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Rutgers President Called To Testify Before Congress On Deal With Pro-Palestine Protesters Rutgers President Called To Testify Before Congress On Deal With Pro-Palestine Protesters
Rutgers President Called To Testify Before Congress On Deal With Pro-Palestine Protesters Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway has been called to testify before Congress later this month about his handling of pro-Palestinian protesters, authorities confirmed. U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from North Carolina, the chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, announced Monday, May 6 that she postponed appearances by the presidents of Yale University and the University of Michigan and scheduled Holloway and Northwestern President Michael Schill to speak on May 23. "Over the last several days, the presidents of Northwestern and Rutgers have made shocki…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
NJ Native, 39, Dies Hiking National Forest In Arizona NJ Native, 39, Dies Hiking National Forest In Arizona
NJ Native, 39, Dies Hiking National Forest In Arizona A New Jersey native died while hiking in a national forest. Michael Benedetto La Marca, 39, was hiking at Peralta Trailhead in Arizona's Tonto National Forest when he died Oct. 3, according to his obituary. More than 14,000 acres of the forest he died in was consumed by wildfire on the day of his death, according to  the U.S. Forest Service. Circumstances around La Marca's death, however, were not made public, Born in Clinton, La Marca graduated from North Hunterdon Regional High School in 1999. La Marca had been living in Phoenix and working as the Director of Solar …

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by Valerie Musson
Sports
COVID-19 Sports Updates: Delayed Pro Baseball, Hockey, ‘March Madness’ Cancelled COVID-19 Sports Updates: Delayed Pro Baseball, Hockey, ‘March Madness’ Cancelled
Covid-19 Sports Updates: Delayed Pro Baseball, Hockey, ‘March Madness’ Cancelled Those who believed the dominoes would fall quickly throughout the sports world once the NBA decided to suspend its regular season because of the coronavirus were right. In quick succession Thursday: The NHL suspended its 2019-2020 season, effective immediately, with Commissioner Gary Bettman saying games would resume “as soon as it is appropriate and prudent.” He couldn’t say for sure whether it would affect the Stanley Cup playoffs; The NCAA, which first announced Wednesday that its “March Madness” tournament games would be held without fans, cancelled the men’s and women’s games alt…

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by Jerry DeMarco