HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A metallic object that punched a hole in the roof of a central New Jersey home this week, smashing into a hardwood floor and bouncing around a bedroom, was a meteorite, experts announced Thursday.
Possible meteorite crashes into New Jersey home, no injuries
May 9, 2023 GMTHOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A metallic object believed to be a meteorite punched a hole in the roof of a central New Jersey home this week, smashing into a hardwood floor and bouncing around a bedroom.
Murphy unveils $53.1B budget, renewing property tax rebates
March 1, 2023 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday unveiled a $53.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2024, about 5% more than the spending plan he signed for the current year, proposing more school aid, a renewed property tax rebate program and billions more for public pensions, transportation and other projects.
2 brothers charged in arena slaying during basketball game
February 21, 2023 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two brothers have been charged in a stabbing death at a New Jersey arena during a high school basketball tournament game last week, authorities said Tuesday.
Arena security eyed after fatal stabbing during tournament
February 20, 2023 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Officials in New Jersey's capital city are calling for an investigation into security measures at an arena where a man was stabbed to death during a high school basketball game last week.
Man fatally stabbed at arena hosting basketball tournament
February 17, 2023 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A man was fatally stabbed at an arena in New Jersey's capital city while a high school basketball tournament game was being played there, authorities said.
The incident at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton occurred around 8:30 p.m.
NJ state senator says he’s leaving GOP to join Democrats
February 13, 2023 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey state Sen. Samuel Thompson said Monday he's leaving the Republican Party and plans to seek reelection this year as a Democrat.
Thompson, 87, said in a phone interview that he decided to leave the GOP after party leaders questioned his fitness for office because of his age.
Workers get support for Atlantic City casino smoking ban
February 13, 2023 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City casino dealers pushing for a smoking ban received support from several state lawmakers Monday at a long-awaited hearing on a bill that would end smoking inside the nine casinos.
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Skull found on riverbank in 1986 ID’d as missing NJ man
January 30, 2023 GMTMORRISVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a skull found on banks of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania more than 3 1/2 decades ago has been identified as that of a man long believed slain in New Jersey along with his girlfriend, whose body had been found in the river on the New Jersey side the previous year.
NJ protester sentenced for helping set police car on fire
January 10, 2023 GMTNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man who helped set fire to a police vehicle in New Jersey's capital city during protests against racial injustice following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison.
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November 9, 2022 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Republican Tom Kean Jr. has defeated incumbent Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski to win a U.S. House seat representing the sprawling 7th District in New Jersey.
Kim wins 3rd term in House; Malinowski, Kean race undecided
November 9, 2022 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic incumbent Andy Kim defeated his GOP challenger and won a third term in Congress Tuesday night, promising to try to “heal this country.”
In one of the two most closely watched races in the state, Kim won in the newly drawn 3rd District in southern and central New Jersey, which includes more Democratic voters than the previous district’s boundaries.
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OSHA investigates deaths of Amazon workers in New Jersey
August 11, 2022 GMTFederal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially led to the death of another employee, adding to a probe already underway following a third fatality during the company's annual Prime Day shopping event in mid-July.
NJ residents say they’re waiting for Ida aid 9 months later
June 2, 2022 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey resident Shashuna Atwater is still living with the awful smell of sewage that inundated her basement when the remnants of Hurricane Ida struck New Jersey nine months ago, destroying photographs, diplomas and other irreplaceable belongings.
Arrest made in death of 9-year-old girl shot during brawl
March 30, 2022 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A man has been charged with murder in the death of a 9-year-old girl who was shot when fights broke out in the courtyard of an apartment complex in New Jersey’s capital city.
Isiah Roberts, 19, of Trenton, also faces two counts of aggravated assault and two weapons offenses, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office announced Wednesday.
Girl, 9, shot dead amid NJ brawl; mayor asks public’s help
March 26, 2022 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities are asking help from the public in finding the person responsible for the shooting death of a 9-year-old girl during a reported brawl in the downtown area of New Jersey's capital.
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February 18, 2022 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democrats and Republicans — in a departure from typical political tensions — came together Friday to agree to a new district map for the state Legislature through 2030.
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Murphy names former top counsel to be NJ’s attorney general
February 3, 2022 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday named his former chief counsel to be the state's next attorney general.
Murphy unveiled Matt Platkin as his pick in Trenton about six months after Gurbir Grewal stepped down to take a post with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Sweeney sues Dem chairman over getting tossed from panel
January 27, 2022 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Former New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney sued the Democratic Party's state chairman on Thursday after being removed from the commission that will draw new legislative districts.
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2 teens charged in Trenton shooting that killed 2, injured 2
December 13, 2021 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two teenagers were arrested on charges stemming from a shooting in September in New Jersey's capital that left two people dead and two wounded, authorities said.
A 17-year-old male from Trenton and a 16-year-old male from Hamilton were each charged with murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault, and theft by receiving stolen property and firearms, the Mercer County prosecutor said.
Casino workers mad that NJ speeds tax break, not smoking ban
December 9, 2021 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City casino workers are furious that the New Jersey Legislature is moving quickly to pass a bill giving tax breaks to the gambling halls, but not acting on a measure that would permanently prohibit smoking in the casinos.
Hate crime trial of former NJ police chief ends in mistrial
December 1, 2021 GMTCAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A retrial in the hate-crime case against a former New Jersey police chief ended without a verdict Wednesday.
A federal judge declared a mistrial after jurors couldn't reach a verdict in the trial of Frank Nucera, the former police chief of Bordentown, near Trenton.
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Suspect in New Jersey double homicide arrested in Arizona
November 18, 2021 GMTTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A 33-year-old man sought in a double-homicide in New Jersey has been arrested in Arizona, authorities said Thursday.
Members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force arrested Gabriel B.
NJ Republicans pick up at least 4 Assembly seats, 1 Senate
November 11, 2021 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Republicans added to the GOP's positive election results across the country, picking up at least four seats in the Assembly and netting one new seat in the Senate, according to Associated Press race calls made Thursday in the Nov.
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Hard’s Rock’s Lupo to lead Atlantic City casino association
November 3, 2021 GMTATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Joe Lupo, president of the Hard Rock casino, is becoming the new leader of Atlantic City's casino trade association.
Lupo was named president Tuesday of the Casino Association of New Jersey, which advocates for the city's nine casinos and represents their interests in the state capitol of Trenton, among other responsibilities.
Votes for NJ senate races, ballot questions being counted
November 3, 2021 GMTAll 120 seats in New Jersey’s Legislature were on the ballot in this year’s election, and with them Democratic control of the Assembly and Senate.
Voters also will decide on two ballot questions that will determine whether betting on college sports teams will be allowed in the state and whether organizations that are permitted to hold raffles will be to keep the money to support themselves.
New Jersey voters deciding governor, Legislature, questions
October 30, 2021 GMTTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's first ever early in-person voting wraps up Sunday, with more than 500,000 mail-in and in-person votes already cast, for Tuesday's election in which voters will elect the governor and Legislature.