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NJ Fire Engulfs Trailers for Thanksgiving Day Parade
Trailers meant to be used in the Thanksgiving Day parade erupt in flames in Kearny. Jen Maxfield reports.
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NJ Fire Engulfs Trailers Contracted for Macy's NYC Thanksgiving Day Parade
A raging fire erupted behind a commercial building in New Jersey early Monday, devouring about a half-dozen coach-style trailers that had been contracted for New York City’s 96th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade later this week. It wasn’t immediately clear what sparked the blaze in Kearny, which broke out by a Lincoln Highway industrial complex shortly before 6 a.m.,...
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Fire Devours Vehicles in New Jersey
Chopper 4 was over a wild blaze in Kearny, New Jersey, early Monday.
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NJ Child and Family Services Worker Charged With Possessing Child Porn
A man who works for the Department of Children and Family Services in New Jersey was charged on Wednesday with possessing child pornography, authorities said.
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Man Attacked With Machete Inside New Jersey Walmart
A man was attacked with a machete inside a Walmart in Kearny, New Jersey. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.
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Third Body Discovered in NJ's Passaic River
As the death toll from Ida in New Jersey rose to 30 on Monday, it could increase again after the discovery of another body in the Passaic River.
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2 Bodies Found in NJ River Confirmed to Be Missing Students Lost in Ida's Floods
The two bodies recovered this week in New Jersey have been identified by the medical examiner’s office as the two missing college students who vanished together last week amid Ida’s floods. Nidi Rana and Ayush Rana, both Seton Hall students who lived in Passaic, hadn’t been seen since floodwaters overtook their car near the swollen river during the height...
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2 Bodies Pulled From Passaic River After Ida Flooding
Two bodies have been pulled from the Passaic River, eight days after Ida flooded New Jersey and left four people missing. Pat Battle reports.
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2nd Body Found in NJ River in 24 Hours Amid Ongoing Searches for Trio Missing in Ida's Floods
Another body was found in the Passaic River near Newark Thursday, just a day after a similar grim discovery was made less than 4 miles away in Kearny as emergency crews continue their search for three people missing in Ida’s floods. Two of them were college students, friends who vanished together last week. Reports of a body in the water…
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Body Recovered From Passaic River in New Jersey
The body recovered from the Passaic River may be one of four people still missing a week after storms from Ida ravaged parts of New Jersey. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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Body Discovered in NJ River Could Be One of Three Missing Since Ida Floods Hit
A grim discovery was made a week after Idea devastated parts of New Jersey, as a body was recovered from the Passaic River, officials confirmed.
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NJ Music Instructor Accused of Alleged Sexual Assault of Young Student During Lessons
A married 57-year-old music instructor is facing charges of sexual assault of a young student he was teaching music to, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced Wednesday. Fernando Valladares, of Kearny, was arrested on charges of sexual assault by sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. The charges stem from an investigation after the Bergen County Prosecutor’s...
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Black Bear Eludes NJ Officials as Hunting Season Begins
On the first day of New Jersey’s annual bear hunt, one black bear continued to skirt Fish and Wildlife officials and local police who are trying to move the cub out of a Hudson County residential neighborhood. Residents in Kearny, a town just 13 miles from Manhattan, spotted the bear snoozing in a tree on Monday but the creature was…
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Black Bear on the Loose in Kearny, New Jersey
NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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Judge Rules NJ Landfill Shut Down After Making Residents Sick, Forcing Nearby Fields to Close
Residents in a New Jersey town may soon be able to breathe easy again after a judge ruled to permanently shut down the foul smelling landfill that has been plaguing people’s noses.
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Foul Smell Forces Park Evacuation
There’s a foul smell putting a damper on a field of dreams for some kids in New Jersey. Gus Rosendale reports.
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Foul Smell Continues to Plague New Jersey Town
Harvey Field in Kearny is regarded as the pride of this soccer-loving New Jersey town.
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NJ Approves $9 Million in Tax Credits to ‘Joker,' ‘West Side Story'
On Tuesday, New Jersey approved roughly $9 million in film tax credits to a Steven Spielberg adaptation of “West Side Story” and a Batman universe movie called “Joker” starring Joaquin Phoenix.
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$104,000 Meat Heist Leads to Monster Cargo Theft Trafficking Ring in New Jersey; 11 Men Arrested, More Than $1 Million in Stolen Goods Seized
Nearly a dozen men have been arrested in a cargo theft trafficking ring that used stolen tractor-trailers to move more than $1 million in goods meant for retailers across the country to a New Jersey warehouse, where they were held until they could be sold domestically or overseas, officials said Wednesday.
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CUNY Professor Arrested, Accused of Selling Bogus Medical Course Certificates
A CUNY professor has been arrested, accused of selling fake course completion certificates.