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On January 11, 2026, residents, activists, and elected officials assembled outside City Hall in Jersey City, New Jersey, to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good. Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was killed earlier that week by an ICE agent...

The state of New Jersey is suing Clark Township police officials and former mayor Salvatore “Sal” Bonaccorso for racial discrimination , alleging officials instructed officers to “keep Black people out of Clark” through targeted policing practices. The lawsuit , filed by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin,...

Actor Ben Stiller spent several hours at the Jersey City Whole Foods Market on Saturday to introduce his new soda, Stiller’s. Stiller, of “Zoolander” and “Meet the Parents” fame, recently launched the low-sugar beverage, and Whole Foods is among the handful of stores slated to carry it. Jersey City was selected as...

Weather reporter Liv Johnson generated plenty of buzz while on FOX 5 New York this week. Johnson, who has over 132,000 Instagram followers, was a news reporter and weather anchor for CBS47 before joining FOX 5 New York in February 2024. Unsurprisingly, she has thrived in the Big Apple. "Although a ...

Pescada is preparing to open a new Italian dairy restaurant in Jackson Township, bringing an expanded version of its Brooklyn concept to Ocean County. The opening marks another addition from the same ownership group behind several coastal-style kosher restaurants in Brooklyn and Lakewood, and represents their second...

The collapse of Eric Adams’s much hyped NYC Token was supposed to be a contained embarrassment. Instead, the fallout from the former New York City mayor’s crypto play has widened into a tangle of missing money, furious investors, and fresh questions about who really stood to benefit. What began as a flashy meme coin...

The massive nurses strike hitting three major New York City hospital systems now has a body count, union officials claim. At least one death at Mount Sinai — is attributable to reduced care because of the strike, according to Darla Joiner, a union official who heads Mount Sinai’s bargaining unit, who heard this...

Now that the lines have (mostly) settled, is the viral French Dip at Salt Hank’s actually worth the hype (and the price)?

RAHWAY – The principal of Madison Elementary School has resigned following his arrest in Fanwood earlier this month on charges related to endangering the welfare of a child. Dion Patterson, 44, was arrested Jan. 6 in Fanwood on the second-degree charge, according to court records. The Union County Prosecutor's Office...

Actor Billy Bob Thornton has been spotted in Central Jersey filming a new movie with some scenes shot in Rahway. Mayor Raymond Giacobb said he met with the Academy Award-winning Thornton, 70, and his co-star Ariana Greenblatt on Jan. 14 on the set of "Somedays.” "I had the pleasure of presenting Billy Bob with a City...