Mississippi surpasses NJ with nation’s highest COVID death rate
New Jersey held the unfortunate distinction for the highest cumulative COVID-19 death rate for more than a year before yielding the ranking on Sept. 5.
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NJ student at Temple U falls 8 floors, lands on pedestrian, dies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A freshman Temple University student plunged to her death while taking photographs from an eighth-floor window ledge in downtown Philadelphia.
Newlywed man, 95, dies after wife taken away
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 95-year-old newlywed Virginia man has died just weeks after his 96-year-old wife was taken away by family members to Florida.
Jane Byrne, Chicago’s only female mayor, dies at 80
CHICAGO (AP) -- Jane Byrne, who capitalized on Chicago's slow reaction to a snowstorm to score one of the biggest election upsets in the city's history and become its first female mayor, died Friday. She was 80.
Former NJ Congresswoman Marge Roukema dies at 85
WYCKOFF, N.J. (AP) — Former Rep. Marge Roukema, a Republican who spent more than two decades in Congress sparring regularly with ideologues within her party, has died. She was 85.
10 guilty in India school fire that killed 94 kids
NEW DELHI (AP) -- An Indian court convicted 10 people on Wednesday in a 2004 fire that tore through a thatched-roof schoolhouse, killing 94 children in a horrifying case that focused attention on poor fire regulations in the country.
How could one punch be fatal?
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) -- A well-respected veteran soccer referee's life was cut short by a punch delivered during a Detroit-area men's league game.
Hightstown Fire Death Was Accidental
Authorities say an apartment fire that killed a central New Jersey woman this week has been ruled an accident.
An autopsy determined that 50-year-old Marin Edich Patino Zurita died from carbon monoxide poisoning...
Stiffer Fines For Not Securing Kids In Cars Under Bill [AUDIO]
Wednesday, Townsquare Media told you about a poll that reveals more New Jerseyans than not support a proposed law that would require dog owners to put their animal in a safety restraint or crate when in the car.
Couple Killed in NJ House Fire Linked to Storm
Authorities say an elderly couple died when a kerosene lamp apparently sparked a fire at their northern New Jersey home that had lost power during the weekend nor'easter.
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