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Raw meat, touted by some as an easily-digestible, nutrient-filled superfood for domestic dogs and cats, may put not only your pet at risk, but your own health too, researchers warned Friday. A survey of frozen, raw meat products sold at pet stores and supermarkets in the Netherlands, where more than half of dog owners buy such…
Gaspare Gambino A Pennsylvania teacher is facing a string of charges after he loaned a student his iPad and the boy found disturbing images of young female classmates. Gaspare Gambino was arrested on Wednesday and charged with 14 counts of invasion of privacy and accused of taking photos and videos of over a dozen different students…
A Wisconsin school district is paying a transgender student $800,000 as a settlement for a discrimination lawsuit he filed. Ash Whitaker graduated from Tremper High School in June 2017, but he sued the Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD) in July 2016 for banning him from the boys’ bathroom with a threat of disciplinary action and subjecting…
Handcuffed teacher speaks out A Louisiana teacher is not backing down after she was escorted out of a school board meeting in handcuffs for trying to ask a question about salaries. Deyshia Hargrave, an English language arts teacher at Rene Rost Middle Schools in Vermilion Parish, and others were attending what appeared to be a heated…
A fire that burned through a South Jersey diner early Thursday morning has likely destroyed the building, according to police. The Country Town Diner in Berlin sustained significant damage when a fire broke out just before midnight. The flames raged through the early hours of Thursday morning, and police closed a portion of the White Horse…
The Camden Adventure Aquarium will be closed to the public Sunday for a “Family Day” event with Gov.-elect Phil Murphy. The event is part of Murphy’s inaugural festivities, and will be held in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Tickets are free to those who register in advance. The aquarium did not immediately return a call…
A purge of political appointees may be underway at NJ Transit, with Gov.-elect asking for the resignation of 100 senior staff members, NJ Advance Media has learned. The requests were made in a letter sent to NJ Transit Executive Director Steven Santoro from Murphy’s transition team. The 100 people covered by letter have until the end…
A doctor from New Jersey, who was accused of hiring a person to kill his wife after she threatened to divorce and expose him for running an illegal prescription opioid drug ring with Pagans motorcycle gang, was charged Tuesday. He was arrested in June 2017. Dr. James Kauffman’s wife April Kauffman, a New Jersey radio host,…
A Lakewood man has been charged with setting fire to his ex-girlfriend’s bed, police said in a statement Wednesday. The woman returned to her Michelle Way home just after midnight Sunday to thick black smoke pouring from the third floor. The woman and her boyfriend suffered smoke inhalation before escaping the home. Firefighters deemed the fire…
With the marijuana legalization debate set to heat up this year in New Jersey, leaders in two of the state’s highest-profile towns say they have no problem with weed businesses in their cities. Should state lawmakers legalize pot, count Jersey City and Asbury Park among those likely to be a part of what could eventually be…
