(WPVI) -- A World War II veteran from Ocean County received a long overdue honor Thursday and there was even a surprise in store for his wife, who also served in the war. Seventy years after he was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge, the bloodiest U.S. battle fought in World War II, 88-year-old Army veteran Lenny Brotsky finally received his Purple Heart. "Means everything in the world because I earned it. If I didn't earn it, I wouldn't have got it," said Brotsky. Brotsky was a member of the 15... Read more

NEWS12 New Jersey - A husband and wife who both served during World War II have been presented with military awards 70 years later. Leonard Brotsky, 89, was injured by shrapnel and suffered frostbite while fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. However, his Army discharge papers left out his injuries. Now, with the help of Rep. Chris Smith, Brotsky has finally been presented with the Purple Heart Award. READ MORE: New Jersey Top Stories The congressman's office has been working on getting the awar... Read more

A New Jersey congressman says drastic measures could be needed to stop the spread of Ebola. Rep. Chris Smith is calling for a protocol to be put in place. He sits on the Global Health committee and gets regular briefings from the CDC. Smith says New Jersey faces unique risks with a major international airport and seaports. "The next flight that comes here could carry a risk of contamination," he says. (Click here or on image below to watch video) CDC FAQ NJDOH FAQ Information for those returning... Read more

BY TRENTON TIMES STAFF WRITER MIKE DAVIS -- Local officials on Monday night laid out the facts of the case of a 4-year-old Yardville Elementary School preschool student, who died of an unidentified respiratory illness last week. At times, the crowd of nearly 100 people, made up of parents from throughout the Hamilton school district, erupted in choruses of criticism. Other times, they politely applauded when discussing the family of the deceased student. “This is a heartwrenching time for all of... Read more

By Chris Smith - In New Jersey it is estimated that more than 55,000 individuals have reported cases of Lyme over the past 15 years. According to recent data, 96 percent of Lyme disease cases were reported from 13 states, and New Jersey was third highest. Last year, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced what those in the Lyme disease community already knew: Only 10 percent of cases were being reported and the actual number of Lyme cases is over 300,000 — not 30,000 as CDC had p... Read more

A government report that health plans sold under Obamacare cover early termination of pregnancies puts the lie to President Barack Obama's promise — backed by federal law — that Affordable Care Act coverage would not extend to abortions, a furious Rep. Chris Smith told Newsmax TV on Wednesday. The finding by the non-partisan Government Accountabilty Office (GAO) — that abortion is covered by dozens of health plans nationwide — "is worse than what we could've ever imagined, and it adds another bi... Read more

By Washington Post reporter Abby Phillip September 16 -- Most of the insurance companies surveyed by the Government Accountability Office did not bill separately for the cost of abortion coverage, which is a requirement in the Affordable Care Act. In a report released on Tuesday that was commissioned by Republican lawmakers, the GAO reported that of 18 health insurance providers, 17 did not comply with that part of the law. This policy was a key reason some anti-abortion Democrats agreed to sign... Read more

By Wall Street Journal Reporter Stephanie Armour, Sept. 16, 2014 11:44 a.m. ET Some insurance plans available through the Affordable Care Act are breaking rules aimed at ensuring federal funds aren't use to cover most abortions, according to a federal report. The Affordable Care Act bars the use of federal funds made available to consumers through subsidies and tax credits for certain abortions. The restriction doesn't apply to pregnancies that are the result of rape, incest or where the life of... Read more

Despite a promise President Obama made to lawmakers and the American public in a special joint session of Congress on healthcare reform that “under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion” a new report released by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today documents massive new public funding of abortion in the President’s healthcare law. “In an 11th hour ploy to garner a remnant of pro-life congressional Democrats absolutely needed for passage of ObamaCare,... Read more

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR — Sep. 15, 2014 10:03 PM EDT (Associated Press) — A nonpartisan congressional agency is raising new questions about compliance with a key compromise on abortion that allowed the federal health care law to pass in 2010. The Government Accountability Office said in a report released late Monday that only 1 of 18 insurers it reviewed was separately itemizing a charge for coverage of elective abortions on enrollees' bills. That detail is important because the original comp... Read more