Weekend Winter Storm Cuts Power to 131,000 Homes in New Jersey

Additional Linemen, Hazard Assessors and Support Personnel from FirstEnergy Utilities and Electrical Contractors Traveling to New Jersey to Assist MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Service has been restored to more…

Toy Hand Grenade Causes Alarm in Seaside Park

A call of a possible explosive device that caused emergency personnel to flood the 7th Avenue Beach in Seaside Park on Sunday was prompted by a toy hand grenade, authorities said. Seaside…

NRA Boycotters Get Spanked In Public Opinion Polls

Public disapproval ratings plunged for companies that severed their ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA) following the Parkland, Florida, massacre of 17 students and teachers, according to a poll released Wednesday…

Americans Blame Gov’t More Than Lack of Gun Control for Mass Shootings

It’s the government’s fault, say many Americans. Specifically, more than half of Americans blame the government’s ineptitude and inaction more than they blame guns for recent mass shootings across the country, according…

The Dangers of Obama-Era ‘Guidance’ on Handling School Discipline

Manipulating the statistics on school discipline issues can mean big bucks for districts once the stats tell the feds the story they want to hear, as a piece in recently noted. Unless…

Dick’s Sporting Goods to end sales of assault-style guns

US retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods announced Wednesday it would stop selling assault-style rifles and bar gun sales to any customers under 21 years old in the wake of the Florida school shooting.…

Walmart Bans Rifle-Like Toys

Walmart announced that it will raise the age of those who can purchase firearms at its stores to 21. The company also said it will ban toys and items that resemble assault…

Walmart raises to 21 minimum age to buy firearms, ammo

US retail giant Walmart announced Wednesday that it was raising to 21 its minimum age to buy firearms and ammunition, the latest US company to recalibrate its stance on weapons after a…

US News: Heavily Armed Teen Captured Outside High School

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…

Uber driver who dropped off the Florida school shooter before his massacre breaks her silence

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…

Just announced: Big changes are coming to 100 Macy’s locations in 2018

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…

Man killed, 1 injured after house fire breaks out

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…

Music: A season of Jewish choirs in concert

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…

New Jersey Researcher Finds Selfies Make Your Nose Look Bigger

“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…

State Police troopers save man’s life with CPR after crash (VIDEO)

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…

Hundreds of flights cancelled at N.J., N.Y., Philly airports by storm

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at New Jersey, Philly and New York airports due to a powerful nor’easter making its way through the area packing wind gusts up to 60 mph…

Overdose deaths fell in 14 states. In N.J., they surged 35 percent

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.…

New Jersey Man Takes $1,600 Uber Ride He Can’t Remember

A New Jersey man made it home safe Friday after a night of partying by way of a $1,000 Uber ride, which he said he doesn’t remember. Kenneth Bachman claimed had been…

Report: ICE Arrested 3,189 Illegals in New Jersey Under Trump in 2017

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…

More: Man busted with 8 kilos of drugs, AK-47 might get out of jail

An Essex County man who was arrested last month with more than 8 kilos of cocaine and a loaded AK-47 may be released from jail Friday if the state appellate court doesn’t…

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