Author: David Porter
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U.S. vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nears
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WASHINGTON • Hundreds more hospitals around the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots to their workers in a rapid expansion of the U.S. vaccination drive Tuesday, while a second vaccine moved to the cusp of government authorization. A day after the rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus shots, the Food and Drug Administration said its preliminary analysis confirmed…
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Backup of bodies overwhelms nursing home amid outbreak
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ANDOVER TOWNSHIP, N.J. • An extraordinary number of coronavirus-related deaths overwhelmed a nursing home in northern New Jersey where police found 18 bodies in what the governor called a “makeshift morgue” on two consecutive days earlier this week. Police got an anonymous tip Monday that a body was being stored outside the home, Andover Township…
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New Jersey mayor says attackers targeted Jewish market
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. • The man and woman who stormed a Jewish market in a deadly shooting in Jersey City clearly targeted the place, the mayor said Wednesday, amid growing fears the bloodshed was an anti-Semitic attack. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbil Grewal, though, cautioned that the motive for the attack that left six people…
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6 killed in N.J. shootout, including police officer
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. • Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a gunbattle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy fire for hours, authorities said. The dead included the two gunmen, Jersey City Police Chief Michael Kelly said. The slain officer, Detective Joseph Seals,…
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New York bomber convicted in shootout with New Jersey police
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ELIZABETH, N.J. • An Islamic terrorist already serving a life prison term for a bombing in New York City was convicted Tuesday of multiple counts of attempted murder and assault stemming from a shootout with police three years ago. Ahmad Khan Rahimi, a U.S. citizen who was born in Afghanistan but grew up in New…
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School bus ripped apart in New Jersey dump truck crash, killing 2
MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. — A school bus taking children on a field trip to a New Jersey historic site collided with a dump truck Thursday, ripping the bus apart and killing a teacher and student. The crash left the bus lying on its side on the guardrail of Interstate 80 in Mount Olive, its undercarriage…
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N.J. town rescinds parks ban alleged to target Orthodox Jews
MAHWAH, N.J. (AP) — Facing state and federal lawsuits alleging it used local ordinances to discriminate against Orthodox Jews from nearby New York state, a northern New Jersey town on Thursday night rescinded one of the measures that stoked a controversy that has roiled the town in recent months. By a 6-1 vote, Mahwah’s council…
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Jury again says it’s deadlocked at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial
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NEWARK, N.J. — The jury at Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal bribery trial told the judge that it remained deadlocked Thursday after deliberating over more than seven days, and the judge weighed a defense request for a mistrial. U.S. District Judge Williams Walls and attorneys from both sides began interviewing jurors in the judge’s chambers,…
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Photos and video: Learjet crashes short of New Jersey runway, killing 2 crew members
CARLSTADT, N.J. — A jet trying to land at a small airport near New York City crashed less than a mile from the runway among small warehouses and industrial buildings Monday, killing two crew members and sparking a fire that sent thick, black smoke spewing into the air. Surveillance video from a nearby business shows…
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Questions on Christie role swirl after ex-allies’ conviction
NEWARK, N.J.— Two former aides to Republican Gov. Chris Christie were convicted on Friday of causing epic traffic jams for political revenge near the nation’s busiest bridge, a verdict that further damages his legacy and raises anew questions about why he and his inner circle escaped prosecution. Bridget Kelly, Christie’s former deputy chief of staff,…