BY NJTV REPORTER LEAH MISHKIN David Goldman remembers driving his then wife and 4-year-old son, Sean, to the airport for a what she said would be a vacation in Brazil. It was five years before he saw him again. The story of how hard it was for David to get authorities to force his former partner to allow him to reunite with Sean was the inspiration for the Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act, signed into law five years ago today. Father and son were on hand Thursday ... Read more

BY BAILEY KING, PHILLY VOICE STAFF Did the U.S. military unleash Lyme disease on the American people through biological weapon experiments? A New Jersey congressman wants to know, claiming evidence links the disease to bioweapons research research, according to Military.com report. Medical and military experts are skeptical of U.S. Rep. Chris Smith’s concerns, playing it off as a conspiracy theory. Smith, a congressmen in the Fourth District of New Jersey, has asked the Pentagon to investigate t... Read more

BY WOBM REPORTER VIN EBENAU - Jersey Shore Republican Congressman Chris Smith (Monmouth, Ocean and Mercer) continues to affect direct change in the battle against international child abductions. Thursday marks the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the landmark Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (P.L. 113-150). Congressman Smith was joined by David and Sean Goldman of Monmouth County, the father and son who were reunited after a five-year abduction to Brazil, the... Read more

By Asbury Park Press Writer Jerry Carino - Sean Goldman likes to go fishing and paddleboarding with his dad, and they go out for sushi together regularly. The 19-year-old Holmdel resident is heading into his sophomore year at Brookdale Community College and holds a job as a dock hand at Sandy Hook Bay Marina. Sean is living a typical teenage life, with a notable exception: He’s become an advocate for victims of international child abduction — an ordeal he endured and one that sparked a law beari... Read more

By Lauren Glassberg Thursday, August 8, 2019 5:43PM NEW YORK (WABC) -- Sean Goldman was just a boy when he captured the nation's attention. His mother took him from New Jersey to Brazil and said they were never coming home. It took years and multiple court rulings for his father to finally get Sean back. Sean is now in college and on Thursday he marked the anniversary of a law in his name that helps fight international child abductions. "It took me a week and a half after coming home to call hi... Read more

By Alex Napoliello | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Even after he was reunited with his father a decade ago, it took Sean Goldman a week and a half before he could call him “dad.” And even then, it was only because he had accidentally fallen into a frigid lake near his Tinton Falls home — and screamed out to his father in terror. Spirited away to Brazil by his mother in 2004, Sean says he was fed lies about his father, David. The elder Goldman had flown to Brazil more than a dozen times to reclaim... Read more

By Stephen Edelman APP Writer - I never knew Braeden Bradforth, but I wish I had. And as I stood on Pop Warner field where his football career began, exactly one year after his life tragically ended nearly 2,000 miles away, I felt an incredibly strong connection to the gentle giant, having chronicled this relentless crusade for answers and accountability locally, and the inexplicable inaction by a Kansas junior college. I couldn’t help but wonder what Braeden would have thought about the scene l... Read more

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Federal help for the 1.5 million children on the autistic spectrum received a boost Wednesday when the U.S. House voted to spend $1.8 billion on programs over the next three years. The legislation, approved by voice vote, renews federal programs for a disease that affects 1 in 34 In New Jersey children, the highest rate in the country. The bill “powerfully supports and pursues durable remedies and effective interventions” for children with aut... Read more

By WOBM News Reporter Vin Ebenau - Bipartisan legislation to support and pursue remedies and interventions for the 1.5-million children with autism has been approved unanimously by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Autism Cares Act of 2019, co-authored by Jersey Shore Congressman Chris Smith (R) and chief Democrat cosponsor, Rep. Mike Doyle (PA), helps adults with autism who are misdiagnosed, under-diagnosed and overlooked. The bill emphasizes that causes, diagnoses, detection, prevention a... Read more

Fox and Friends hosts Jedediah Bila and Pete Hegseth discussed the Lyme weaponization investigation amendment written by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) and recently passed by the House of Representatives in July. Author Kris Newby, Stanford Medical School science writer and author of the recent book "Bitten," was a guest on the show. Smith's amendment was unanimously attached to the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act in a voice vote. The Smith amendment directs the Inspector General (IG) of... Read more