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Police fatally shoot knife-wielding suspect at NJ home, discover 3 people dead inside
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (333+ words) PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- A knife-wielding suspect was shot and killed by police, who then discovered three people dead inside a home in Piscataway, New Jersey on Monday, according to officials. Officers from the Piscataway Police Department responded to a home on River…...
Former New Jersey congressional staffer charged with staging hoax attack against herself
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (162+ words) OCEAN CITY, N.J. -- A former congressional staffer from Ocean City, New Jersey, is charged with allegedly staging a violent attack against herself, which she claimed was politically motivated. Federal prosecutors said 26-year-old Natalie Greene went to extreme lengths for the alleged…...
2-year-old boy falls to his death from 20th floor of apartment building in New Jersey
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (135+ words) NEWARK, New Jersey -- A 2-year-old boy died after falling from a window of a high-rise building in New Jersey on Saturday morning, authorities said. The deadly fall happened around 7 a.m. at a residential building on Elizabeth Avenue in Newark. Police officers…...
NJ man becomes 1st confirmed death linked to a meat allergy spread by ticks
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (156+ words) NEW JERSEY -- A death in New Jersey is now being called the first-ever linked to a meat allergy caused by a tick bite. Doctors say a 47-year-old man who passed away in the summer of last year had a severe…...
New Jersey library gets book returned 99 years late
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (227+ words) TOMS RIVER, New Jersey -- Mary Cooper found a library book borrowed by her grandfather in 1926 and returned it 99 years late. The book, "Home-Made Toys for Girls and Boys" by A. Neely Hall, was stamped by the Ocean County Library. Cooper recalls…...
New Jersey man who uses a wheelchair seeks to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) NEW JERSEY -- When a person is determined, nothing is out of reach. That's why Jeff Harmon and his friends from Fitness, Fellowship and Faith (called F-3) are training for a trek up one of the world's tallest mountain peaks. "I've been…...
United flight from New Jersey to Ireland diverted to Canada, stranded for days due to weather
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (275+ words) Flight diverted Thursday, archbishop of New York on plane said Mass in Canada Sunday NEW YORK -- An international United Airlines flight was diverted and grounded for days over the weekend. United flight 23, from Newark to Dublin, instead landed at St....