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24 Confirmed Dead As Huge Tornado Hits South of Oklahoma City


24 Confirmed Dead As Huge Tornado Hits South of Oklahoma CityA monstrous tornado killed at least 24 people Monday as it roared through Moore and south Oklahoma City — leaving rescue workers frantically searching into the night for missing children at the devastated Plaza Towers Elementary School in the Moore School District.

New Jersey Rolls Out Annual "Click It or Ticket” Campaign


New Jersey Rolls Out Annual "Click It or Ticket” CampaignBeginning on May 20, law enforcement officials will be out in full force, taking part in the 2013 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization and cracking down on motorists who are not belted.

“Officers throughout New Jersey are prepared to ticket anyone who is not wearing their seat belt.”

N.J. hospital leads list for highest billing rates


N.J. hospital leads list for highest billing ratesThe most expensive hospital in America is not in Beverly Hills or New York's Upper East Side. Based on its bills to Medicare, the Bayonne Medical Center charged the highest amounts in the country for nearly one-quarter of the most common hospital treatments, according to a New York Times analysis of 2011 data

Internet Celeb Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker Arrested for Murder of NJ Man


Internet Celeb Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker Arrested for Murder of NJ Man Internet celebrity "Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker" has been arrested in the murder of a Clark, New Jersey man.

Investigators said Kai met Joseph Galfy, Jr., an attorney near Times Square, where a surveillance camera captured images of them. The men later went back to the victim's house, officials said.

New Jersey Unemployment Drpos To 8.7% Despit Weak Job Growth And Continued Public Sector Cuts


New Jersey Unemployment Drpos To 8.7% Despit Weak Job Growth And Continued Public Sector CutsNew Jersey added only 3,300 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate declined to 8.7 percent.

Compared to April of last year, the unadjusted workweek decreased by 1.0 hour, average hourly earnings decreased by $0.42, and weekly earnings were lower by $36.43.

Lodi police shave heads to support breast cancer victim


Lodi police shave heads to support breast cancer victimSHOUT OUT Members of the Lodi Police Department shaved their heads to raise breast cancer awareness and show support for Alicia Veri-Rodriguez, who is battling the disease. As soon as Veri-Rodriguez’s cousin, Lodi Police Officer Dominic Miller, offered to shave his head, brother officers took up the cause, as well. Handling the clippers was Alicia’s [...]

NJ STATE SENATE APPROVES GUN SAFETY BILLS


NJ STATE SENATE APPROVES GUN SAFETY BILLS The Senate on Monday approved a number of bills that are part of a comprehensive package on gun safety. Approved today were 10 bills that will help keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, crack down on gun trafficking, improve reporting and tracing of illegal firearms by law enforcement and find ways to reduce violence and improve school safety, among other actions.

WORKERS INSTALL FINAL SECTION OF SPIRE ATOP ONE WTC


WORKERS INSTALL FINAL SECTION OF SPIRE ATOP ONE WTC One World Trade Center now stands a symbolic 1,776 feet high, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and third tallest in the world

With the final section of spire now in place, One World Trade Center stands as the Western Hemisphere’s tallest icon of freedom, resilience and the indomitable American spirit,” said Port Authority Vice Chairman Scott Rechler.

Christie Vetos Early Voting Bill


Christie Vetos Early Voting Bill“The governor’s rejection of this legislation is out of step with the majority of states in the nation and out of touch with New Jersey’s hardworking families. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia provide for early in-person voting, and as a result of the veto our residents’ access to the polls will be restricted to only one day.


Fair Lawn home named one of N.J.'s 10 most endangered historic places

An 18th Century Dutch stone house that the borough declined last year to purchase has been named one of the state’s 10 most endangered historic places by Preservation New Jersey.

Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion

The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department.

Reward offered after NJ cop's house firebombed in Monroe Township

State Policemen's Benevolent Association President Anthony Wieners says the attack on the home and the officer's family is ""unspeakable.""

NYC judge Renting apartments using Airbnb illegal

A judge has ruled that a New Yorker who rented his apartment on a popular traveler site broke the law. East Village condo owner Nigel Warren was ordered to pay a $2,400 penalty for subletting his apartment to a Russian tourist in December on the Airbnb.com website.

Glen Rock's Critical Incident Response Team details protocol

Comprehensive and frequently drilled action steps in the event of school safety threats detailed for borough officials.

Jodi Arias speaks out about case in jailhouse interview

In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she ""deserves a second chance at freedom someday.""

African Union celebrates 50th year

African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters. Now leaders want to map out the next 50 years of political and economic integration.

Afghanistan Suicide bomb kills anti-Taliban elder

Police say a suicide bomber on foot has killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace in central Afghanistan.

IRS official Lerner 'I did nothing wrong'

The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions.

Polio cases found in Kenya and Somalia, WHO says

The World Health Organization says the Horn of Africa is experiencing an outbreak of polio with cases confirmed in Kenya and Somalia.

Firebomb may have been used on Edison police captain's home

There is word of a possible firebombing against an Edison police captain in his own home. A $20,000 reward has been issued for Monday morning's fire in Monroe Township, New Jersey.

N.J. Democrats want to halt college building funds

Some Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey want to block the state from helping to pay for construction at two religious schools.

Feds charge N.J. trainer with steroid distribution

A New Jersey man is scheduled in federal court to face charges he ran a nationwide network that distributed illegal steroids.

UMDNJ graduates final class

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s final graduating class was told not to be sad because the school will no longer exist, but to take what they learned there and make a difference in the world.

Former Wyckoff priest's lawyer vows to fight new charges

The lawyer representing the Rev. Michael Fugee, the Catholic priest accused of violating a judicial order never to work with children, vigorously defended his client this morning, insisting that he will be acquitted because he “acted in good faith” when he heard confessions of minors at parishes throughout New Jersey.
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