Browsing: New Jersey

Jersey Shore beach season is approaching, and according to last year's experience, it will soon be time to bring the voodoo dolls, whoopie cushions, zip ties and denture powder.

Multiple aftershocks shook the New York and New Jersey area following a 4.8 magnitude earthquake Friday morning, as reported by officials. “New Jersey just experienced an aftershock,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Friday evening around 6 p.m. “Please follow the emergency guidance below…

Seven passengers were hospitalized Friday after a Newark-bound flight from Israel experienced turbulence and high winds. United Flight 85, headed to Newark, N.J. from Tel Aviv, was diverted to Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, N.Y., Friday due to the dangerous winds, officials said, according to The Associated Press. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said…

Tammy Murphy, the wife of Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), ended her primary campaign for Senate on Sunday. The announcement abruptly ends a highly anticipated Senate bid that launched with high expectations, leaving Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) as the only major candidate remaining in the race to replace Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). “After many busy, invigorating…

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.)  stated in a video announcement on Thursday that he might run as an independent for his position despite pressure from his own party to resign due to his charges.   Menendez, who is accused of taking bribes and acting as an agent for Egypt’s…

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) says he will not intervene to defend the state’s system of organizing its primary ballot based on the “county line,” agreeing with a lawsuit that it is unconstitutional.  Platkin said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi on Sunday that he believes the county line system…

Three individuals were killed in two shootings in Pennsylvania on Saturday, as per authorities. Andre Gordon Jr., who is 26 years old, drove a stolen vehicle from Trenton, N.J., broke into a residence in Falls Township, Pa., and killed his stepmother and 13-year-old sister on Saturday morning, according to Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn. Schorn…