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Study: New Jersey Needs 100,000 Hospital Beds Or More As Cases Rise Above 4,000 Study: New Jersey Needs 100,000 Hospital Beds Or More As Cases Rise Above 4,000
Study: New Jersey Needs 100,000 Hospital Beds Or More As Cases Rise Above 4,000 New Jersey had more than 4,000 coronavirus cases as of Wednesday with a total of 62 deaths, officials said. New Jersey has more than 18,000 acute care beds including 2,000 for critical care patients, Murphy said. Officials are working to increase the capacity by 2,360 beds over the next several weeks. But according to a study by researchers at Rutgers University-Camden, that's not nearly enough. The state's need for additional beds triples to 300,000 if residents fail to follow social distance guidelines between now and May, the study estimates.    Rutgers University projected the nee…

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by Jon Craig
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'We're Going To Tighten Screws,' Murphy Vows As List Of NJ Coronavirus Cases Reaches 890 'We're Going To Tighten Screws,' Murphy Vows As List Of NJ Coronavirus Cases Reaches 890
'We're Going To Tighten Screws,' Murphy Vows As List Of NJ Coronavirus Cases Reaches 890 State officials will tighten social distancing requirements in New Jersey sometime before Saturday afternoon, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday, as the statewide total of deaths from the coronavirus grew to 11 and the total number of positive cases continued a sharp rise to 890. Only the governor didn't say how that will be done. "We're going to tighten the screws further, " Murphy said at an afternoon news briefing. He didn't elaborate, however. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered that 100% of the workforce stay home -- excluding essential businesses such as food stores and p…

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by Jon Craig
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Jersey City Drug Lord Gets 65 Years In State Prison For Two Murders, Shootings Jersey City Drug Lord Gets 65 Years In State Prison For Two Murders, Shootings
Jersey City Drug Lord Gets 65 Years In State Prison For Two Murders, Shootings A Jersey City man tied to a statewide drug ring was sentenced to a plea-bargained 65 years in state prison Thursday for killing two men, as well as three additional shootings, authorities said. Golden Williamson, 34, must serve at least 55 years before he'll be eligible for parole under the No Early Release Act under the sentence handed down by Superior Court Judge John Young, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Williamson, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder last November in the shooting deaths of Kevin Miles in January 2016 and local storeowner Byunguen Lee in Decembe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Suspected Jersey City Drug Kingpin Pleads Guilty To Killing Merchant, 2nd Man Suspected Jersey City Drug Kingpin Pleads Guilty To Killing Merchant, 2nd Man
Suspected Jersey City Drug Kingpin Pleads Guilty To Killing Merchant, 2nd Man A Jersey City man charged with running a drug ring that stretched into South Jersey has pleaded guilty to two killings and also to charges in connection with three other shootings, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.  Golden Williamson, 33, pleaded guilty to murder in the deaths of Kevin Miles in January 2016 and Byunguen Lee, who was killed the month before in his store Bergen Avenue.  Williamson also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for shootings in Jersey City and Toms River in 2015 and 2016.  Williamson faces 30 years for each murder and would not be …

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by Paul Milo