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Cecilia Levine

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New COVID Variant Has Scientists Worried Another COVID-19 variant with multiple mutations is the subject of a special meeting called by the World Health Organization for Friday. The meeting on the B.1.1.529 variant detected in South Africa will focus on what the new variant means for treatments and vaccines, the organization said Thursday. The WHO was expected to give the new variant a name on Friday. WHO's technical COVID-19 lead Maria Van Kerkhove said in live Q&A briefing that a virus with many mutations impacts the nature of how it behaves. UK Health Security agent Sajid Javid says much is still unknown about the new var…

by Cecilia Levine

11/26/2021

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$50K Powerball Ticket Sold In NJ A New Jersey Powerball player has one more thing to be thankful for this year. A ticket good for $50,000 was sold in the Thanksgiving Day drawing in Camden County. The ticket was purchased from the Sicklerville C-Store, 336 Sicklerville Rd., Sicklerville, lottery officials said. The winning numbers for the Wednesday, Nov. 24, drawing were: 10, 16, 32, 63, and 65. The Red Power Ball number was 17. The Power Play was 2X. More than 25,400 New Jersey players took home an estimated $129,519 in prizes ranging from $4 to $200. The Powerball jackpot rolls to $243 million for the…

by Cecilia Levine

11/26/2021

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'Lakewood Scoop' Reporter Assaulted During DUI Arrest: Report (Video) A Lakewood Scoop reporter was apparently assaulted while on the scene of a DUI arrest on Thanksgiving Day, the outlet reported. The son of the man being arrested on Pine Street allegedly shoved the reporter, struck him across the face and then fled, the outlet reports. He was later apparently placed under arrest, TLS said. A teen is in custody after assaulting a TLS reporter in Lakewood this afternoon. The assault was witnessed by a police officer and Shomrim memberThe suspect ran, but was tracked down by a Shomrim member and taken into custody. pic.twitter.com/FN5i9WrVuL — The Lakewood…

by Cecilia Levine

11/26/2021

Police & Fire

Toddler Seriously Injured By Car In Jersey City (Developing) A toddler was seriously injured after being struck by a car Wednesday afternoon in Jersey City, developing and unconfirmed police reports say. The child and their mother were struck outside of 9 Bentley Avenue around 3:30 p.m., initial reports say. The child, believed to be 3, was reported to have suffered serious head injuries while the mother suffered leg injuries. Neither Jersey City officials nor spokespeople for the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office could immediately confirm. This is a developing story. Check back for details.

by Cecilia Levine

11/24/2021

Police & Fire

Footage Of Violent Plainfield Robberies Released With $10K Reward At Stake Investigators in Union County have released video footage of violent street robberies in hopes that someone can provide information that will lead to an arrest (scroll down for video). Submission of tips made in this fashion that result in an indictment and conviction can be eligible for a reward of up to $10,000 from the Union County Crime Stoppers. The incidents happened over the course of several weeks during early morning and daytime hours, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Acting Plainfield Police Director Captain David Guarino said Wednesday. The suspects are believed to…

by Cecilia Levine

11/24/2021

Police & Fire

Police Officer Brought Bergen Nurse's Body Home To Mom After Killing Him On Parkway: Prosecutor A police officer was arrested for attempting to hide the body of a 29-year-old nurse who he struck and killed on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. Louis Santiago, 25, an officer in Newark, was off duty when he swerved into the right shoulder and struck Damian Z. Dymka, of Garfield, on the northbound side of the parkway near Exit 151 around 3 a.m. on Nov. 1, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Neither Santiago nor his passenger, Albert Guzman, 25, of Newark, called 911 and instead, put Dymka's body in the back of Santiago's 2005 Honda Accord, Stephens sai…

by Cecilia Levine

11/24/2021

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$1.2M Lottery Ticket Winner Sold In North Jersey A New Jersey Lottery ticket winning nearly $1.2 million was sold in North Jersey. The Jersey Cash 5 ticket from the Tuesday, Nov. 23 drawing was sold at White Oak Liquors, 418 Union Ave., Belleville in Essex County. The winning numbers were: 09, 14, 17, 28, and 29 and the XTRA number was: 04. The ticket was worth $1,253,763 and the retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold.

by Cecilia Levine

11/24/2021

Obituaries

Twin Boys Saw Mom's Murder Day Before Philly Baby Shower Shooting One was expecting a child, another was walking with two of her own. Both were robbed of futures in motherhood when they were shot and killed over the weekend in Philadelphia. State officials are calling for action following the shooting deaths of Sykea Patton, 24, and Jessica Covington, 32. Folks - while our City is sadly set to exceed 500 homicides this November, WE MUST BE OUTRAGED AND COME TOGETHER TO... Posted by Rep. Joanna McClinton on Monday, November 22, 2021 Patton was walking with her 5-year-old twin boys on the 800 block of North Preston Street Friday afternoon, when she wa…

by Cecilia Levine

11/24/2021

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'Senseless' Father Daughter Murder Suicide Rocks NJ Community Shock and sadness spread throughout a New Jersey community Tuesday following the harrowing death of a 22-year-old woman at her father's hands. Including those left to grieve was Katherine Kelemen's mom, Sheri, who narrowly escaped Gregory Kelemen's wrath as he beat her and their daughter both with a baseball bat in their Voorhees home Monday morning, police records show. The 57-year-old dad's body was found on Tuesday with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Camden County prosecutor said. Still, as loved ones and strangers tried to make sense of the distressing series of events, they rem…

by Joe Gomez & Cecilia Levine

11/23/2021

Police & Fire

Deadly Construction Accident Reported In Luxury North Jersey Neighborhood A construction worker died in an accident Tuesday afternoon in a luxury North Jersey neighborhood recently named one of America's priciest, officials confirmed. Rescuers responded to the scene at 90 Farley Road in the Short HIlls section of Millburn around 3:20 p.m., for a man who had fallen into a hole, initial and unconfirmed reports show. He was later pronounced dead and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was contacted, OSHA Spokeswoman Lenore Uddyback-Fortson told Daily Voice. The worker was employed by Uzeiri Construction, which has no record of OSHA h…

by Cecilia Levine

11/23/2021

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