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Is this Delaware summer hotter than normal? Here's what we found out
Does it feel a little hotter than normal this summer? That's because it has been hotter, but not by that much. "As of right now, the average mean temperature is a degree warmer for the time period for June and eight days into July," said Joe...

Chaotic scene recalled in wake of skydiving plane crash in New Jersey that injured 15
Fire crews had to cut down trees to get to the wreckage, which McBride said was “completely mangled, just beyond repair. It just looked like a big pile of metal.” Less injured victims were tending to more seriously hurt people. Some were screaming...

15 Injured Skydiving Plane Crash at Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown, New Jersey
Wendy Marano, of Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., said three were transported to Cooper's trauma center, eight were treated in Cooper's emergency department with less serious injuries, and four who had minor injuries were brought to a...

Body Camera Footage Released Of Man Killed In 2024 Shootout With Woodbridge Police
Posted Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 4:54 pm ET|Updated Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 4:59 pm ET WOODBRIDGE, NJ — On Tuesday, the New Jersey Attorney General released footage from three police body cameras relating to a New York City man who was fatally shot during...

Skydiving Plane Carrying 15 Passengers Crashed in New Jersey
A small plane carrying 15 passengers crashed in New Jersey on Wednesday. The incident occurred near Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown, New Jersey, at 5:30 p.m. EST. The single-engine skydiving plane’s crash prompted a massive rescue operation,...

Pro-Immigrant Protests Continue Outside ICE Detention Center In Newark
Posted Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 10:46 am ET|Updated Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 10:51 am ET NEWARK, NJ — Protesters continue to demonstrate outside a federal immigration detention facility in New Jersey, nearly three months after it began accepting detainees....

Two Celltrion Denosumab Biosimilars Now Available in US
Celltrion USA, the New Jersey-headquartered United States subsidiary of South Korea-based Celltrion, announced on July 7, 2025 that two biosimilars it has developed for denosumab are now commercially available in the US (1). Biosimilars...

Fourteen injured after skydiving plane crashes at New Jersey airport
Fourteen people were injured after a skydiving plane crashed at the Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown, N.J. The Federal Aviation Administration said that the plane went off the end of the runway while departing the airport on Wednesday evening,...
US measles cases at record high since being eliminated in 2000
NEED TO KNOW Measles cases in the United States have reached a record high since the infection was eliminated in 2000 Recent data stated that there have been 1,285 measles cases reported in the U.S. in 2025 Of those cases, 792 were reported in...

Medicaid cuts in "big, beautiful bill" worry some Tri-State Area families
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will add $3 trillion to the deficit. To pay for that, lawmakers made deep cuts to safety net programs, including Medicaid, which is concerning for some...

Passengers left ‘critically’ injured after skydiving plane carrying 15 crashes near New Jersey airport
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A Model Neocon
Noah Rothman, a National Review senior writer and frequent guest on Fox News, may be the Conservative Inc. equivalent of a medieval feudal lord awash in multiple fiefs. In addition to his post at the flagship neoconservative magazine and his Fox...

Holzapfel criticizes Trenton Democrats' handling of New Jersey's budget
Senator Anthony M. Bucco, Republican Leader - District 25 | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator Anthony M. Bucco, Republican Leader - District 25 | Official U.S. Senate headshot Senator Jim Holzapfel has criticized the budget process conducted by...

New Jersey man accused of attacking fellow passenger on Frontier flight at MIA
MIAMI – A New Jersey man was arrested Sunday after allegedly attacking another passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight that had just landed at Miami International Airport, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Leer en español Deputies with the Miami-Dade...

Stephen Miller Says Immigrants Make Traffic Worse, But Of Course Stephen Miller Is Wrong
Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller loves himself a good rant and never misses a chance to declare that Democrats are engaged in a vast plot to let as many undocumented immigrants as possible enter the U.S. so they can destroy Western...

New Jersey's Big, Beautiful Gubernatorial Contest
The budget will uniquely impact the 2025 contest between Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill, as Ciattarelli will try to maintain focus on the state budget, almost in a vacuum, while Sherrill will contextualize New Jersey's...

Multistate coalition challenges ICE practices with amicus brief
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of states in submitting an amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in the case Perdomo et al. v. Noem et al. The lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order to prevent U.S. Immigration...

Skydiving plane crashes into New Jersey woods 13 aboard multiple trapped survivors rushed to hospitals
Numerous people injured after plane carrying 14 people crashes in Williamstown, New Jersey A skydiving plane has crashed near an airport in Williamstown, New Jersey, injuring 15 people. Authorities said the plane with 15 people on board crashed...

Skydiving plane with 15 people onboard goes off runway at New Jersey airport, injuring multiple people
(CNN) — A skydiving plane with 15 people onboard went off the end of a runway at a New Jersey airport Wednesday evening, resulting in multiple injuries, authorities said. The pilot reported engine trouble as the Cessna 208B ascended before...

Watch as N.J. State Police rescue dog stranded in waterway
A small, feisty dog is recovering at a New Jersey state trooper’s home after being stranded on a piece of metal in a major waterway. Troopers Rescue Dog from Tidal Waters in Elizabeth On Saturday, July 6, at 6:30 a.m., Trooper I Michael Buchell...