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JUSTICE: Bergen Bar Owner’s Killer Finally Returned To NJ After 30 Years JUSTICE: Bergen Bar Owner’s Killer Finally Returned To NJ After 30 Years
Justice: Bergen Bar Owner’s Killer Finally Returned To NJ After 30 Years Justice may have been delayed, but it isn't being denied to loved ones of a Bergen County businessman who was tortured, robbed and savagely slain in his Hudson River apartment three decades ago. Jimmy Polites began the night of Aug. 4, 1994 with friends at the tavern he co-owned in Fort Lee. Hours later he was bound to a chair and hanged with an electrical cord in his Edgewater townhouse. It has taken nearly 30 years for his killer to finally pay. Thomas Christopher James was released from a New York State prison late this week after serving 28 years for murdering a reputed Long Island mo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski Dies By Suicide, Sources Say, NJ Businessman Was Among Victims Unabomber Ted Kaczynski Dies By Suicide, Sources Say, NJ Businessman Was Among Victims
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski Dies By Suicide, Sources Say, NJ Businessman Was Among Victims The serial-killing domestic terrorist who infamously became known as the Unabomber took his own life in his cell at a federal medical prison, according to a report. U.S. Bureau of Prisons records confirm that Theodore John “Ted” Kaczynski, 81, died on Saturday, June 10. His body was found in the cell around 8 a.m., a bureau spokesperson said. Dubbed the Unabomber by the FBI, Kaczynski was serving four life terms for killing three people – among them, a New Jersey advertising executive – and injured dozens more with homemade bombs in various parts of the country between 1978 and 1995. Kacz…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Detained WSJ Reporter From NJ Posted Chilling Tweets On Kremlin Coverage Detained WSJ Reporter From NJ Posted Chilling Tweets On Kremlin Coverage
Detained WSJ Reporter From NJ Posted Chilling Tweets On Kremlin Coverage Resurfaced tweets show Evan Gershkovich knew the perils of reporting on the Kremlin.  The Wall Street Journal reporter and 31-year-old Mercer County native remains detained in Russia, for allegedly trying to obtain classified information, and was detained in Yekaterinburg, Russia's Federal Security Service said Thursday, March 30. Gershkovich, who grew up in Princeton and played soccer for Bowdoin College, sent out the following tweet in July 2022: Ilya Yashin, one of the last prominent opposition politicians in Russia, is now facing 10 years in prison for spreading fake news about the…

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by Sam Barron
News
PA Lawmaker Proposes 32-Hour, 4-Day Workweek PA Lawmaker Proposes 32-Hour, 4-Day Workweek
PA Lawmaker Proposes 32-Hour, 4-Day Workweek Is your whole weekend spent recharging for the workweek?  Does "hump day" seem to never come soon enough? Then new legislation proposed by a Pennsylvania lawmaker is right up your alley. State Rep. Chris Rabb, a Philadelphia Democrat, hasn't formally introduced his bill yet, but he's calling for a four-day, 32-hour work week. The bill would ask the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a cost-benefit study of the shorter workweek. "Everyone deserves to work to live and not live to work," Rabb said in a news release. A California congressman also has proposed a fou…

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by Jon Craig
Business
Jersey City Pizzeria Named 'Best In America' To Double In Size With Summer Expansion Jersey City Pizzeria Named 'Best In America' To Double In Size With Summer Expansion
Jersey City Pizzeria Named 'Best In America' To Double In Size With Summer Expansion A Jersey City pizzeria named among the best in America is getting even bigger. Razza Pizza will be expanding to the space next door to its current Grove Street location, doubling its capacity, NJ Advance Media reports. Once complete, Razza will be able to seat 85 customers in the new facility totaling 2,900 square feet. The new digs are expected to be finished in October, owner Dan Richter told the outlet.  "The New York Times" in 2017 said Razza could be the best pizza in New York City -- even though it's Jersey based.  The shop has also been named among the best pizzeria…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
FBI, Homeland Security Raid Robbinsville Hindu Temple FBI, Homeland Security Raid Robbinsville Hindu Temple
FBI, Homeland Security Raid Robbinsville Hindu Temple FBI and Homeland Security agents descended on a Hindu temple in Mercer County on Tuesday. Agents raided BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir at 112 N. Main St. in Robbinsville at about 8 a.m. and are expected to be there the rest of the day, authorities said.  The New York Times reported that the raid is connected to a lawsuit that claims low-caste men have been brought from India to work on the massive temple for about $1 an hour.  Robbinsville police and the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office were not involved in the activity. “The FBI is there on court-authorized law enforcement acti…

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by Jon Craig
News
COVID-19: Here's Number Of Americans Infected Despite Being Vaccinated, CDC Says COVID-19: Here's Number Of Americans Infected Despite Being Vaccinated, CDC Says
Covid-19: Here's Number Of Americans Infected Despite Being Vaccinated, CDC Says The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has released the first data on so-called "breakthrough" COVID-19 cases, meaning individuals who have become infected -- despite being fully vaccinated. So far, there have been about 5,800 such cases, the CDC told CNN.  At the time that data was collected, 77 million American adults had been fully vaccinated, meaning 99.992 percent had dodged the disease. The efficacy rates of the double-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are both around 95 percent. "To date, no unexpected patterns have been identified in case demographics or v…

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by Joe Lombardi
Weather
COVID, Murder Hornets, What's Next? Try Fire Tornadoes COVID, Murder Hornets, What's Next? Try Fire Tornadoes
COVID, Murder Hornets, What's Next? Try Fire Tornadoes Fear factorists were having a field day with the latest threat to civilization: fire tornadoes. Given all that's been unleashed in the world lately, the fiery funnels that rose from northern California wildfires over the weekend were guaranteed to generate headlines. But like the so-called murder hornets that fear mongers foisted on folks earlier this year, flaming twisters remain nearly 3,000 miles from the Northeast -- and extremely rare. A wildfire that began last Friday near Loyalton, CA -- about 45 miles west of Reno, Nevada -- “exploded most impressively” on Saturday “with a ver…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Attorney Who Killed Federal Judge’s Son Had History Of Outrageous ‘Anti-Feminist’ Lawsuits Attorney Who Killed Federal Judge’s Son Had History Of Outrageous ‘Anti-Feminist’ Lawsuits
Attorney Who Killed Federal Judge’s Son Had History Of Outrageous ‘Anti-Feminist’ Lawsuits The self-described anti-feminist lawyer accused of killing a New Jersey federal court judge’s son and wounding her husband had a history of filing outrageous lawsuits, including once suing all of mainstream media for how they reported on Donald Trump's presidential candidacy. The suits that drew the most attention to Roy Den Hollander, however, involved what he considered gender discrimination, including nightclub “ladies’ nights,” mandatory bottle-buying for men, women’s studies courses offered at Columbia University and federal domestic violence laws protecting women. Den Hollander, who w…

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by Jerry DeMarco