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Missing NJ College Student’s Death Ruled a Homicide
The death of a 20-year-old Montclair, N.J., college student whose parents reported her missing days before Thanksgiving has been ruled a homicide, according to NJ.com. Family members reported Butler, a freshman at New Jersey City University in Jersey City, N.J., missing Nov. 23. She was last seen the night before, and the car she was…
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'Push Through': A 3rd-Grade Teacher's Lesson to Her Students in the Midst of Election Unrest
There have been a lot of mixed emotions since the announcement of Donald Trump’s presidential-election win Tuesday. People have expressed outrage, despair, denial and just a general sense of hopelessness, even after Trump had a cordial meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday to discuss the transition. In the midst of all this,…
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Police Track Down NJ Man Wanted in Connection With Newark Stabbing That Left 3 Dead
Authorities have tracked down a New Jersey man who was wanted in connection with a weekend knife attack in Newark, N.J., that left three dead, including two children, CBS News reports. Officials confirmed late Sunday night that they had found and were questioning Jeremy Arrington, 26, who had been identified as a “person of interest”…
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Report: Hairstylist Pepper-Sprays Unhappy Customer
A hairstylist, Maryam Simpson, 35, was arrested Monday, almost two weeks after authorities say she pepper-sprayed a client after she expressed that she was unhappy with the haircut Simpson gave her, according to the New York Daily News. Simpson, who advertised her hairstyling services online, was working at the client’s apartment when the two began arguing…
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Former NJ Priest Charged in Choking of 4-Month-Old at Kansas Wal-Mart
A former pastor is facing charges of attempting to choke a 4-month-old baby he did not know at an Overland Park, Kan., Wal-Mart, the Kansas City Star reports. Oleh Zhownirovych, 54, a former pastor at the Ukrainian Orthodox Holy Church in Clifton, N.J., was charged in Johnson County (Kan.) District Court with felony aggravated battery and…
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NJ Train Crash Leaves 3 Dead and More Than 100 Injured
During Thursday morning’s rush hour, a NJ Transit train crashed into the Hoboken, N.J., train station, the last stop on the Pascack Valley Line, which starts in Spring Valley, N.Y., CNBC reports. According to a medical examiner, three deaths have been reported and up to 100 people are injured. Officials say that there are no…
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Woman Uses Couponing to Feed Thousands in Need
One East Coast woman has set a lofty goal, feeding some 30,000 meals to people in need by her 30th birthday, using a little bit of extreme couponing to help, NJ.com reports. Twenty-nine-year-old Lauren Puryear said that if she does it correctly, she can feed some 150 people with just $20, depending on the items.…
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Ahmad Khan Rahami Arrested in Connection With Bombings in NY and NJ
Police have captured New Jersey resident Ahmad Khan Rahami, who was listed as “wanted” in connection with the bombings in New York and New Jersey on Saturday that left 29 injured, NPR reports. According to the report, the 28-year-old Rahami was captured after a shootout with police in Linden, N.J., and was shown on local…
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Police Identify Man 'Wanted' in Connection With NYC Bombing
The New York City Police Department has started circulating the image of 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami, a man authorities say is wanted in connection with Saturday’s bombing in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, Rahami is a naturalized U.S. citizen of Afghan descent, and his last-known address was…
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Police Searching for NJ Principal Reported Missing
Police are enlisting the public’s help in the search for a New Jersey principal who was last seen Wednesday at the Newark school where she works, NJ.com reports. Bertha S. Dyer, 68, was reported missing Wednesday by her sister, who told authorities that Dyer was last seen around 3 p.m. Tuesday at Newark’s Mount Vernon Elementary School, where…