President Donald Trump says the nation's opioid crisis is like nothing the United States has ever faced before, and the overwhelming number of overdose deaths led to his decision to declare it a national health emergency.

Murder-suicide in Holmdel: Few details available, but the bodies of a man and a woman were found inside a new, million-dollar home next to the old Bell Labs facility.

A major effort is now underway to create a comprehensive database of the health history of every man, woman, and child in the Garden State.

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