SBA issues warning after DOJ uncovers massive bribery scand

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration has issued a warning to federal contracting officers, reinforcing their legal duty to report fraud and misconduct in the SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program after…

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Progressives Clash With Climate Activists as New Flood Rule Would Negatively Impact Affordable Housing Mandates

TRENTON, N.J. — A major rulemaking initiative to fortify New Jersey against rising sea levels and increasing flood risks is facing both pushback and support as the state nears a key decision…

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Report claims illegal immigration cost New Jersey $7.3B as state faces growing fiscal strain

TRENTON, N.J. — A new policy brief from the America First Policy Institute claims New Jersey spent $7.3 billion on services for an estimated 894,000 illegal immigrants, citing costs tied to health…

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Remains of man missing from D.C. located in Maryland woods

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The search for 73-year-old Frankie Jones Sr., who vanished last month from his Southwest D.C. home, ended in tragedy when his remains were discovered in a wooded section of…

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Nutley police say thieves targeting high end vehicles in the community

NUTLEY, N.J. — Nutley police are investigating a residential break-in that occurred early Saturday morning on Rutgers Place, where a suspect entered a home through a window in an apparent attempt to…

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Convicted Seven-Time “Vile” Illegal Alien Rapist Released from New York Prison, Detained by ICE

BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Jacobo Argueta Fuentes, a 33-year-old Salvadoran national, on July 23 in Ossining, New York, following his release from state prison. Argueta, who…

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Schenectady man sentenced to 8 years for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, and laundering drug proceeds

ALBANY, NY – A Schenectady man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering involving shipments of cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine from…

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New Jersey now home to world’s second largest Hindu temple

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – The recently completed BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville has officially become the second largest Hindu temple in the world, with a footprint spanning 655,591 square feet, according to official…

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Upper Darby woman pleads guilty to carjacking SUV with infant inside and shooting at father

PHILADELPHIA, PA – A 24-year-old woman from Upper Darby pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges stemming from an August 2024 carjacking in which she stole a family’s SUV with their infant inside…

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Wilmington man gets 12 years in prison for insterstate kidnapping that ended in Georgia

WILMINGTON, DE – A 21-year-old Wilmington man was sentenced to 144 months in federal prison Friday for his role in a violent interstate kidnapping conspiracy that began in Delaware and ended in…

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Philadelphia rocked by multiple shootings and stabbings on Sunday

PHILADELPHIA — Multiple people were injured in a series of separate stabbings and shootings across Philadelphia on Sunday, including two women and several men, with one suspect now in custody, police said.…

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Raul Luna-Perez kills woman and young girl in suspected Lakewood DWI crash

LAKEWOOD, N.J. — A Red Bank man has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and assault by auto following a fatal crash late Saturday night that left a woman and…

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New Jersey to roll out digital driver’s licenses under new law signed by Murphy

TRENTON, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy has signed legislation requiring the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to create digital driver’s licenses and non-driver ID cards, making New Jersey the latest state to…

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Two arrested for operating illegal daycare in Rockland with depolorable conditions

NEW CITY, N.Y. — Authorities shut down an unlicensed daycare facility in Rockland County after police discovered dozens of children and unsafe conditions at two Maple Avenue properties earlier this month. On…

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Multi-county burglary and auto theft ring busted in North Jersey, several charged

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Authorities have charged multiple individuals in connection with a multi-jurisdictional conspiracy involving residential burglaries, vehicle thefts, and fencing operations, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office announced Thursday. Between September…

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