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'Not What We Voted For:' Kamala Harris Delivers Concession Speech After Losing To Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris has addressed the nation for the first time after losing the 2024 Presidential Election to Donald Trump at her alma mater, Howard University. "The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for not what we voted for," the vice president said. "but hear me when I say the light of America’s promise will always burn bright." Harris urged her supporters to keep fighting before saying, "We must accept the results of this election." The veep said that she spoke to Trump and congratulated him on his victory, "and told him we will help him …
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Euthanasia Of NY's 'Peanut The Squirrel' Sparks Viral Outrage; Lawmaker Demands Investigation
Outrage is swirling after New York wildlife officials seized and later euthanized beloved social media sensation “Peanut” the squirrel. Chemung County resident Mark Longo, of Elmira, took to Instagram Wednesday, Oct 30, telling his 581,000 followers that Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) officers had seized the animal, which he rescued in 2017 after its mother was struck by a car. “Well internet, you WON. You took one of the most amazing animals away from me because of your selfishness,” he wrote. “To the people who called (DEC), there’s a special place in hell for you.” In a…
Politics
Accused Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Convicted Of Child Abuse One Year After NJ Defamation Case
The father of a Pennsylvania woman who was accused of stealing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's laptop was convicted of sexually abusing a girl on Wednesday, Oct. 30 — just two days after the trial began, according to court documents and the Dauphin County District Attorney's office. Rickey Williams, 55, — a security guard from Dauphin County — touched the girl when she was between the ages of 8 and 18. Judge William T. presided over the trial. She came forward about the abuse within two weeks after police allegedly caught him soliciting a video of a 14-ye…
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New Jersey GF Of Liam Payne Breaks Her Silence
Kate Cassidy has broken her silence. Cassidy, 25, who was raised in Harrington Park, shared the following message to Instagram on Friday, Oct. 18: Kate Cassidy is speaking out following the death of her boyfriend Liam Payne. katecassidy Instagram Cassidy left Argentina just two days before the former One Direction member fell to his death from a hotel, as previously reported by Daily Voice. The day before Payne's death, his girlfriend of almost years, Kate Cassidy, who graduated high school in Bergen County, shared a TikTok video about her journey back to the United States fro…
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Liam Payne's New Jersey Girlfriend Left Argentina 2 Days Before His Death
Liam Payne's New Jersey girlfriend left Argentina just two days before the former One Direction member fell to his death from a hotel. The former "What Makes You Beautiful" singer, 31, fell from the third floor of a Buenos Aires hotel, as reported by the New York Times on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The day before Payne's death, his girlfriend of almost years, Kate Cassidy, who graduated high school in Bergen County, shared a TikTok video about her journey back to the United States from South America. In the video, Cassidy says she was "so ready to leave" as she doesn't like staying in th…
Police & Fire
'My Mom Didn't Deserve This:' Daughter Of Woman Killed By Gunman Caught In NJ Speaks Out
The daughter of a Virginia woman killed, along with her husband, over the weekend is speaking out. "I hope he rots in prison and gets what he deserves," said Cheyenne Newman on Facebook, days after her mom, Nicole Davis and her husband, Josh Davis, were killed in Manassas. "My mom didn’t deserve this!!! Justice WILL be served!" Amandeep Singh is accused of killing Nicole and Josh, whom with he shared a house, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Singh killed the couple after an altercation with two other women in the home, and then fled to Evesham, NJ, seeking his estranged wife, pol…
Lifestyle
Fans Can't Recognize Livvy Dunne In Latest Photoshoot: 'Not Liking This'
Livvy Dunne's fans are not happy about a recent photoshoot she did. The Bergen County native and LSU gymnast shared the photo spread she did for Flaunt magazine to her 5.3 million followers on Instagram. Flaunt magazine interviewed Dunne from her from her home in Hillsdale, discussing her training in Paramus at ENA gymnastics. Dunne is the top-earning female Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) athlete, valued at $3.9 million with a combined 13.2M followers across all platforms, according to on3. But fans, mainly men, were taken aback by how different Dunne looked in the photos. "Yeah no…
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Inside Madeline Gaudreau's Baby Shower: 'A Little Piece Of Heaven'
