Crime
Two officers shot during Philadelphia fireworks display: report
The shooting happened during the fireworks show.
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Law Enforcement
Digging his own grave: 18-year-old dies buried in sand on beach
The teenager and his sister had dug a 10-foot well when the sand collapsed on them
Human Rights
Rep. Chris Smith holds hearing on Chinese forced organ harvesting, calls for action
The New Jersey based U.S. Congressman condemned the Chinese Communist Party for its practice of harvesting organs from live prisoners at a Congressional hearing on Thursday, calling for “immediate concerted effort to stop this barbaric practice—not only in China, but also by its global enablers”
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1,000-pound great white shark spotted near the Jersey Shore
Since Ironbound was tagged, the shark has traveled 13,413 miles in the last 570 days
Business
New Jersey economic forecast, based on U.S. pattern, not optimistic
The shrinking U.S. economy is a bad sign for New Jersey based on what happened in the past, says a spokesman for a New Jersey nonpartisan research and educational organization
Politics
Delaware voters grow tired of Biden as gas prices hit new highs
In recent weeks, Democratic lawmakers have attempted to shift blame about rising prices, instead pointing at “rising crude oil prices and concern about less Russian oil entering the global market"
Educación
NJ school head who segregated faculty meeting by skin color, CRT resigns
Rodney De Jarnett, Head of Dwight-Englewood School in north Jersey, where tuition can run as much as $54,500 annually has resigned less than a year after one of its teachers quit over the use of critical race theory by the administration
Culture
Legal recreational marijuana now on sale in New Jersey
State officials estimate that 12% of eligible adults – about 836,000 people – will use recreational cannabis
Climate
Areas of New Jersey and New York evacuated after flooding from heavy rains
Rescue teams were sent to New Milford, in Bergen County, after the Hackensack river’s levels rose dramatically and caused flooding of up to 3 feet high
Politics
New Jersey earns praise for start of recreational cannabis sales
The state government has made a goal of making sure people from marginalized backgrounds are given a seat at the table
