Throughout the pandemic, we have seen aspiring TikTokers post a series of attention-seeking tactics to go viral, but what is considered going too far? Perhaps murder? 18-year-old Zachary Latham repeatedly stabbed his 51-year-old neighbor, William Durham, Sr., to death in May during an ongoing family feud, Complex reported. The family …
Read More »Federal Judge’s Son Shot and Killed at Her New Jersey Home; Husband Injured
Tragedy struck on Sunday in North Brunswick after a gunman opened fire at the home of U.S. District Judge of New Jersey Esther Salas. According to Chief Judge Freda Wolfson, Salas’ son, Daniel Anderl, 20, was shot and killed in the incident, while his father Mark Anderl, was injured. Salas …
Read More »Activists Are Demanding That a White Officer Be Fired After Footage Of Him Beating a Pinned Down Man Goes VIral
A white New Jersey police officer is under fire after a video surfaced showing him repeatedly beating a black man in the face as he lay pinned on the ground. The incident unfolded on Tuesday afternoon when Jersey City police officers responded to a street fight on Bostwick Avenue. While …
Read More »An Anonymous Tip Leads Police To 17 Bodies Inside a New Jersey Nursing Home
An anonymous tip in New Jersey led to the discovery of 17 bodies crammed inside of a four-person morgue at one of the state’s largest nursing homes this week. Rep. Josh Gottheimer confirmed to NBC New York that the bodies were discovered at the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center I …
Read More »Chris Rock, SZA, And Whoopi Goldberg Come Together For New Jersey’s COVID-19 Benefit Broadcast
Some of the biggest and best names in Hollywood are coming together to assist families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey. In a one-night telecast, titled Jersey 4 Jersey, a star-studded lineup of people that are native to the state of New Jersey will raise funds to combat …
Read More »Seven Members Of One New Jersey Family Diagnosed With Coronavirus, Three Have Died
Three members of a New Jersey family have died, and four others are sick shortly after catching #coronavirus. Three of the four are in critical condition. Grace Fusco, 73, passed away on Wednesday without knowing her oldest son and daughter, who also contracted the virus, had died right before she …
Read More »New Jersey Becomes Third State To Legally Ban Hair Discrimination
New Jersey is now the third state in the country to legally ban hair discrimination. It was just one year ago that a Black student wrestler was forced to cut off his locs or forfeit his match. But this week, Governor Phil Murphy signed a law banning discrimination against hairstyles …
Read More »New Jersey Hospital Performed Kidney Transplant On The Wrong Patient
According to the New York Daily News, Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, located in Camden, New Jersey, performed a successful kidney transplant on the wrong patient. The 51-year-old patient had the kidney transplant surgery on Nov. 18. The patient that was supposed to get the transplant had the same …
Read More »Micah Tennant, 10-Year-Old Boy Who Was Shot At High School Game, Has Died
Micah Tennant, the 10-year-old boy who was shot during a high school football game in New Jersey last week, has died. Last Friday night, Micah and three other people were shot in Pleasantville, about an hour outside of Philadelphia, at the end of the third quarter of the game between …
Read More »New Jersey Woman Texted “You’re Not A Serial Killer, Right?” To Man She Met Online And Was Found Dead 10 Days Later, Alleged Killer Now On Trial
A young Black man by the name of Khalil Wheeler Weaver, 23, has been accused of killing three Black women and attempting to murder a fourth in the fall of 2016. During the alleged murderer’s trial, prosecutors read the messages of one of his victims, and the disturbing contents are …
Read More »New Jersey Teacher Arrested For Having Sex With A Student After Being Caught By Her Own Children
A substitute teacher in New Jersey is being charged for having sex with a 14-year-old student after she was caught by her own children. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ According to a criminal complaint, the woman’s kids had a heated confrontation with her about the long-running relationship with the underaged student. Elyse Castillo, 45, …
Read More »New Jersey Man Becomes Eighth Person To Die In Dominican Republic While On Vacation
A man from New Jersey is now the eighth person to die while on vacation in the Dominican Republic in the last year. Joseph Allen, 55, is a native of Avenel, New Jersey who visited the country to celebrate his friend’s birthday. On the morning of June 13, Allen was …
Read More »New Jersey Passes Law That Allows Terminally Ill Patients To Medically End Their Lives
New Jersey has passed a law that will allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with medical assistance. Gov. Phil Murphy has signed off on the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act, which will allow adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live …
Read More »New Jersey Man Sentenced To 190 Years In Prison For Murder Of His Girlfriend, Ex-Girlfriend and Her New Boyfriend
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to almost 200 years in prison for the murder of three people, in what the judge called “the most depraved, heinous and cruel” case he’d ever presided over. According to Essex County court documents, Jeffrey Holland, 30, was sentenced on Tuesday for the …
Read More »“The Sopranos” Is Coming Out With A Prequel Film
If you miss the hit drama series the “Sopranos” you’re in luck, the story is coming back in a feature film. New Line Cinema and Sopranos creator David Chase, have their first actor Alessandro Nivola to star as Dickey Moltisanti in “The Many Saints of Newark,” which will be the …
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court Lifts Federal Ban On Sports Gambling
On Monday (May 14), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal ban on sports gambling is unconstitutional in its New Jersey case. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This 25-year-old federal law prohibited sports betting on college and professional sports outside of Nevada. The case known as Murphy v. NCAA was ruled 7-2 …
Read More »Baller Alert’s Today in Hip-Hop: Sugar Hill Gang Released ‘Rapper’s Delight’
On September 16, 1979, Sugar Hill Gang introduced the rest of the world to a new sound that would change music forever. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ With the release of ‘Rapper’s Delight’, hip-hop became a mainstream genre, introducing people all over the world to the sounds that were once only familiar to …
Read More »Car Crash Victim In Critical Condition After Being Beat By New Jersey Police; Cops Say They Were Trying To Rescue Him
Jersey City police are under fire after video footage surfaced showing several officers beating the victim of an explosive car crash. On Sunday, Miguel Feliz was driving home from work when another driver, who was being chased by the police, crashed into him and a utility pole, igniting an …
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