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New Jersey

Closeup of MD Hossain Morshed
Courts & Law

Atlantic City Councilman accused of fraud by federal government

MD Hossain Morshed is accused of submitting false voter applications and lying about it, as well as falsely claiming unemployment benefits.

2 weeks ago

A player celebrates on the basketball court.
Arts & Entertainment

March Madness: Where and what is Fairleigh Dickinson?

Add Fairleigh Dickinson to the list of giant-killing New Jersey colleges in March Madness.

2 weeks ago

Fairleigh Dickinson guard Grant Singleton (4) celebrates after a basket against Purdue in the second half of a first-round college basketball game in the men's NCAA Tournament in Columbus, Ohio
Community

Fairleigh Dickinson stuns No. 1 seed Purdue in March Madness

FDU became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game. Five years ago, UMBC showed the way for the little guys by overwhelming Virginia.

2 weeks ago

Fourteen people were charged in what prosecutors are calling ''Operation Cold Cuts.
Community
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‘Operation Cold Cuts’: 14 charged in alleged South Jersey drug trafficking ring

Along with what they're calling "a large amount" of drugs, authorities seized 14 firearms and $300,000 cash.

2 weeks ago

Najee Seabrooks
Courts & Law

‘Our system failed Najee’: Advocates renew calls for mental health support in wake of N.J. police killing

The 31-year-old Paterson violence intervention advocate was experiencing a mental health episode during a fatal encounter with police on March 3.

2 weeks ago

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Politics & Policy

GOP congressmen: Halt offshore wind, probe whale deaths

Thursday's hearing in Wildwood could be the beginning of an expected campaign by the GOP-controlled House to investigate the Biden administration’s clean energy plans.

2 weeks ago

Protesters rally outside the Paterson Police Department on March 10 over the killing of Najee Seabrooks.
Courts & Law

Bodycam footage shows Najee Seabrooks’ deadly encounter with Paterson Police, questions remain

With guns drawn, police are seen negotiating with Seabrooks. At times the 31-year-old Black man can be heard both complying and threatening to harm himself and officers.

2 weeks ago

A yellow circle is shown around the face of Larry Fife Giberson, in a crowd of people shown on video attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Courts & Law

Princeton student charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riots

Larry Fife Giberson, who was identified online through open sources, is accused of being part of a group that tried to enter the Capitol through a tunnelway.

2 weeks ago

N.J. Sen. Ron Rice (NJ Spotlight)
Politics & Policy

Ron Rice, New Jersey’s longest-serving Black lawmaker, dies at 77

Rice was a staunch advocate for social justice. Gov. Phil Murphy announced he will sign an executive order requiring flags to fly at half-staff in Rice’s honor.

2 weeks ago

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Arts & Entertainment

‘North to Shore’: Music and arts festival coming to Newark, Asbury Park, and Atlantic City this summer

Headlining music and comedy acts include Halsey, Santana, Stephen Colbert, Bill Burr, and Demi Lovato.

3 weeks ago

Rutgers University-Camden in Camden, N.J., Monday, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Education

Rutgers faculty authorizes a strike as negotiations continue

The union representing full- and part-time faculty hopes to avert a strike as they negotiate a contract that is economically equitable.

3 weeks ago

BLM Paterson Leader Zellie Thomas speaks to the crowd on Fri, March 10, 2023. (Tennyson Donyéa/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Najee Seabrooks’ family demands police release bodycam footage of shooting that killed man in mental distress

Community members in Paterson have called for police to suspend the involved officers without pay, effective immediately.

3 weeks ago

Cherry Hill West High School
Education

Cherry Hill school gearing up for launch of Asian American Pacific Islander studies this fall

Administrators hope to strike a balance between siloing the curriculum and infusing Asian American Pacific Islander studies across the curriculum as a whole.

3 weeks ago

Logs of coconut husk known as coir sit on the bank of the Shark River in Neptune, N.J., Jan. 31, 2023, where the American Littoral Society doing a shoreline restoration project incorporating coconut fibers. The material is being used in shoreline stabilization projects around the world
Science

How coconuts protect the Jersey Shore, other eroding coasts

From the sands of the Jersey Shore to the islands of Indonesia, strands of coconut husk are being incorporated into shoreline protection projects.

3 weeks ago

Firefighters attempt to control the Camdem home that Dr. Martin Luther King spent time in.
Community
6abc

Owner of Martin Luther King Jr. house that burned in Camden vows to rebuild

Pastor Khan says Dr. King spent time at the New Jersey home from 1948 to 1951 while studying at the Crozer Theological Seminary.

3 weeks ago

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