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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
Sports
NY Jets GM Joe Douglas Keeps Leaving Fat Tips At Morris County Restaurant NY Jets GM Joe Douglas Keeps Leaving Fat Tips At Morris County Restaurant
NY Jets GM Joe Douglas Keeps Leaving Fat Tips At Morris County Restaurant One Morris County business is feeling the love from New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas during the coronavirus crisis. Douglas reportedly left a $100 tip on a $101 order at River Grille Sunday.  He's done it the past two times he picked up food at the River Road restaurant, the New York Post reports. Bartender Ryan Holsten's girlfriend Cara Gaunno posed a photo of the receipt on Reddit, where it had garnered more than 9,000 clicks Monday. "He's a great guy, very caring," Holsten told the news outlet, "and he takes care of these local businesses." Click here for more from the N…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
PA Man Distraught By Coronavirus Shoots Woman, Kills Himself PA Man Distraught By Coronavirus Shoots Woman, Kills Himself
PA Man Distraught By Coronavirus Shoots Woman, Kills Himself A Pennsylvania man who recently lost his job and was becoming increasingly upset by the coronavirus crisis shot his girlfriend in the back as she fled -- then he killed himself, reports say. Roderick Bliss, 38, of Wilson Borough, shot the 43-year-old woman in the back around 1:20 p.m. Monday outside his apartment on N. 17th Street, LehighValley Live reports. Authorities found a semiautomatic pistol nearby and the woman, who was conscious and alert, told officers Bliss shot her, the report says. The unnamed woman was treated in the intensive care unit at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Hackensack Pizzeria Matching Orders To Feed First Responders Hackensack Pizzeria Matching Orders To Feed First Responders
Hackensack Pizzeria Matching Orders To Feed First Responders First responders and medical professionals won't go hungry during the coronavirus crisis, thanks to a Hackensack pizzeria. New House of Pizza on Main Street will match all orders placed for medical professionals, police officers, firefighters and EMS personnel. If you order three pies to donate, for example, NHOP will add another three to help feed first responders during their shifts. Message New House of Pizza on Facebook to place an order. You can also tell NHOP workers your budget, and they'll match it -- and give you a shoutout on Facebook. "Sometimes it’s hard to donate when yo…

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by Cecilia Levine