A Plainfield man accused of killing another city resident and setting the victim’s body on fire on Christmas Eve last year has been captured in Texas and returned to New Jersey. Oscar E. Rodriguez, 24, was charged in February with…
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New Jersey man killed in skydiving accident
A 74-year-old man died after a skydiving accident Sunday in Pennsylvania. according to Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac. The victim was identified as Ed Harney of Paramus, a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. The Monroe County Coroner’s Office said…
Derek Chauvin convicted for murder, of George Floyd
A jury in Minnesota found Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts for his involvement in George Floyd’s death, a verdict that could send the disgraced former Minneapolis police officer to prison for the rest of his life. Chauvin sat in…
Former Fort Dix inmate used drones to smuggle contraband into prison
A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted participating in a conspiracy to use drones to smuggle contraband, including cell phones and tobacco, into the federal correctional facility at Fort Dix, and to possessing heroin and fentanyl with the intent…
Jim Steinman, died at 73
Jim Steinman, the composer, lyricist and record producer who worked with artists like Meat Loaf, Celine Dion, Bonnie Tyler and more, has died at 73. Steinman wrote all the songs on Meatloaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” album, which sold 40…
More than ever, Americans believe marijuana should be legal
Some seven-in-ten Americans believe that “the use of marijuana should be made legal in the United States,” according to national polling data compiled by Quinnipiac University. That is the highest percentage level of support ever reported in a nationwide poll.…
Atkins scammed UI benefit fund
A candidate for State Assembly is in hot water over his failure to report income when he accepted unemployment benefits from 2018 to 2019, but he hopes returning the money he was caught stealing will help voters overlook his thievery.…
Killer cop’s trial goes to jury
The murder case against former Officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused of killing George Floyd, went to the jury Monday. The entire nation is on edge wondering if the verdict will set off the kind of rioting that erupted last…
VP Walter Mondale dies at 93
Walter F. Mondale, the former Democratic senator and vice president died April 19, 2021 at his home in Minneapolis at age 93. Mondale was a major player on the national political stage for two decades, beginning in 1964, when he…
McCormick proposes marijuana legalization — for real
Murphy’s law makes marijuana possession a first-degree crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison Lisa McCormick, is the progressive Democratic activist who earned the support of nearly four out of every 10 Democrats in the 2018 primary election…