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Elizabeth Ends Scooter Program In Wake Of Teen's Death: Report Elizabeth Ends Scooter Program In Wake Of Teen's Death: Report
Elizabeth Ends Scooter Program In Wake Of Teen's Death: Report Elizabeth officials Tuesday voted to end the city's e-scooter ride share program a week after a 16-year-old boy was killed while riding one, according to published reports.  All eight members of the city council who were present voted to cancel the city's short-lived agreement with Lime, which has 154 scooters in the city. The company was given two days to remove the scooters, WABC 7 reported.  The scooter program was introduced less than a month ago.  Calls for removing the scooters came within an hour after Nelson Miranda Gomez was struck by a tow truck making a turn …

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by Paul Milo
Lifestyle
Jersey City Jeopardy! Champ Elise Nussbaum Still On Winning Streak Jersey City Jeopardy! Champ Elise Nussbaum Still On Winning Streak
Jersey City Jeopardy! Champ Elise Nussbaum Still On Winning Streak A Jeopardy! contestant from Jersey City is still the game show's reigning champ, adding another $24,800 to her winnings in an episode that aired Friday.  Elise Nussbaum, a graduate of Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School who now works in finance, started her winning streak Wednesday night, unseating an existing champion and defeating another challenger. As of Friday, her total winnings are $79,600.  Jeopardy! is a quiz show in which contestants test their knowledge in subjects like literature and science and are famously required to give their responses in the form of a quest…

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by Paul Milo
Lifestyle
This Woman From Jersey City Is The New Jeopardy! Champ. Who Is .... This Woman From Jersey City Is The New Jeopardy! Champ. Who Is ....
This Woman From Jersey City Is The New Jeopardy! Champ. Who Is .... A financial planner from Jersey City crushed it on the high-brow quiz show Jeopardy! Wednesday night, defeating the returning champ with a $34,600 haul.  Elise Nussbaum beat out the winner from Tuesday, a New Hampshire medical student, and her fellow newcomer to the show, an engineer from Boston.  When she squares off against challengers Ryan Carmichael, of Queens, N.Y., and Miami resident Darrin Hall Thursday, it seems likely many Jersey City residents will be tuning in to cheer on their hometown gal.  Jeopardy! airs weeknights at 7 p.m. on WABC 7. 

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Newark Girl, 15, Wounded In Drive-By Shooting: Report Newark Girl, 15, Wounded In Drive-By Shooting: Report
Newark Girl, 15, Wounded In Drive-By Shooting: Report A teen girl was hit at least seven times by a shooter who opened fire from a car Wednesday night in Newark, authorities said.  The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. on Goodwin Avenue. Video obtained by WABC 7 shows a white Volkswagen come to a brief stop in the street in front of a home's front stoop and people scattering before the car takes off again.  "As soon as he started shooting, they dispersed," one witness told the station. "She was very hysterical, so it was hard to tell because there was a lot of blood. So it was hard to tell. She was very hysterical. She didn't go into s…

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by Paul Milo
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Woman With Small Child Seen Taking Package From Hoboken Stoop Woman With Small Child Seen Taking Package From Hoboken Stoop
Woman With Small Child Seen Taking Package From Hoboken Stoop Video posted to Twitter shows a woman pushing a baby stroller and accompanied by a young girl on a scooter take a package from the front stoop of a Hoboken home.  Neighbors in Hoboken say this video shows a mother stealing a package, with a young child as an apparent lookout! My report coming up at 11p #NBCNewYork pic.twitter.com/IYXF3QewQw — Michael George (@mgeorge4NY) July 19, 2019 The incident took place at 7th and Garden Monday morning, when the little girl appears to point the package out to the woman pushing the stroller. The woman is then seen entering the courtyard and picking …

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