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A retired drama teacher and theater director at a New Jersey middle school is accused of sexual contact with a student while on school grounds several years ago, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Summit Police Chief Andrew Bartolotti jointly announced Monday. Ronald Wells, 69 and of Summit, is charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child,…

Russian President Vladimir Putin is denying that his country is a leading source of cyberattacks in the world

President Joe Biden might have persuaded some of the world’s largest economies to hike taxes on corporations

America’s climate summit propelled the world forward on a path toward limiting the worst of global warming

Officials in one New Jersey city issued a warning last week to the customers of a popular steakhouse after several employees tested positive for COVID-19. The City of Summit said “multiple” employees at Roots in Summit on Springfield Avenue recently tested positive for the virus. Guests who visited the restaurant’s bar area between Nov. 3-12 may have been exposed,...

A former chaplain at a Roman Catholic prep school in northern New Jersey faces criminal charges for engaging in “a pattern of behavior” that threatened the welfare of six students, prosecutors said. Salvatore DiStefano, 61, who had been chaplain at the all-boys Oratory Preparatory School in Summit, allowed students to consume marijuana products in his office and tried to entice…

Their learning plan contains 100% in-person learning 5 days a week, contrary to what most public schools are shooting for, Ida Siegal reports.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says countries with interests in Libya’s long-running conflict have agreed that they should respect a much-violated arms embargo, which should be better controlled than it has been to date. The participants at Sunday’s summit in Berlin agreed to provide no further military support to the warring parties while a cease-fire lasts, Merkel said after about four...

Independent retailers are gearing up for Small Business Saturday, a day used to promote mom-and-pop retailers, and many towns are doing their best to support the effort. In 2018, an estimated 104 million consumers shopped at independent retailers and restaurants on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. They spent $17.8 billion, the most since the shopping event was created by American Express...

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it had reached an agreement worth more than $20 million with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit to get out of the first federal trial over the nation’s opioids crisis. The deal with Cuyahoga and Summit counties comes a little more than a month after an Oklahoma judge ordered...

An executive at one of the nation’s largest drug distribution companies said under questioning recently that the business has no obligation to the public when it comes to the amount of prescription opioid painkillers it ships. That’s one of the exchanges included in thousands of pages of court documents, including depositions and internal emails, made public this week in lawsuits...

A deluge of water has been wreaking havoc on a New Jersey home for years — and the source of the flooding remains a mystery, its owners say.

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at President Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un and the fallout from Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony.

A fast-moving storm walloped the tri-state early Friday, prompting flash flood warnings across the region ahead of the morning commute, but Storm Team 4 says the wet weather will be short-lived — and a gorgeous weekend is ahead.

Rain was expected to hit the tri-state as a cold front approaches the region Wednesday, a day after a warm front brought downpours that triggered flash floods across the region, but the storms fizzled out as they approached the city.

Steady rain soaked the tri-state area all day Tuesday, racking up nearly 2 inches of water in spots and prompting flash flood warnings as a warm front threatened the region with a day-long washout, Storm Team 4 says.

Thunder boomed in Manhattan as water flooded some of the busiest subway stations in the city, while accidents shut down New Jersey roads as the remnants of deadly Florence tore across the region, days after leaving more than 30 people dead on its path of destruction through the Carolinas.

The Minnesota Vikings is the first NFL franchise to host a large-scale summit focused on the inclusion of LGBTQ athletes in sports. More than 200 people gathered at the summit in Eagan, Minnesota Thursday.

Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, has suffered a heart attack, according to Trump. Trump tweeted the news from Singapore shortly before he was set to meet with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un.

Here’s what to know for Monday, June 11.