New Jersey on Sunday reported two new COVID-19 deaths across the state and 1,527 new confirmed positive tests as the Garden State dropped below Arkansas as the state with the eighth-most coronavirus deaths per capita in the U.S. New Jersey’s seven-day …
18-year-old found dead in pond ID’d as ‘intelligent, humorous’ N.J. high school student
The 18-year-old New Milford student found dead in the borough’s Hardcastle Pond on Friday night has been identified as Clinten G. Ajit, according to his church. St. Peter’s Mar Thoma Church said Saturday that a viewing will be held Sunday for Ajit, wit…
N.J. native and prominent journalist will be Rutgers University commencement speaker
David Remnick, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will deliver the commencement address for the 2022 spring graduating class ofRutgers University-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences next month. The Rutgers Board of Governors vote…
Mysterious liver disease outbreak in children claims first life
The World Health Organization says at least one death has been reported in connection with a mysterious liver disease outbreak affecting children in Europe and the United States. The U.N. health agency said late Saturday that it has so far received rep…
They were promised an accounting of the sins of priests. Years later, they’re still waiting.
Todd Kostrub has been awaiting a reckoning for nearly four years. New Jersey officials raised his hopes in September 2018, when they announced the creation of a special task force to investigate decades-old allegations of sexual abuse by members of the…
Utah’s Orrin Hatch, longest serving GOP senator in history, dies at 88
SALT LAKE CITY — Orrin G. Hatch, who became the longest-serving Republican senator in history as he represented Utah for more than four decades, died Saturday at age 88. His death was announced in a statement from his foundation, which did not specify …
4th suspect charged after allegedly kidnapping N.J. man, duct-taping him and demanding ransom
Two weeks after three men were charged in the kidnapping of a Bergen County resident, a fourth man now faces federal charges in the case as well, authorities said. Gabriel Anthony, 34, of Queens, N.Y., was charged Friday with conspiring to commit kidna…
N.J. reports 2,154 COVID cases, 5 new deaths as hospitalization rates remain high
New Jersey on Saturday reported five new COVID-19 deaths across the state and 2,154 new confirmed positive tests as hospitalization rates continue to increase over the weekend. The state’s seven-day average for confirmed cases was 1,749 Saturday, up 2%…
N.J. man, 25, dies after shooting in borough, authorities say
A Lindenwold man died Friday night following a shooting in the borough, authorities announced Saturday. The shooting, which also sent another man to the hospital, took place at about 8:09 p.m. Friday at the 400 block of West Park Avenue in Lindenwold, …
Family of N.J. man, 22, who died in fire is ‘severely emotional, distraught,’ aunt says
It was an ordinary Tuesday morning when Cameron Powell called his aunt. He needed creamer. They’d run low at his apartment and he’d need coffee for the busy day ahead, she said. “He asked if I could drop creamer off. Then I remember he went, ‘Oh, can y…