A 41-year-old township woman has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a male student she met while substitute teaching at a township public school. Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Willingboro Township Public Safety Director Kinamo Lomon announced…
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Newark man admits to laundering $23 million
A Newark man admitted his role in a large international money laundering conspiracy and to using a stolen identity to pull off the scheme. Edwin Deleon-Batista, 37, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden to an…
Climate crisis is humanity’s greatest threat
During an eight-minute virtual address to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, one of the world’s leading biological scientists warned that the planet is dangerously close to “tipping points” that, if surpassed, could send the globe spiraling into uncontrolled warming. …
Support grows for new voting
Terra Muncy has been voting for nearly four decades, but never like she did in last year’s presidential primary: sitting on her front porch, tablet in hand, tapping through the candidates on her screen. Muncy, 57, who uses a wheelchair,…
500k Americans dead of COVID
More than 500,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S.? This week President Joe Biden is asking Americans to mark the 500,000 deaths with a moment of silence at sunset Monday. He’s also ordered flags on all federal buildings…
NYPD, FBI linked to Malcolm X’s death
Members of Malcolm X’s family have made public what they described as a letter written by a deceased police officer stating that the New York Police Department and FBI were behind the 1965 killing of the famed American civil rights…
Man accused of fatally shooting his cousin
A Browns Mills man was charged and held in the Burlington County Jail Monday after he was accused of fatally shooting his cousin during an argument. The violence erupted Friday night inside the Pemberton Township home of Antwian Warthen, 29,…
Merrick Garland meets Judiciary Committee today
President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, Merrick Garland, will appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee today for his first confirmation hearing. It’s a big moment for Garland, who was denied a confirmation hearing by Senate Republicans when former President…
Japan finds new COVID-19 strain
Japan confirmed a new variant of COVID-19, and an infection cluster emerged at a Tokyo immigration facility, presenting new challenges as the country tries to overcome a third wave of the pandemic. The new variant has been found in 91…
Texas climate massacre
Widespread power outages and energy distribution failures in Texas, where a winter storm has caused seriously disrupted life and commerce, should serve as a stark indicator that climate change is real and the United States woefully unprepared to deal with…