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Popular Drug At Center Of $44M Pfizer Settlement: How To File Claim Popular Drug At Center Of $44M Pfizer Settlement: How To File Claim
Popular Drug At Center Of $44M Pfizer Settlement: How To File Claim People who paid for a popular drug to quit smoking may be eligible for money in a major class action settlement with Pfizer. The $44 million settlement covers people and third parties who paid any amount of money for retail purchases of the smoking cessation medicine Chantix. The lawsuit claims Pfizer failed to follow current good manufacturing practices, causing Chantix to become contaminated with a nitrosamine, which can cause cancer. The plaintiffs also accused Pfizer of misrepresenting its compliance with manufacturing standards. Pfizer has denied wron…

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by Chris Spiker
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Undercover 'Cops In The Crosswalk' Operation Nets 38 Stops In NJ Town Undercover 'Cops In The Crosswalk' Operation Nets 38 Stops In NJ Town
Undercover 'Cops In The Crosswalk' Operation Nets 38 Stops In NJ Town Drivers in one Jersey Shore town were put to the test, and dozens got caught. Long Beach Township police officers posed as pedestrians in crosswalks on Tuesday, Aug. 4, waiting to see whether approaching motorists would stop, the department said (click here to watch). The aptly named "Cops in the Crosswalk" detail was conducted by the department's Traffic Safety Unit to improve pedestrian safety, police said. When a driver failed to stop for an officer crossing in a designated crosswalk, a marked patrol vehicle was waiting to make the traffic stop, police said. The four-hour operation…

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by Cecilia Levine
National Interest
Raw Oysters At Steakhouse Left Firefighter With Permanent Brain Damage, Lawsuit Says Raw Oysters At Steakhouse Left Firefighter With Permanent Brain Damage, Lawsuit Says
Raw Oysters At Steakhouse Left Firefighter With Permanent Brain Damage, Lawsuit Says A father, ex-Marine, and firefighter suffered cardiac arrest and a permanent brain injury after eating raw oysters at a popular Chicago steakhouse chain, according to a newly filed lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Joe Belgio on Monday, Aug. 10, in Cook County Circuit Court, IL, against Gibsons Steakhouse - Oak Brook, LLC, GRG Holdings, Supreme Lobster and Seafood Company, Taylor Shellfish Company, and other defendants. Belgio ate at Gibsons Oak Brook, a suburb of Chicago, on June 30, 2025, where he ordered and ate raw oysters, according to the complaint. The lawsuit says he ate n…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Embattled NJ Councilwoman, Husband Used Phony Signatures To Get On Ballot: Prosecutor Embattled NJ Councilwoman, Husband Used Phony Signatures To Get On Ballot: Prosecutor
Embattled NJ Councilwoman, Husband Used Phony Signatures To Get On Ballot: Prosecutor Gina LaPlaca and her husband Jason Carty are in trouble with the law again. LaPlaca, 47 and Carty, 49 are charged charged with fraudulently placing LaPlaca on the Democratic primary ballot in the June 2026 Lumberton Township Committee race, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said. Multiple individuals whose names and purported signatures appeared on LaPlaca's nominating petition indicated they had neither signed the petition nor authorized anyone to do so on their behalf in support of the candidate's nomination, Bradshaw said. The petition, which was submitted to the Lumbert…

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by Sam Barron
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Teaneck Fugitive Caught Trying To Board International Flight At Newark Airport: Police Teaneck Fugitive Caught Trying To Board International Flight At Newark Airport: Police
Teaneck Fugitive Caught Trying To Board International Flight At Newark Airport: Police A Teaneck man wanted for nearly two years was arrested while trying to board an international flight at Newark Liberty International Airport, authorities said. Jankely N. Hidalgo, 37, was attempting to board the flight on Saturday, Aug. 8, when his name was flagged by U.S. Department of Homeland Security personnel because of an outstanding Teaneck police warrant, Deputy Police Chief Seth B. Kriegel said. The warrant stemmed from an investigation that began with a welfare check at an apartment on Windsor Road in Teaneck on May 22, 2024, Kriegel said. Officers entered the apartment and f…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Cops Won't Face Charges For Deadly Shooting: AG Jersey City Cops Won't Face Charges For Deadly Shooting: AG
Jersey City Cops Won't Face Charges For Deadly Shooting: AG Jersey City police officers will not face charges following the deadly officer involved shooting, authorities announced Tuesday, Aug. 11. A stand grand jury declined to file charges responsible for the death of Teshawn Rogers, which occurred last October, the Attorney General's Office said. Shortly after 1 a.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 21, members of the Jersey City Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit, which consists of plainclothes officers operating unmarked vehicles, encountered Rogers in the area of Bergen and Virginia avenues as he walked northbound on Bergen Avenue, authorities said. Two …