Some celebrations have resumed for the Gaudreau family, weeks after the DUI crash that killed hockey-playing brothers Matt and Johnny. Madeline Gaudreau, who was married to Matt, shared photos from her "dream" baby shower held over the weekend. Hours after the deadly accident, news spread that Matt's widow was expecting baby boy Tripp. A sign welcoming guests to the shower reads, "A Little Piece of Heaven." Madeline called her shower the "Baby shower of my Dreams 🤍🕊️," in an album shared Sunday, Oct. 13. The widow shouted out a friend for hosting and thanked Lexi Scaffidi…
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Fed Up With NJ Transit? New Customer Advocate Is Here To Help
The next time your NJ Transit bus drives right past you or your train loses service, you'll have a customer advocate to hear your woes. The NJ Transit Board of Directors on Thursday, Oct. 10 named its customer advocate. Meet Franck Beamin. Born and raised in France, Beamin pursued higher education in law, earning a license degree in Public Law before continuing his studies at the Institute of Political Science in Rennes. There, he focused on Urban Networks in Developing Countries and Planning Policies, graduating with two master’s degrees. Following his higher education, Beaumin…
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TikToking NJ Superior Court Judge Suspended
One of New Jersey's top judges has been suspended without pay over his TikTok accounts. A formal complaint by the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct was filed last year against Bergen County Superior Court Judge Gary N. Wilcox. The complaint cites Wilcox's 40 since-deleted videos posted under the pseudonym "Sal Tortorella" from April 2021 to March 2023. The complaint says that Wilcox recorded several TikTok videos in his chambers, including songs that contained profanity, graphic sexual references to female and male body parts, and/or racist terms. In o…
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Why New Jersey Is Suing TikTok
New Jersey has joined a group of states suing social media giant TikTok, alleging the video-sharing app is highly-addictive and harmful to children. The complaint, filed temporarily under seal in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Essex County, alleges multiple violations of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Other AGs are filling similar lawsuits across the country Tuesday, Oct. 9, including those in Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont and Washington.…
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Teacher Pulls Off Epic Surprise, Introduces Students To Paul Rudd On Field Trip To NJ Mall
In 2014, "People" named Nicholas Ferroni "Sexiest Teacher Alive." Ten years later, he may just be the coolest teacher alive, too. The Union High School teacher surprised his students with Paul Rudd, the magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 2021, during a field trip to the NJ Hall of Fame on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Ferroni works closely with the NJ Hall of Fame, having interviewed inductees, such as Danny DeVito. While organizing the field trip, one of the officials mentioned that Rudd was going to be there that day. "We then kind of said it would be fun to surprise some students who were thinkin…
Police & Fire
Somerset County Man Tried Donating To Hamas, Threatened To Kill Israelis: Feds
A 25-year-old Somerset County man was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 30, to 64 months in prison, time served, after he pleaded guilty to concealing his attempts to provide support to Hamas, authorities said. Jonathan Xie, a Basking Ridge resident, admitted to sending money to Hamas to fund violent acts against Israeli civilians while brandishing a gun and holding a Hamas flag on an Instagram Live stream, US Attorney Phillip Sellinger said. He had pleaded guilty in 2020 and was being held without bail. In December 2018, Xie sent $100 via Moneygram to an individual in Gaza he believed was a membe…
Lifestyle
'Insane Crossover:' Fans Go Nuts For Bon Jovi Surprise At Long Island Pitbull Concert (
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Worlds collided at Jones Beach Theater on Long Island earlier this month when Pitbull brought out Jon Bon Jovi to Wantagh. Footage of the New Jersey rocker's performance of "It's My Life" alongside Mr. 305 on Thursday, Sept. 12 has been going viral on TikTok, where fans went nuts for the collaboration no one saw coming at the Party After Dark Tour. "Can they drop this remix on Spotify please?" one fan commented on a clip with 1.1M views. "Insane crossover episode," another said. A comment on a different clip with more than 1.9M views said, "Most unexpected collab I didn't know I…
Schools
Girl Listed Targets Of NJ School Shooting 'To See How People Would React,' Police Say
A girl was taken into custody after police in New Jersey said she made a school shooting threat on social media "to see how people would react." Bridgeton police were made aware of the threat of a shooting at the Broad Street School on Thursday, Sept. 19, they said. "This threat was posted to Instagram and other social media applications," police said. "On the post there were many names listed as potential targets of the shooting." Following an investigation, police tracked down the girl who posted the threat and arrested her, they said. "It was learned during this investigation that the …
News
10-Year-Old Charged With Making Threats Against NJ District
