Heat wave nears peak from Midwest to Maine, with millions sweating

Heat wave nears peak from Midwest to Maine, with millions sweating

SQUAM LAKE, NH (AP) – As New England cooked in a Heat wave Campground guests on Thursday kept their food and beer cold with blocks of ice harvested months earlier from a frozen lake. And although some relief is expected in the eastern Great Lakes region and New England starting Friday, the National Weather Service … Read more

Freighter crew may leave US in deal to comply with investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse

Freighter crew may leave US in deal to comply with investigation into Baltimore bridge collapse

BALTIMORE (AP) — Crew members of the freighter Dali can return home as early as Thursday under an agreement that allows lawyers to question them as part of investigations into the cause of the deadly Francis Scott Bridge collapse Baltimore Key. None of the crew members have been able to leave the United States since … Read more

South Jersey power broker George Norcross, former Camden mayor, and 4 others charged with racketeering

South Jersey power broker George Norcross, former Camden mayor, and 4 others charged with racketeering

TRENTON, NJ (CBS) — Democratic middleman George Norcross and his allies have been indicted in a years-long racketeering investigation, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Monday in Trenton. On Monday, Platkin, alongside the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, unsealed a 13-count, 111-page indictment accusing Norcross of running a criminal enterprise, along with five … Read more

New Jersey girl Lucy Morgan killed after piercing her skull with badminton racket

New Jersey girl Lucy Morgan killed after piercing her skull with badminton racket

A New Jersey family’s vacation turned tragic when a shard from a badminton racket shattered and pierced their 6-year-old daughter’s skull, killing her. Little Lucy Morgan died Wednesday, four days after the shocking and freak accident during what was supposed to be an idyllic trip to a lake in Maine. The tragedy unfolded Saturday as … Read more

NYPD officer arrested in apparent road rage-related shooting in Voorhees Township, New Jersey

NYPD officer arrested in apparent road rage-related shooting in Voorhees Township, New Jersey

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — An NYPD officer faces charges in an apparent road rage shooting in New Jersey, authorities said. The police officer allegedly used his service weapon during the shooting, which occurred while he was off duty. Hieu Tran, 27, of Yonkers, was charged Thursday with attempted first-degree murder for shooting a 30-year-old … Read more

Giant venomous flying spiders with 4-inch legs are headed to the New York area as they spread across the East Coast, experts say

Giant venomous flying spiders with 4-inch legs are headed to the New York area as they spread across the East Coast, experts say

First came the spotted lanternsthen the cicadas — what now, the spiders? The northeastern United States is bracing for an invasion of venomous giant spiders with 4-inch-long legs capable of parachuting through the air. Earlier this year, New Jersey Pest Control warned of the spiders’ arrival, saying Joro Spiders will be “hard to miss” as … Read more

New Jersey: Andy Kim wins Senate primary for Menendez’s seat

New Jersey: Andy Kim wins Senate primary for Menendez’s seat

TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — Democratic Representative. Andy Kim won his party’s nomination for a U.S. Senate seat Tuesday in New Jersey, setting up a general election against wealthy hotelier Curtis Bashaw, who beat a Trump-backed candidate for the Republican nomination. The outgoing Democratic senator. Bob Menendez will also be on the ballot after declaring … Read more

After guilty verdict, Trump will appear on the ballot in the final presidential primaries of 2024

After guilty verdict, Trump will appear on the ballot in the final presidential primaries of 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s name will appear on the ballot Tuesday for the first time since his historic conviction for felony crimes while a handful of states hold the last republican presidential primaries of 2024. The former president will be on the electoral lists during the Republican elections in Montana, New Jersey And … Read more

Trump joins TikTok, the app he tried to ban as president

Trump joins TikTok, the app he tried to ban as president

Donald Trump joined the popular video sharing app TikToka platform that he already tried to ban while he was in the White House and published for a UFC fight two days after he became the first former president and presumptive major party nominee in U.S. history to be convicted of crimes. “It’s an honor,” Trump … Read more

Jersey Shore police say ‘aggressive’ crowds, not lack of policing, caused Memorial weekend problems

Jersey Shore police say ‘aggressive’ crowds, not lack of policing, caused Memorial weekend problems

WILDWOOD, NJ (AP) — Police in a coastal New Jersey town said Saturday that “aggressive” behavior from large crowds of rowdy teenagers and young adults — not a lack of officers — was to blame. the origin of the mess that occurred over Memorial Day weekend that prompted the boardwalk’s closure. Attorney General Matthew Platkin … Read more