravity” — are barred from holding or profiting from a liquor license in New Jersey.

1 week ago | silive.com | Jana Cholakovska

He was known as one of the nation’s “most powerful and experienced” mafia leaders with intimate knowledge of “who’s who” of notorious gangsters. As the “consigliere,” or third-in-command, he ran the New Jersey arm of the infamous Genovese crime family. But that was a long time ago.

1 week ago | nj.com | Jana Cholakovska

He was known as one of the nation’s “most powerful and experienced” mafia leaders with intimate knowledge of “who’s who” of notorious gangsters. As the “consigliere,” or third-in-command, he ran the New Jersey arm of the infamous Genovese crime family. But that was a long time ago.

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Jana Cholakovska

You can think of it as Western Union for criminals. “Hawala” — a network of brokers who move large sums of money all over the globe in under-the-radar ways that can’t be traced — usually doesn’t actually involve the transfer of physical cash. Investigators say the illegal networks can be hotbeds of dirty money, and a New Jersey hawala agent who helped send more than $65 million to the Middle East was just handed a three-year stint in jail.

Jan 18, 2025 | sacurrent.com | Jana Cholakovska

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It was co-published by Public Health Watch, a nonprofit investigative news organization. Sign up for the Inside Climate News newsletter here. Sandra Edwards awoke on the morning of July 8 to the sounds of howling winds and gushing water. As she made her way from the bedroom to the living room, she stepped in a puddle.