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December 10, 2019

Jersey City shooting: New York Jets’ Quincy Enunwa locked down while visiting school, agent says

New York Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa, who was visiting a Jersey City school Tuesday, was among hundreds of students put on lockdown in response to an active shooter incident in the area, according to his agent.

December 9, 2019

Massachusetts, New Jersey move closer to plastic bag bans

The two states would join eight others in banning plastic bags altogether in an effort to cut pollution. Meanwhile, some small business owners are calling foul.

December 8, 2019

Kansas City Chiefs narrowly avoid forfeit after equipment sent to New Jersey instead of Massachusetts

An equipment fiasco nearly ended in disaster for the Kansas City Chiefs ahead of their highly anticipated matchup against the New England Patriots on Sunday.

December 6, 2019

Tucker Carlson on Democrats' divisive politics: 'Every revolution eats itself'

Tucker Carlson said Friday that Democrats appear to be obsessed with "identity politics" and that that position may lead to their downfall.

December 6, 2019

Mastermind of infamous GoFundMe homeless scam facing 5-year prison sentence

The accused mastermind of a high profile GoFundMe scam that cheated donors out of more than $400,000 after they posted a fake feel-good story about a homeless veteran has pleaded guilty to a state charge against him and could spend five years in prison. He's also expected to pay restitution to the nearly 14,000 that contributed.

December 1, 2019

Deadly winter storm takes aim at Northeast, hundreds of flights canceled

A deadly winter storm that has been pummeling the nation’s West Coast and northern Midwest as millions of travelers returned home from their Thanksgiving holiday is taking aim at the Northeast and likely to cause further flight cancellations and delays.

November 29, 2019

'Football flu' case can be settled by arbitrator, New Jersey court rules

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a dispute between a teacher who was penalized for using a sick day during last year's Philidelphia Eagles Super Bowl parade and a school district can be settled by an arbitrator. 

November 28, 2019

Georgia man gets 7 years in prison for swindling women on Match.com, Craigslist

Money can't buy you love, but a Georgia man who used Match.com to meet the supposed woman of his dreams showed his love's money could buy an $80,000 BMW -- a car the 34-year-old used to skip town and leave his lady high and dry, until the law caught up with him.

November 27, 2019

New Jersey father and son arrested after posting dash cam video of Lincoln Tunnel drag race crash

A New Jersey father-son drag racing duo was arrested Tuesday after posting dashcam video of their high-speed crash in the Lincoln Tunnel to social media earlier this year, authorities said.

November 26, 2019

New Jersey hospital gives kidney transplant to wrong patient, official says

A hospital in New Jersey is acknowledging a kidney transplant mix-up, according to a spokesman who said that both patients ultimately ended up receiving a kidney “and are doing well.”