Residents in Billings, Mont., woke up to a temperature of minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit. In Des Moines, homeowners were digging out snow from a blizzard and facing wind gusts of 45 miles per hour. Towns and cities along the East Coast were bracing for possible flooding from yet more rain. And communities near the Gulf […]
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Severe Weather in U.S., and Crisis in Ecuador
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Read MoreWhat ‘The Sopranos’ Iconic Filming Locations in N.J. Look Like Now
As much as it was a show about Italian American mobsters, “The Sopranos” was a show about New Jersey. From scenes of domestic life in a North Caldwell McMansion to after-hours debauchery at a strip club in Lodi, the show captured a snapshot of the Garden State in the late 1990s and 2000s, beguiling viewers […]
Read MoreA Hapless Robber, Exposed by a Cloud of Dye, Gets His Day in Court
The man left the bank like a satisfied customer who hadn’t just robbed it. With an envelope of cash smoldering in his right pocket, he began walking down a Newark street with studied nonchalance. A few steps into his casual getaway, a dye pack inside the envelope exploded like an ill-timed gender reveal, into a […]
Read MoreImam Is Critically Wounded in Shooting Outside New Jersey Mosque
An imam was shot and critically wounded outside a New Jersey mosque on Wednesday, the authorities said. The police responded to the scene of the shooting, the Masjid Muhammad mosque in Newark, shortly after 6 a.m., according to Fritz Fragé, Newark’s public safety director. The victim, whom the police identified as an imam at the […]
Read MoreBull on Newark Penn Tracks Causes NJ Transit Delays
That New Jersey Transit service was delayed was not all that unusual. The reason on Thursday, however, was something out of the wild, wild west. There was a bovine, one with long horns no less, on the tracks. During the waning hours of the morning commute at Newark Penn Station, trains were stopped by the […]
Read MoreKaitlin Armstrong Found Guilty in Murder of the Cyclist Moriah Wilson
Kaitlin Armstrong was found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday in the death of Moriah Wilson, a professional cyclist who had briefly dated Ms. Armstrong’s boyfriend and was killed while visiting Austin, Texas, for a bike race 18 months ago. State District Judge Brenda Kennedy said that the jury delivered the guilty verdict against Ms. […]
Read MoreTrapped in Gaza, Palestinian Americans Say They Feel Abandoned
Duaa Abufares, 24, a psychology student from Clifton, N.J., has been anxiously awaiting word from her father, Fares, each day this week. He had gone back to Gaza to visit relatives in early September. Now, Mr. Abufares, who is a U.S. citizen, is sheltering with relatives amid the sounds of nonstop bombing, and calling his […]
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