A 10-year-old child is facing charges after posting a social media video that authorities said posed a threat to a school in Gloucester County. Police were made aware of the video on Wednesday, Sept. 18, that they said threatened a school in Franklin Township. Police "deployed all resources" to ensure the safety of the students, according to a release from the FTPD. All buildings were secured within minutes, and detectives identified the source of the video in ten minutes, police said. The 10-year-old student in the district from Franklinville was removed from the building and brought to p…
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NJ College Cracks Hot Missing Persons Case
Students and staff from a New Jersey college center have cracked a hot missing persons case from across the country. The Ramapo College of New Jersey's Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center (IGG) worked in collaboration with authorities in St. Louis County, MI, to successfully identify “St. Louis John Doe,” who had been missing since 2021. "This was a hot case, which generally refers to the presence of active, investigative leads," reads a release from Ramapo College's IGG. "The use of IGG in hot cases is a fairly new and growing concept." IGG's assistant director, Cairenn Binder, sa…
Police & Fire
NJ Paraprofessional Convinced Student To Send Nudes, Suggested They Have Sex: Police
A 42-year-old high school paraprofessional from Burlington County has been arrested after authorities say he tried to convince a student to have sex. Michael Van Kline, of Lumberton, who worked at Seneca High School in Tabernacle, used social media to converse with the student, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said. Van Kline convinced the student to send him nude photos and suggested the two meet to have sex, Bradshaw said. The investigation began after authorities got a tip that Van Kline may have been inappropriately communicating with a student electronically, the p…
Police & Fire
Video Showing Arrest Of Surfer From California At NJ Beach Under Review
A video showing the arrest of a 28-year-old surfer from California in New Jersey apparently over failure to possess a beach badge is under review, authorities said. Video taken Tuesday, Aug. 20, and shared to Facebook by Austin Downs, shows officers arresting Liam Mahoney of Junction City, CA, in Belmar. Mahoney and a female friend can be heard arguing over a beach badge with officers, who restrain him. At one point, Mahoney appears to try to swat one of the officers away, and a struggle ensues. The officers end up tackling Mahoney down to the sand as young children look on. Mah…
Lifestyle
'Brat Summer Never Over' For Internet Sensation Grabbing Cone From Jersey Shore Ice Cream Shop
Yes, he exists outside of a screen. TikTok comedian Jake Shane stopped by an ice cream shop in Atlantic County with his sidekick roomie this week. Margate Dairy Bar & Burger shared a photo of the 24-year-old and his roommate, Julia Mervis, last weekend. Shane, whose real name is Jake Roshkow, appears to be vacationing in the area. He shared the image on Instagram, too, captioning it, "brat summer is never over." Shane, who has 784K followers on Instagram and 3.2M on TikTok, went viral for his reenactments of historical moments. Some of his most-viewed videos are: @o…
Police & Fire
NJ Youth Soccer Coach Accused Of More Sexual Crimes Against Ninth Player, Prosecutors Say
A Monmouth County youth soccer coach accused of molesting two players and sending sexual pictures to others was given more charges, authorities said. A grand jury indicted 32-year-old Ryan Gunsauls of Union Beach on 30 counts, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Tuesday, Aug. 14. He was previously arrested in the case in Hazlet on Friday, May 11. Investigators said one boy told police earlier in May that Gunsauls had been sending him "sexually explicit materials" and asking for them on social media. Eight more victims bet…
Weather
Northern Lights Dazzle New Jersey Residents (
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While you were sleeping skies over the Northeast were aglow with bright pinks and purples. Some New Jersey residents were lucky enough to see the Northern Lights and the Perseid Meteor Shower, visible between 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12. Some of them lit up social media with their footage. Northern Lights in the New Jersey Pine Barrens at 2:30 am this morning, Beautiful!!!! pic.twitter.com/3pFM3Q2Mo4 — Randy🇺🇸🗽 (@docgoodloe) August 12, 2024 FINALLY!! hardly visible to the naked eye, but finally got my #northernlights in central NJ at 11:14 PM tonight. #auroraborealis pic.t…
Lifestyle
Lead Actors Wanted For Horror Film Inspired By Popular Jersey Shore Haunted House
Filmmakers are coming to the Jersey Shore to find lead actors for an independent horror movie inspired by a frighteningly popular Halloween attraction. The production staff for "Gravity Hill" posted on Backstage for several roles for actors from the Jackson Township area. The film is inspired by the Nightmare at Gravity Hill haunted house on Farmingdale Road. The movie follows a group of teens who enter Gravity Hill but find a killer hiding among the attraction's actors. "Once the film is completed, we will be submitting to a ton of horror film festivals as well as having multiple screenin…
Politics
NY County Criminalizes Mask Wearing Amid Bump In
