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Olympic Fencer From NJ Kept Apart From Team In Tokyo Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations Olympic Fencer From NJ Kept Apart From Team In Tokyo Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Olympic Fencer From NJ Kept Apart From Team In Tokyo Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations A 29-year-old olympic fencer from New Jersey has been isolated from his team in Tokyo after sexual assault allegations surfaced. Montclair and West Orange native Alen Hadzic -- an alternate in the men’s olympic fencing épée event -- was required to fly to Tokyo on a separate flight and has been staying at a remote hotel rather than with his 23 teammates in the Olympic Village, the New York Times reports. Hadzic and his attorney denies the allegations, which remain unsolved. The decision to isolate Hadzic was made as a precaution to protect the wellbeing of his teammates and other American…

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by Valerie Musson
Real Estate
Gloria Gaynor Lists Green Brook Mansion For $1.2M, Building New One In Englewood Cliffs Gloria Gaynor Lists Green Brook Mansion For $1.2M, Building New One In Englewood Cliffs
Gloria Gaynor Lists Green Brook Mansion For $1.2M, Building New One In Englewood Cliffs Gloria Gaynor's Green Brook mansion is back on the market -- this time for $1.249 million. The 5,318-square-foot home first went on the market in 2019 and then again at the onset of the pandemic. Gaynor -- best known for disco-era hits "I Will Survive" and "Never Can Say Goodbye" -- is in the process of building another house in Englewood Cliffs, the New York Times reports. Built in 1988, the stucco, two-story home sits on approximately one acre of land on a cul-de-sac, and has been renovated over the years, according to the outlet. The home built by award-winning architect Jeff…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Pfizer Nearing Release Of Vaccine For Children Ages 12 -15, FDA Says COVID-19: Pfizer Nearing Release Of Vaccine For Children Ages 12 -15, FDA Says
Covid-19: Pfizer Nearing Release Of Vaccine For Children Ages 12 -15, FDA Says The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could authorize Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 as early as next week, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing federal officials.  The timing could not be better for school districts that are resuming in-person instruction and hoping for a full return to normalcy next fall.  Vaccinating children is also a crucial element in achieving heard immunity and decreasing numbers of hospitalizations and deaths, The Times says.  While NJ, NY and CT positive rates have been dropping, other states including Pen…

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by Jon Craig
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Report: Risk Of Getting COVID After Vaccine Low As Shark Attack, Plane Crash Report: Risk Of Getting COVID After Vaccine Low As Shark Attack, Plane Crash
Report: Risk Of Getting COVID After Vaccine Low As Shark Attack, Plane Crash Government data released last week show that 5,800 fully vaccinated Americans still got COVID, anyway. Which means what? “That may sound like a big number, but it indicates that a vaccinated person’s chances of getting Covid are about one in 11,000,” the New York Times reports. Put another way, “either zero or one vaccinated person will die today from Covid,” David Leonhardt wrote. Compare that with the estimated 100 U.S. vehicle deaths each day, he added. The risk becomes clearer when considering President Biden's announcement Wednesday that the United States this week is exceeding 200 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio
COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio A celebrated startup business advisor with an escalating history of violence smashed an Englewood police officer in the face with his own radio after causing a commotion at a local Starbucks when he refused to wear a COVID mask, authorities said. Frank Denbow, 35, eventually was subdued with help from a good Samaritan, police said. The attack, captured on video, came just weeks after authorities said Denbow kicked a police officer in Wyoming in the chest and sprayed him with a carbonated energy drink. An Englewood native, Denbow has been featured on various online business shows and tech …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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LAWSUIT: 5 Female Rutgers Professors Sue University Over Equal Pay LAWSUIT: 5 Female Rutgers Professors Sue University Over Equal Pay
Lawsuit: 5 Female Rutgers Professors Sue University Over Equal Pay Five female Rutgers University professors are suing the institution say they make tens of thousands of dollars a year less than their male peers who are similarly qualified. The university told the NY Times they would not comment on the suit, however, the school in a statement said it was reviewing the way it paid professors and is committed to equal pay, despite being hampered by the pandemic. Filed Wednesday evening in Superior Court, the suit comes more than 50 years after former Justice Ruth Bader Gisnberg won a class action suit against the university for gender pay equality. All…

