Artichoke Basille's Pizza Opening Another North Jersey Store Artichoke Basille's Pizza Opening Another North Jersey Store
Artichoke Basille's Pizza Opening Another North Jersey Store New Jersey is getting yet another Artichoke Basille's Pizza store. A Jersey City location is set to open this spring on Bay Street. The new outpost marks the second of five franchised stores to open across New Jersey as part of a deal inked by customers and owners Premal and Leela Shanghvi in 2018. Artichoke currently has a store in Hoboken and is planning another one in Red Bank. The franchised Jersey City location will be 800 square feet, and will offer both dine-in and takeout.  The restaurant’s interior will feature flawlessly preserved brick walls from the 1880s as we…
WINDFALL: NJ Lottery Jackpots Near $1 Billion WINDFALL: NJ Lottery Jackpots Near $1 Billion
Windfall: NJ Lottery Jackpots Near $1 Billion Only three times in Lottery history have the MegaMillions and Powerball jackpots climbed above $400 million each. This week marks one of those Mega-Powerball moments, state officials said. UPDATES: The Mega Millions jackpot have grown to $510 million Thursday after no ticket matched all six numbers on Tuesday — its eighth largest prize ahead of Friday’s drawing. The Powerball jackpot also grew again after no one won Wednesday night's drawing. The jackpot for Saturday night's Powerball drawing is now $470 million. Lottery officials said there were four tickets that matched five whi…
Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win
Biden Projected 46th President After Pennsylvania Win Democrat Joe Biden won Pennsylvania Saturday morning, putting him on the path to becoming the 46th president of the United States.  Biden surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to take the presidency, the Associated Press reported at 11:25 a.m. The former vice president holds narrow leads over incumbent President Donald Trump in key swing states, including Wisconsin and Michigan, as well as Nevada, Arizona and Georgia. Biden is expected to address the nation later in the day Saturday, along with his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, who will become the first female and first p…
Biden Overtakes Trump In Pennsylvania Biden Overtakes Trump In Pennsylvania
Biden Overtakes Trump In Pennsylvania Joe Biden cruised ahead of President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania Friday morning, a state crucial in determining the outcome of the 2020 Election -- days after polls closed. While the count is ongoing, an additional 5,500 votes put the former vice president on track to win his native state, where he had been trailing Trump by nearly 18,000 votes just before 9 a.m. The Keystone state's 20 electoral votes would put Biden well past the 270 needed to win, despite votes still being counted in Nevada, Arizona and Georgia (where Biden was inching ahead of the Trump Friday morning). President Trum…
Almost There: Ballot Counting Continues In PA Almost There: Ballot Counting Continues In PA
Almost There: Ballot Counting Continues In PA Vote counting continued Friday morning in Pennsylvania, where Joe Biden has been inching ahead of Donald Trump largely in part due to mail-in ballots. UPDATE: Biden Pulls Ahead Of Trump In Pennsylvania Workers at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia had approximately 50,000 mail-in votes remaining as of Friday morning -- four days after polls closed, CBS reports. Counting was expected to end Friday afternoon, with workers processing approximately 10,000 ballots an hour. Pennsylvania was among several key states the results hinge on, including Georgia (where Biden beat Tr…
Trump Sues Pennsylvania Where Uncounted Ballots Could Tip Presidential Race In Biden's Favor Trump Sues Pennsylvania Where Uncounted Ballots Could Tip Presidential Race In Biden's Favor
Trump Sues Pennsylvania Where Uncounted Ballots Could Tip Presidential Race In Biden's Favor U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign filed lawsuits in Michigan -- where Joe Biden won -- and Pennsylvania, where thousands of votes still hadn't been counted in the 2020 Election. Pennsylvania was among six states that had yet to be called including Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Nevada. Expect more fireworks as Trump's personal lawyer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has joined the election fray. Giuliani tweeted: "En route to Philadelphia with legal team. Massive cheating. @realDonaldTrump up by 550,000 with 75% counted. Will not let Ph…
Pennsylvania Holds Critical Remaining Votes -- And Winner Appears To Be Biden Pennsylvania Holds Critical Remaining Votes -- And Winner Appears To Be Biden
Pennsylvania Holds Critical Remaining Votes -- And Winner Appears To Be Biden As the world waited for an outcome in the U.S. presidential election. Pennsylvania joined two other states in counting final votes critical for victory. President Donald Trump’s re-election chances narrowed after Democrat Joe Biden flipped Arizona. With 20 electoral votes, Pennsylvania -- along with Wisconsin and Michigan -- now hold the key to winning the White House.  While Trump is leading by nearly 700,000 votes in the Keystone State, there are approximately 1.4 million outstanding absentee votes, The Times reports. If the former vice president carries the remaining …
North Jersey Trucker Beating Coworker With Plank Stabbed With Pocketknife In Parking Lot Attack North Jersey Trucker Beating Coworker With Plank Stabbed With Pocketknife In Parking Lot Attack
North Jersey Trucker Beating Coworker With Plank Stabbed With Pocketknife In Parking Lot Attack One man was stabbed with a pocket knife and another beaten with a wooden plank during a brawl between North Jersey truckers that broke out early Friday morning, authorities said. Alptug Akkus and Bryan Tay, both of Paterson, had been working together in Arizona when they got in a dispute earlier in the week, Police Chief Anthony Manna said. Surveillance tapes show Tay, 40, hiding behind a car in the KZY Logistics parking lot on Commerce Road, armed with a plank, apparently waiting for Akkus, 29, to pull in and drop off his tractor trailer, Manna said. As Akkus pulled in, Tay jumped ou…
COVID-19: One State Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: One State Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: One State Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from one new state have been added to the COVID-19 joint quarantine list of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The new state added on Tuesday, Sept. 29 is Colorado. Two states -- Arizona and Virginia -- were removed the advisory. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average. Those who have traveled to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from those areas, all of which have sig…
Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests
Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests More than 300 “violent opportunists” nationwide are being prosecuted federally for crimes committed “under the guise of peaceful demonstrations” against racial injustice, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. They include a saboteur who inadvertently engulfed himself in flames when he poured liquid from a gas can onto three U.S. Supreme Court vehicles in Washington, D.C., the department said in a release. Several defendants “leveraged social media platforms to incite destruction and assaults against law enforcement officers,” the release says. Nearly three dozen defendants are ch…
COVID-19: Five States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Five States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Five States Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from five states have been added to the COVID-19 joint quarantine list of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The new states added on Tuesday, Sept. 22 are Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming. No states or territories have been removed. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a seven-day rolling average. Those who have traveled to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut from those area…
COVID-19: Five States Removed From NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, One Territory Added COVID-19: Five States Removed From NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, One Territory Added
Covid-19: Five States Removed From NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List, One Territory Added Travelers from five states have been removed from the COVID-19 joint quarantine list of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. This marks the first week since the list was started on Thursday, June 25, when eight states were initially named, that no new states with high COVID positivity testing rates have been added. However, one new territory has been added: Guam. The five states removed on Tuesday, Aug. 25 are Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Maryland and Montana. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents …