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A New Jersey school bus monitor charged in the death of a 6-year-old special needs student appeared before a judge on Tuesday, after prosecutors said that she could have saved the girl’s life had she not been on her phone instead.

A 6-year-old girl with disability died aboard a New Jersey school bus after the harness that secured her to a wheelchair choked her, according to law enforcement, and the bus aide is now facing charges. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

A 6-year-old special needs girl died aboard a New Jersey school bus after the harness that secured her to a wheelchair choked her, according to law enforcement, and the bus aide is now facing charges.

For the second time in a week, a local New Jersey council member was shot and killed, according to officials, this time in what police said appeared to be a murder-suicide by a former employee at a PSE&G facility.

NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

A preliminary investigation into the death of a 2-year-old girl who was found in the back seat of a car in a New Jersey driveway a day ago finds she was, in fact, left unattended in the vehicle as believed, but it’s still not clear exactly how long she was there — or who may have been responsible for leaving…

A 2-year-old was found dead in New Jersey today after allegedly being left in a hot car for hours. Ida Siegal reports.

The child may have been left in the car for as long as seven hours, during the hottest part of the day. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

A 2-year-old girl was found dead in the back seat of a car in a New Jersey driveway after she may have been left in there for more than seven hours on an especially warm summer day, according to sources and neighbors. The child, who neighbors said was a young girl, was found around 2 p.m. Tuesday in a car…