Associated Press

Dick Vitale, a New Jersey native, teared up as he looked into the camera while sitting between fellow announcers Dave O'Brien and Cory Alexander.

Edan Alexander, 21, is the last living U.S. citizen held in Gaza. Hamas still has 59 hostages, 35 believed to be dead.

Ten Democrats joined with Republicans to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the measure. The vote was 62-38.

Hamas, which rules over what remains of the Gaza Strip, didn't immediately specify when the release of soldier Edan Alexander and the four bodies would take place — or what it expected to get in return.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer gave members of his caucus days to vent their frustration about the options before them, but late Thursday made clear he will not allow a government shutdown.

Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass the funding measure, and they got it in the 217-213 House vote.

The turtle was detected Friday after a body scanner alarm went off at Newark Liberty International Airport.

New Jersey Transit and its rail engineers union said Monday that they've tentatively agreed on a new labor contract, averting a possible strike.

A city police officer was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Friday evening, authorities said.

Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico hillside home.