Last week’s top New Jersey Lottery prizes stack up across the state

Jersey players score big across multiple lottery games Trenton, NJ – A week of lottery drawings and scratch off games spread wins from Hudson to Camden County as New Jersey players claimed…

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Man stabbed to death inside DC building, suspect arrested

Arrest made in Virginia Avenue homicide after fatal stabbing in Northwest WASHINGTON, DC – A violent confrontation inside a Northwest building ended in a deadly stabbing Thursday afternoon, and an arrest was…

Fugitive caught at airport trying to flee

Germantown man arrested at airport while trying to flee country Gaithersburg, MD – A Germantown man wanted for alleged sexual abuse of a child was stopped just steps from leaving the United…

Shoplifting report brings fast resolution

Shoplifting suspect cited after theft at Cumberland business Cumberland, MD – A routine shoplifting call to a Virginia Avenue business led officers to a suspect still nearby, closing out a theft case…

Boomer with crack among four arrested for sex trafficking children in Virgnia Beach

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – A two-day law enforcement operation targeting human trafficking and related crimes resulted in four arrests and the identification of multiple potential victims, according to the Virginia Beach Police…

Wanted woman spotted and arrested on patrol

Wanted woman spotted on Virginia Avenue taken into custody Cumberland, MD – A late-night patrol turned into an arrest after an officer recognized a wanted woman walking along Virginia Avenue. Just before…

DNA from fingernails cracks 1992 Queens murder

DNA match leads to conviction in 1992 cold case murder of 15-year-old Queens girl Queens, NY – A Virginia man has been found guilty in the decades-old murder of a 15-year-old girl…

Purcellville vice mayor files explosive federal civil rights suit as pressure mounts on governor over Senate Bill 648

Purcellville, VA – Purcellville Vice Mayor Carl “Ben” Nett filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday in the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging a wide-ranging campaign of retaliation and misconduct by fellow…

Far Rockaway teen’s killer caught after 30 years on the run

Virginia man convicted in brutal 1992 strangling of Far Rockaway teen after DNA breakthrough Queens, NY – A 61-year-old man from Virginia has been convicted in the decades-old murder of a 15-year-old…

Credit card crook treats himself to fried chicken and liquor

Mystery man in beard and trench coat wanted in Newport News Newport News, VA – A man draped in a trench coat is wanted after a New Year’s Day shopping spree made…

VDOT plow truck overturns on Van Dorn Street during storm cleanup

ALEXANDRIA, VA – A Virginia Department of Transportation plow truck rolled over on Van Dorn Street during Saturday snow removal operations, prompting a temporary road closure as crews worked through the morning…

Canned tuna recalled after distributor mistakenly ships quarantined cans tied to botulism risk

EL SEGUNDO, CA – Tri-Union Seafoods, the parent company of Genova, has issued a new warning to consumers after a third-party distributor accidentally released quarantined cans of Yellowfin Tuna that were previously…

Traffic stop in LaVale leads to cocaine trafficking arrest, sheriff says

LaVale, MD – A routine traffic stop by the Allegany County Sheriff’s Office on Winchester Road in LaVale led to the discovery of a large quantity of suspected cocaine and the arrest…

Federal Judge Dismisses Tenant’s Mold Exposure Lawsuit Against AvalonBay Communities

Trenton, NJ — A federal judge in New Jersey has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Princeton tenant who claimed that AvalonBay Communities, Inc., the national apartment developer and property management firm,…

Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods buys iconic Nathan’s Famous in $450 million deal

NEW YORK, NY – Nathan’s Famous, the 108-year-old Coney Island hot dog brand synonymous with classic American food culture, has been sold to Smithfield Foods, the U.S. meat-processing giant owned by Hong…

Lost Abigail Spanberger tweet says gerrymandering is detrimental to democracy

RICHMOND, VA – The Virginia GOP is taking aim at Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a New Jersey native, after resurfacing a 2019 post in which she called gerrymandering “detrimental to our democracy.”…

Federal judge quashes Trump–NRA subpoenas, rules U.S. Attorney in Albany served unlawfully

ALBANY, NY – A federal judge has thrown out two grand jury subpoenas issued to New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that the top federal prosecutor in the Northern District of…

Hopewell sheriff vows to continue cooperating with ICE despite Governor Spanberger’s new state directive

Hopewell, VA – Sheriff Travis L. Stanley of the Hopewell Sheriff’s Office reaffirmed his commitment to cooperating with federal immigration authorities this week, issuing a statement in response to Executive Order No.…

Governor Spanberger Cuts Ties With ICE, Ends Police Cooperation with Federal Authorities on Day One

RICHMOND, VA – In her first official act as Virginia’s new governor, Abigail Spanberger on Friday rescinded former Governor Glenn Youngkin’s 2025 executive order that required state and local law enforcement to…

DC man admits to pointing gun at taxi driver after skipping fare

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Washington man has pleaded guilty to assault and weapons charges after pulling a gun on a taxi driver during a 2019 fare dispute, federal prosecutors announced Friday. According…

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