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A teenager armed with a semi-automatic rifle, 100 rounds of ammo, and an illegal club was sitting in his parked car outside a high school sports event in Rowlett, Texas. Now he’s sitting in jail on a $1 million bond after a chance encounter with a patrolling police officer. Diego Horta, 17, also had a Halloween…
After investigators revealed Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz took an Uber to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where he fatally shot 17 people and injured over a dozen more, the driver who dropped him off is speaking out about that fateful day. “I saw him with a backpack which I thought was a guitar case,”…
If you like to shop at Macy’s, some big changes may be coming to your favorite department store! The retailer has been working to turn its business around after announcing a plan in August 2016 to close 100 underperforming stores to concentrate on better-performing locations. RELATED: These major retailers are closing stores in 2018 Macy’s to…
One person was killed and another person injured early Wednesday in a house fire in Edison, authorities said. The fire started in the basement of the Edison house at 5:40 a.m., Edison Fire Department officials said. A man was found dead in the basement, according to News 12 New Jersey. Another resident was taken to the…
The following is a partial list of Jewish choral performances in New Jersey this spring: Kol Dodi will perform a Lag b’Omer concert May 3 at Morristown Jewish Center-Beit Yisrael. Photo courtesy Marcia Solkoff Eskin “Sing Hallelujah-Chichester Psalms and More,” Sharim v’Sharot, in honor of the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, featuring other area choirs and…
“Does this smartphone make my nose look big?” It might, according to researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School who point out that most people are unaware that close-up selfies produce a distorted image. The nose can appear 30 percent wider according to a new analysis, which adds a new wrinkle to modern day vanity. “Young…
New Jersey State Police troopers used CPR to save a man’s life when they found him unresponsive and without a pulse in a vehicle in the median of the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County. Sgt. Karen Fahy and Trooper Christopher Herman were on patrol near milepost 80 on the southbound side of the Garden State…
Overdose deaths continue to skyrocket in New Jersey even as other states appear to be getting a grip on the opioid crisis, according to the latest available data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the 12-month period from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, 2,284 people died of an overdose…
A report today on NJ.com says ICE has been effective in New Jersey in detaining illegal immigrants in the Garden State…
More than twice as many undocumented immigrants in New Jersey with no criminal histories were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year as compared to 2016, a direct result of the dragnet-style policy set forth by President Trump. Of the 3,189 immigrants arrested by ICE in the Garden State in fiscal year 2017, 1,271…
The Maccabeats Hamlisch & Sondheim: Donna McKechnie & Andrea McArdle. Two legendary musical theater stars — Donna McKechnie and Andrea McArdle — team up for this evening devoted to the inimitable songs of Marvin Hamlisch and Stephen Sondheim. $50-70. March 10, 6 and 8:30 p.m. NJPAC, Newark, njpac.org, 888-GO-NJPAC “From Bima to Broadway.” Celebrating 30 years…
A federal court cleared the way Tuesday for President Trump to build his border wall, ruling the administration has the power to waive a series of environmental laws to speed up construction. The state of California and environmental groups had been counting on the lawsuit to derail the border wall, and the judge’s ruling to the…
The developer of a building in Taiwan that partially collapsed during an earthquake has been detained for negligent manslaughter with prosecutors saying the man was not licensed to oversee construction projects. The lower floors of the 12-storey Yun Tsui residential building — which also housed a restaurant and hotel — pancaked when a 6.4-magnitude quake struck…
Taiwan’s premier called for calm Tuesday following a desperate run on toilet paper on the island, sparked by speculation of imminent price hikes. Shelves usually stacked with toilet paper, kitchen paper and boxed tissues stood empty in many hypermarkets and supermarkets as residents stockpiled supplies. Major online retailers had also run out, including PChome which reportedly…
Your regular reminder that weather is a wild system of tiny causes and huge effects. Snow on the Roman Forum in 2012, because this is obviously not the first time it’s even snowed in Rome. Stefano Costantini A butterfly in the form of two tropical cyclones flapped its wings in the Pacific, and now Rome is…