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by Jon Craig
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Maskless Tweet Aboard Flight Gets Ex-Navy SEAL Who Claims He Killed Bin Laden Banned By Delta Maskless Tweet Aboard Flight Gets Ex-Navy SEAL Who Claims He Killed Bin Laden Banned By Delta
Maskless Tweet Aboard Flight Gets Ex-Navy SEAL Who Claims He Killed Bin Laden Banned By Delta A retired Navy SEAL who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden single-handedly said he was banned from Delta Air Lines after he tweeted a maskless selfie while aboard a packed flight this week. "[T]his attempt at a joke did NOT go over well...," Robert J. O'Neill later tweeted. I do wear a mask," he added. "I had my mask in my lap. Everyone has gone crazy." O'Neill apparently was violating Delta rules aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 on its flights when he tweeted the photo with the caption "I'm not a p---y." The tweet went viral before O'Neill said his wife removed it. Delta …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Has COVID-19 Contact Tracing Model U.S. Can Follow, Report Says Paterson Has COVID-19 Contact Tracing Model U.S. Can Follow, Report Says
Paterson Has Covid-19 Contact Tracing Model U.S. Can Follow, Report Says Paterson has something the U.S. can emulate: Its coronavirus contact tracing system. The city has been able to successfully trace approximately 90 percent of its more than 5,900 coronaviruses cases, Paterson health official Dr. Paul Persaud said in a recent New York Times article. "Twenty miles to the west of New York City, Paterson, a poor, largely nonwhite city of about 150,000, has been tracing the virus at a level that could be the envy of larger cities," the report says. Two dozen workers who had been trained last year by the Board of Health in communicable disease investigations…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
JCPenney Files For Bankruptcy JCPenney Files For Bankruptcy
JCPenney Files For Bankruptcy JCPenney has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the largest retailer to crumble during the coronavirus crisis. The retailer has 11 stores in New Jersey and is expected to announce which ones will close in the coming weeks. JCPenney hopes to come out of Chapter 11 "and this pandemic as a stronger retailer," company CEO Jill Soltau said. The Garden State Plaza location shuttered in March 2018. Click here for more from the New York Times.

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Murder Hornets': Media-Created Panic Scaring Some Into Killing Essential Insects, Experts Warn 'Murder Hornets': Media-Created Panic Scaring Some Into Killing Essential Insects, Experts Warn
'Murder Hornets': Media-Created Panic Scaring Some Into Killing Essential Insects, Experts Warn Continuing media reports about “murder hornets” have panicked an ignorant public into needlessly killing already-endangered bees and wasps, experts warn. Native bees, for instance, pollinate 75% of fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. Yet even government beekeepers have announced plans to set traps that will kill some of these extremely essential insects, Doug Yanega, senior museum scientist for the Department of Entomology at UC Riverside, told the Los Angeles Times. SEE: Traps will be set out soon, KY officials say SEE: Ten…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
'New York Times' Features Paramus Sensory Store That Happened Completely By Accident 'New York Times' Features Paramus Sensory Store That Happened Completely By Accident
'New York Times' Features Paramus Sensory Store That Happened Completely By Accident What started as a bubble lamp business has become a Paramus hot spot for local of kids with sensory processing disorders. SensoryMoon on Hobart Road was featured in a "New York Times" article that tells how owner Moiz Rauf's success happened "completely by accident." It all started with colorful, LED bubble lamps. He thought they'd sell as novelty, decorative items -- but the overwhelming response from parents, teachers and therapists of kids with sensory needs proved Rauf needed to recommit his store.  And he did. “Raising a child with special needs involves a lot of sacrifice: phys…

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by Valerie Musson
Business
Forever 21 To File For Bankruptcy Forever 21 To File For Bankruptcy
Forever 21 To File For Bankruptcy Fast fashion retailer Forever 21 announced it will be filing for bankruptcy Sunday. Headquartered in California, the company will close nearly 350 stores internationally, including 178 in the U.S. "The bankruptcy is a blow to a company that prided itself on embodying the American dream, as well as a reminder of how quickly the retail landscape is transforming," the New York Times reports.  Forever 21 was most successful in the early 2000s, selling clothing that replicated designer looks for "rock-bottom prices," The Times said. A staple at large shopping malls, Forever 21 has stores …

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by Cecilia Levine