New Jersey
Why are New Jersey housing costs continuing to rise — and who should pay for affordable housing?
As home construction costs keep rising, there’s a dispute in the proposed state budget over how to fund affordable housing.
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Listen 1:13Princeton physics experiment aims to shed light on disruptive solar flares
The multimillion-dollar experiment that was years in the making comes as the federal government makes broad cuts to science elsewhere.
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Listen 1:53June 26 - June 29: Sons of Mystro in Del., a kickball tournament in Philly and Flair Dance Festival in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 5:06Lifeguard impaled by beach umbrella at Asbury Park, N.J.: ‘Tough young woman’
Asbury Park Fire Department Chief Kevin Keddy said the umbrella went through the woman's upper left shoulder and came out her back.
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1 more sizzling hot day for the eastern U.S. before temperatures plunge 30 degrees
An air mass drawing on cool ocean waters will send temperatures plummeting by the end of the week in Philly, which hit a record high of 101 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday.
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The charges stem from a congressional oversight visit at Newark's Delaney Hall facility on May 9. Mayor Ras Baraka also was arrested the same day.
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Volunteers use the universal language of music to soothe stressed shelter animals
The nonprofit Wild Tunes has enlisted about 100 volunteer musicians and singers of all ages and abilities to perform at nine shelters in New Jersey, Houston and Denver.
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Camden students showcase power of music education in achieving academic success
Students at New Jersey’s Creative Arts High School exemplify how music can empower, academically and personally.
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Listen 4:50The standard intersection at the edge of the Pearl Pointe Luxury Apartment complex has two different designations for the street that runs through it.
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Listen 1:33A Burlington County, N.J. high school’s dance program is helping students succeed academically
Students studying dance at a Burlington County high school have improved focus and discipline, resulting in higher grades than their peers, school officials said.
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Listen 0:56June 18 - June 22: Clifford Brown Jazz Fest in Del., Fishtown Beer Fest in Philly and Food Truck & Music Fest in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Camden parents tell search firm what they want in the next leader of its state-run school district
A national search firm has been collecting feedback from parents on characteristics they want in the next superintendent of the Camden City School District.
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Officials arrest 1 of 2 detainees still missing from New Jersey immigration facility
New Jersey's U.S. Sen. Andy Kim said the detainees escaped from Delany Hall in Newark by breaking a wall and escaping from a parking lot.
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Disgraced ex-N.J. Sen. Bob Menendez arrives at prison to begin serving his 11-year bribery sentence
“Despite his decades of service, he is now known more widely as Gold Bar Bob,” said defense lawyer Adam Fee.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center
First Choice Women’s Resource Centers is challenging a state investigation into whether it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion.
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