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by Sam Barron
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Mom Sues NJ Strip Club, Driver After 26-Year-Old Son Dies In Hit-Run Mom Sues NJ Strip Club, Driver After 26-Year-Old Son Dies In Hit-Run
Mom Sues NJ Strip Club, Driver After 26-Year-Old Son Dies In Hit-Run A New Jersey mother is suing a strip club and the driver accused of fatally striking her 26-year-old son, claiming the club continued serving the motorist alcohol before the deadly crash in August 2024, court records show. Jeannette Consoro Green, acting on behalf of the estate of her son, Matthew Flores, of Ridgefield Park, filed the wrongful-death lawsuit (attached at the bottom of this news article) in Passaic County Superior Court against Edinson Polo Jr., Silk Gentlemen's Club, and several businesses and individuals associated with the club and nearby parking areas on Tuesday, Aug. 4. …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Arrest Made In Fair Lawn Hit-Run That Injured Mother, 5-Year-Old Arrest Made In Fair Lawn Hit-Run That Injured Mother, 5-Year-Old
Arrest Made In Fair Lawn Hit-Run That Injured Mother, 5-Year-Old A 67-year-old Fair Lawn woman was arrested hours after authorities say she struck a mother and her 5-year-old son in a marked crosswalk, seriously injuring the boy, then drove away. Maritza Salazar-Perez was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 11, at approximately 3:45 p.m., nearly nine hours after the crash at Broadway and Fair Lawn Parkway at 32nd Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Salazar-Perez was driving a 2011 Honda Pilot and making a left turn from 32nd Street onto Broadway when she struck the 47-year-old woman and her son as they crossed Broadway in a marked crosswalk, Musella s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bergen County Street Brawl, Slashing Posted To Socials Ends In Football Player's Arrest: Cops Bergen County Street Brawl, Slashing Posted To Socials Ends In Football Player's Arrest: Cops
Bergen County Street Brawl, Slashing Posted To Socials Ends In Football Player's Arrest: Cops A former New Jersey high school football player was charged with slashing an 18-year-old during a large street brawl that was filmed and shared to social media, according to police and online records. Police in Hasbrouck Heights received multiple calls reporting a large fight on Terrace Avenue near the Wood-Ridge border around 11:41 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, Hasbrouck Heights Police Capt. John Behr said. Officers from Hasbrouck Heights responded with mutual aid from Wood-Ridge, Carlstadt, East Rutherford, and South Hackensack, Behr said.   The fight had ended by the time offi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Convicted Murderer, Mom Break 4-Year-Old Boy's Bones, Burn Him: Affidavit Convicted Murderer, Mom Break 4-Year-Old Boy's Bones, Burn Him: Affidavit
Convicted Murderer, Mom Break 4-Year-Old Boy's Bones, Burn Him: Affidavit A convicted murderer and the mother of a 4-year-old boy are accused in a disturbing child abuse case that left the child with broken bones, burns, bruises, and injuries doctors ultimately categorized as "torture," according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Raheem Akbar Shabazz Floyd, 38, who was on parole for a North Carolina murder conviction, and the boy's mother, Brianna Nichole Nolte-Maple, 32, were arrested in Harrisburg following an investigation into the child's extensive injuries on Friday, Aug. 7, according to the affidavit. The investigation began af…

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by Daily Voice Staff
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NJ Boy Dies In Car Crash During Family Vacation In Ecuador NJ Boy Dies In Car Crash During Family Vacation In Ecuador
NJ Boy Dies In Car Crash During Family Vacation In Ecuador A New Jersey mother is facing what friends called "every parent’s worst nightmare" after her son died in a car crash during a family vacation in Ecuador. Vanessa Gonzalez was vacationing in Ecuador with her husband and son Zechariah Diaz, of Cliffside Park, and members of her husband’s family when the crash happened, according to a GoFundMe shared by the borough. Zechariah and members of Gonzalez’s in-law family were involved in the crash, according to the fundraiser, launched by Juliana Chalarca. Zechariah died. Gonzalez remains in Ecuador with her husband as the family handles arrang…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Headlights May Be Too Bright In Latest Tesla Recall: What To Know Headlights May Be Too Bright In Latest Tesla Recall: What To Know
Headlights May Be Too Bright In Latest Tesla Recall: What To Know Tesla is recalling more than 20,000 vehicles because their headlights may be too bright in the electric automaker's latest safety problem. The recall affects 20,349 vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a report filed on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The affected Teslas include certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. The low-beam headlights may exceed the maximum allowed light output, reducing visibility for oncoming drivers and increasing the risk of a crash. That means the vehicles fail to comply with federal requirements for lamps, reflective devices, and…

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by Chris Spiker