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As millions sweat out the heat wave, blocks of lake ice keep these campers cool
SQUAM LAKE, N.H. (AP) — As New England baked in a heat wave Thursday, guests at one campground were keeping their food and beer cold with blocks of ice harvested months earlier from a frozen lake. And while some relief is expected in the eastern Great Lakes region and New England...
Gold bars and Sen. Bob Menendez's curiosity about their price takes central role at bribery trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors showed jurors at Sen. Bob Menendez ’s trial on Thursday multiple instances when he researched the value of gold as he tried to help a New Jersey businessman who authorities say bribed him with gold and cash. The evidence about the Democrat’s online...
Cargo ship crew can leave the US under deal to comply with probe into Baltimore bridge collapse
BALTIMORE (AP) — Crew members on the cargo ship Dali can head home as soon as Thursday under an agreement that allows lawyers to question them as part of investigations into the cause of the deadly collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. None of the crew members has been...
U.S. bans on gasoline-powered leaf blowers grow, as does blowback from landscaping industry
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The roar of the leaf blower has become an inescapable part of daily life in communities across America, leading towns and states to ban or restrict blowers that run on gasoline. But the measures face blowback from the landscaping industry and some property...
Probe finds carelessness caused Jewish student group's omission from New Jersey high school yearbook
An investigation into how and why a Jewish student group was erased from a New Jersey high school yearbook found the omission was caused by negligence and carelessness, but was not done on purpose or out of malice, the school district announced Wednesday. East Brunswick Public...
New Jersey Devils acquire goalie Jacob Markstrom from the Calgary Flames
Jacob Markstrom is finally going to the Devils after months of New Jersey trying to trade for him. The Devils acquired Markstrom from Calgary on Wednesday, adding the goaltender they hope will solve their problems in net that contributed to missing the playoffs. They sent 6-foot-6,...
New Jersey governor announces clemency program to let some offenders seek early release from prison
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy used the Juneteenth holiday to announce the creation of a new clemency program, which will allow some young and nonviolent offenders, along with domestic violence victims and others, to apply to leave prison early. The program...
Prosecutors try to link alleged bribes of Sen. Bob Menendez to appointment of federal prosecutor
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez used the testimony of his former campaign manager on Tuesday to try to link alleged bribes of the Democrat to the appointment of New Jersey’s top prosecutor three years ago. Michael Soliman, a former top Menendez...
Turmoil rocks New Jersey's Democratic political bosses just in time for an election
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Being a political boss in New Jersey ain't what it used to be. Monday's indictment on racketeering charges of Democratic power broker George E. Norcross III by state Attorney General Matt Platkin caps a series of blows to influential figures in the state's...
New Jersey power broker is charged with racketeering in waterfront redevelopment case
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic power broker George E. Norcross III was charged Monday with operating a racketeering enterprise, threatening people whose properties he sought to take over, and orchestrating tax incentive legislation to benefit organizations he controlled. ...
