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Man found with a live turtle in his pants by TSA at NJ airport
The turtle was detected Friday after a body scanner alarm went off at Newark Liberty International Airport.

House passes bill to fund federal agencies through September
Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass the funding measure, and they got it in the 217-213 House vote.

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

Newark, NJ cop shot dead, another fighting for life — teen in custody, report says
A city police officer was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Friday evening, authorities said.

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

US tariffs on Canada, Mexico take effect, China imposes own
Starting just past midnight, imports from Canada and Mexico are now to be taxed at 25%, with Canadian energy products subject to 10% import duties.

Trump sets March 21 deadline to end traffic congestion pricing
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday promised an “orderly resistance” to the federal decree, which called for an “orderly termination” to congestion pricing.

Corruption? No crime here! Stunning court win for NJ party boss
In a defeat for the state's attorney general, a judge has dismissed the corruption case against South Jersey powerbroker George Norcross.

NJ man guilty of attempted murder in the stabbing of acclaimed author
A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022.

Congestion pricing toll stopped by Trump administration
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered a halt to New York City’s congestion pricing system, which thins traffic and funds mass transit by imposing high tolls on drivers entering some parts of Manhattan.

NJ man whose wife was killed in a hippo attack sues US booking company
A New Jersey man whose wife was killed in a horrific hippopotamus attack last year during a safari in Africa is suing the U.S. company that arranged the trip.

NJ toxic waste dumping caused $1B in harm, group says
Years of toxic waste dumping in Toms River where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, an environmental group says.