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October 8, 2021

Serial killer who used dating apps to lure victims gets 160 years

A New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women five years ago was sentenced Wednesday to 160 years in prison after a trial in which it was revealed that friends of one victim did their own detective work on social media to ferret out the suspect.

October 8, 2021

Man plunges from New Jersey building, lands on car -- and survives

A man plunged nine stories from a high-rise in Jersey City, New Jersey, landed on a BMW — and miraculously survived, according to officials and a witness.

October 7, 2021

Woman accused of killing dad in NJ home was cut from will, documents show

Sherry Lee Heffernan, 55, told her 87-year-old father, John Enders, she wanted to be the broker for his six-bedroom, $1.9 million Surf City bayfront home and got “disgruntled” when he refused, according to a police affidavit obtained by NJ.com. She has been charged in his death and has been removed from his will.

October 6, 2021

Biden will be 'no help' to Democrats ahead of elections: 'The Five'

President Biden's sagging poll numbers may drag down the Democratic tickets in 2021 and 2022, 'The Five' said.

October 6, 2021

Woman accused of fatally stabbing 87-year-old father, girlfriend in multimillion-dollar Jersey shore home

A woman killed her 87-year-old father and his girlfriend – fatally stabbing them in his ritzy waterfront home on the New Jersey Shore, cops said.

October 5, 2021

Survivor of 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, 1993 bombing undergoes kidney transplant after search for match

A man who survived the World Trade Center bombing of 1993 and the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and was later in need of a kidney donor is now recovering with his family after having successfully undergone a transplant, Fox New has learned.

October 2, 2021

Spirit Airlines plane struck by bird during takeoff at New Jersey airport, sparking a fire

A Spirit Airlines flight leaving Atlantic City Airport on Saturday was aborted after officials say a large bird struck one of the plane’s engines and sparked a fire as it attempted to take off.

October 2, 2021

Josh Gottheimer accuses 'far-left' of risking 'civility,' 'bipartisan governing' over infrastructure

U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., lashed out Friday against a "far-left faction" of the House of Representatives, accusing the group of undermining the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and forcing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to admit more time was needed to pass the proposal. 

September 30, 2021

Naked NJ meat mogul Evan Wexler grabbed a gun after getting fed up with car thieves

The 18th time thieves tried to steal meat mogul Evan Wexler’s exotic sports cars, he ran naked from his bed with a loaded semi-automatic rifle to fire warning shots from his porch.

September 29, 2021

Trump not on stage but front and center in Virginia, New Jersey gubernatorial debates

Former President Trump’s not on the ballot this November in Virginia and New Jersey, but he’s center stage in the top-of-the-ticket campaigns in the only two states to hold gubernatorial elections in the year after a presidential contest.