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Fast Facts About New Jersey Native Just Named New Orleans Saints Interim Head Coach Fast Facts About New Jersey Native Just Named New Orleans Saints Interim Head Coach
Fast Facts About New Jersey Native Just Named New Orleans Saints Interim Head Coach The New Orleans Saints' new interim head coach may be familiar to football fans in the Northeast. Darren Rizzi, who has served as the Saints special teams coach since 2022, was named interim head coach on Monday, Nov. 4, after the team fired Head Coach Dennis Allen.  The 54-year-old Hillsdale, NJ, native was one of Bergen Catholic's most widely recognized receivers, bringing the school's football team to the State Championship Game twice. The team won a title in 1986, and Rizzi held a BC career record of 69 receptions — a title that he held for 22 years, for 1,239 yards and 1…

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by Josh Lanier
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Jersey Shore Woman Apparently Drove Herself To Atlanta Hospital Before Dying Of Gunshot Wounds Jersey Shore Woman Apparently Drove Herself To Atlanta Hospital Before Dying Of Gunshot Wounds
Jersey Shore Woman Apparently Drove Herself To Atlanta Hospital Before Dying Of Gunshot Wounds Justine Bernard of Matawan died after being shot in Atlanta last Wednesday.. She was 19 years old. Nyasia Reeves, 20, had been arguing with Justine in an apartment before she pulled out a gun and shot her, CBS46 reports. Justine apparently drove herself to the ambulance entrance at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta- Hughes Spalding Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries, the news outlet said. Reeves was being held in the Fulton County Jail on weapons and murder charges. Atlanta police have arrested a suspect in last week's fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman from Monmouth County,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Coronavirus Is Ravaging America's Black Communities, Newark Mayor Takes Stringent Approach Coronavirus Is Ravaging America's Black Communities, Newark Mayor Takes Stringent Approach
Coronavirus Is Ravaging America's Black Communities, Newark Mayor Takes Stringent Approach More than 21 percent of coronavirus deaths in New Jersey are black residents, figures show.  And in Newark, where African Americans comprise 47 percent of the population, the risk of death is two percent higher than other communities in the state, City Mayor Ras J. Baraka said. Baraka recognizes the increased risk for his residents, and is cracking down. "The measures we take have to be a little more stringent," he said. "We have to be a little more disciplined than everyone else." Poor access to health care and healthy food, lack of exercise along with the presence of underlying dis…

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by Cecilia Levine