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Video: Widow Speaks Out After Husband Beaten Dead By Walmart Worker's Parents, Report Says
A widow is speaking out months after her husband of 42 years was beaten to death by the parents of a Walmart worker in Virginia, according to a brand-new report.
Josephine Atienza and her 77-year-old husband Bert Atienza went to a Walmart store near thei home in Virginia Beach, on June 7, when a 17-year-old employee nearly struck Josephine with a cart, the widow tells WKTR. Bert began arguing with the teen, who reportedly threw a can at them as they walked away, but missed.
As they were shopping, Erika Mitchell, 42, and Travis White, 44, identified by WKTR as the teen worker's parents…
Massive Adventure Park Taking Over Former Sears At NJ Mall
A massive new indoor adventure park packed with trampolines, climbing attractions, and virtual reality is coming to Bergen County.
NRG Adventure Park is taking over approximately 59,000 square feet of the former Sears at Paramus Park South, at 700 Paramus Park in Paramus.
Expected to open in 2027, the park will occupy the upper level of the former department store, directly above the approximately 100,000-square-foot Stew Leonard’s supermarket.
NRG will feature trampolines, ropes courses, climbing attractions, virtual-reality experiences and party facilities geared toward families an…
Pork Buyers May Be Owed Money In $117M Settlements: See If You Qualify
You might be able to get paid if you bought certain pork products as part of $117 million in class action settlements.
The settlements cover people who purchased qualifying pork products for personal consumption from Saturday, June 28, 2014, through Saturday, June 30, 2018. The lawsuit claims several companies conspired to limit the supply of pork and increase prices.
Eligible consumers must have indirectly purchased raw pork bacon or fresh or frozen pork made from bellies, loins, shoulders, ribs, or pork chops, USA Today reported. An indirect purchase means the pork was bought f…
Netflix Show Takes Over NJ Downtown Metuchen For Season 2 Filming
A New Jersey town got a Hollywood makeover this week.
Netflix's "Big Mistakes", produced by and starring Dan Levy, as well as Laurie Metcalf and Poorna Jagannathan, was filmed in and around Yestercades and Peterson Park, Mayor Jonathan M. Busch said on Thursday, Sept. 27.
Yestercades, a business in town, was transformed for the day into the fictional “Caputo’s Yarn & Crafts,” according to Busch.
According to Netflix’s Tudum, the series centers on Nicky, played by Levy, and Morgan, played by Taylor Ortega, siblings who become tangled up with organized crime after a botched theft meant t…
NYU Langone, Upmc To End Gender-Affirming Care For Minors In DOJ Deals
Two major New York and Pennsylvania health systems will stop providing gender-affirming medical care to minors under agreements reached with the US Department of Justice, federal officials announced Friday, Sept. 18.
NYU Langone Hospitals and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, or UPMC, agreed to stop providing puberty blockers, hormones, and surgical procedures to patients younger than 18, according to the DOJ.
NYU also agreed to pay $8.5 million, while UPMC will pay $950,000 as part of the resolutions, the department said.
The agreements resolve investigations into potential vio…
Trump Bans 3 Major News Outlets From White House, Says Others May Follow
The battle over what media outlets get through the White House gates has sharply escalated.
President Donald Trump announced Friday afternoon, Sept. 18, that he was immediately banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House in an extraordinary, unprecedented move that is sounding alarms about First Amendment rights.
The First Amendment of the Constitution protects five basic freedoms from government interference: religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition.
Trump disclosed the directive in a post on his Truth Social account. He accused all three organizations of repeatedly …
NJ Man Stole $126K From Coworkers, Others To Fund Sports Betting: Prosecutor
A New Jersey man used fake real estate flips, made-up personal emergencies and his construction business to steal more than $126,000 from coworkers and other victims to fund his sports betting accounts, authorities said.
Matthew A. DaMatta, 50, of Linden, was charged with second-degree theft by deception following an investigation by the Union County Prosecutor's Office Special Prosecutions Unit, Prosecutor William A. Daniel announced Friday, Sept. 18.
DaMatta used his business, MD Marion Construction LLC, to fraudulently obtain the money from multiple victims between July 2023 and January …