Covid-
19 Cases
Lawmakers in a New York county approved a controversial bill criminalizing mask wearing amid a summer bump in COVID-19 cases. On Long Island, the Republican-controlled Nassau County Legislature passed the “Mask Transparency Act” by a vote of 12-0 on Monday night, Aug. 5. All seven Democrats abstained from voting. The bill makes it a misdemeanor for anyone 16 and older to wear a face mask in public spaces in the county. It also gives private businesses the right to prohibit masks on their premises. It grants exceptions for health or religious reasons, though that distinction will be determ…
Business
'We Gave It Everything': Dog-Themed Bar Permanently Closing In Atlantic City
A Philadelphia bar and restaurant is shutting down its Atlantic City location a little more than a year after opening near O'Donnell Memorial Park. In a Facebook post on Monday, Aug. 5, Good Dog Bar announced it was permanently closing its restaurant at 3426 Atlantic Avenue. The bar's final day of operation is Sunday, Aug. 11. Owners Heather Gleason and Dave Garry said financial issues made it impossible to keep Good Dog running in Atlantic City. "We gave it everything we had but the sales are just not there to sustain the business," the married couple wrote. "We are honored…
News
Maren Morris Addresses Viral Wardrobe Malfunction At NJ Show
Maren Morris is speaking out after footage of her wardrobe malfunction a a recent New Jersey show went viral. The country pop star was performing at Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic in Camden wearing a thigh-high slit skirt, when the skirt gave fans a glimpse of, well, more than her thigh as she belted out "The Middle" onstage. A clip of the wardrobe faux pas had more than 2.3M views on TikTok as of Wednesday, July 17. Morris, 34, reacted in a TikTok video of her own, with Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s hit song “WAP” playing in the background. "Hey guyz did anything wei…
Politics
Former Trump Hater J.D. Vance Selected As Donald Trump's VP Candidate
Former President Donald Trump unveiled his vice presidential running mate late Monday afternoon, July 15. US Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, age 39, was announced as the pick by Trump on Truth Social just ahead of his appearance at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The post reads as follows: "After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio. J.D. honorably served our Country in the Ma…
News
Pittsburgh Pirates Rookie Phenom, Star Gymnast GF Livvy Dunne Jet Off To MLB All-Star Game
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie phenom Paul Skenes is taking his famed moustache, golden arm, and model girlfriend to the MLB All-Star Game this week. In a post on Instagram on Sunday, LSU gymnast, and influencer, Livvy Dunne — who hails from Bergen County — shared a photo of the pair before heading on a private jet to Texas with friends, where the 22-year-old is set to make his 12th career start in the majors at the big event on Tuesday. Skenes - the first overall pick in the 2023 draft - has only started 11 games in his career since being called up earlier this year, notching six wins with an E…
Obituaries
Tony Voce, First Philly Native To Star For Flyers Organization, Dies At 43
Tony Voce, the first Philadelphia native to play in the Flyers organization, died suddenly Monday, July 8, following an esteemed career representing his hometown franchise for years. The Lehigh Valley Phantoms announced Voce's death, noting he was a former Calder Cup Champion and running down his impressive and historic career. A cause of death was not made public. We are incredibly saddened to share the news of the passing of our dear friend, coach, and mentor Tony Voce. Your... Posted by Philadelphia Flyers Warriors on Monday, July 8, 2024 "We are incredibly saddened to sha…
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Odd Photoshop Job Has Critics Calling Out Teresa Giudice: 'Were Y'all Teleported To The Beach?'
"Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice is being called out for an obvious photoshop job on a recent Instagram post. The 52-year-old Montville mom shared a photo of herself with Larsa Pippen, of "Real Housewives of Miami," wishing her a happy birthday on a beach. But something's off: It appears someone cut the "Housewives" out of a different photo and placed them on a beach. Both fans and haters caught on. "Were y'all teleported to the beach or..," one person commented. "This is the kind of beach trip I can afford!" another said. Even celebs were spotted in the peanut g…
Police & Fire
NJ State Trooper Tried To Pay Girl For Sex, Asked For Sexual Pictures: Prosecutors
A state trooper was accused of trying to pay for sex from someone he believed was a teen girl and asking for sexual pictures, authorities said. Shane Dempsey, 31, of Brick Township, was arrested in Ewing on Monday, July 1, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release. Investigators said Dempsey contacted an undercover detective on the social media app Whisper earlier in 2024. Prosecutors said Dempsey asked for "sexually explicit images" from the detective, who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. He also said he would pay money for a sex act fro…
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