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Netflix Replaces Top Show Boss Behind Your Favorites After Nearly A Decade
The woman who oversaw some of Netflix's biggest hits, including "Stranger Things," "Wednesday," and "Squid Game," is leaving the streaming giant after nearly a decade.
Bela Bajaria, Netflix's chief content officer, is departing the company, Netflix announced Thursday, Oct. 15. Peter Rice, a former Disney and Fox executive, will replace her beginning Monday, Oct. 26.
The shakeup comes one day after Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters told employees on Wednesday, Oct. 14, that the company was cutting about 1,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, in its largest round of layoffs yet d…
NJ Boy, 10, Thought News Report Of Aide's Sex Assault Was About Him: Lawsuit
A 10-year-old New Jersey boy read a news article in December 2023 about an after-school aide accused of sexually assaulting another child. Believing the story was about him, the boy revealed months of alleged abuse to his parents, according to a new lawsuit (attached at the bottom of this news article).
The lawsuit, filed Monday, Oct. 12, in Bergen County Superior Court, accuses the City of Englewood, its school district and Board of Education of failing to protect the boy from Johnathan Jones, a former aide at Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School.
Jones, then 21, was arrested in December 20…
NJ Girl Beaten To Death By Mom, Stepdad After Hit-Run Story Unravels: Prosecutor
A New Jersey mother and stepfather have been charged with murder following the death of a 9-year-old girl, authorities announced Thursday, Oct. 15.
At 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, India Miller, 27, and Sean Scott, 45, both Paulsboro residents, called 911 after Miller said she heard a loud sound, similar to tires screeching, before Scott went outside and found the girl by their shed, at 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, Gloucester County Prosecutor Andrew Johns said. Miller said the girl was hit by a car while walking her dog, Johns said.
The girl was transported to a local hos…
'Forever Chemicals' Detected In Middlesex County Waterways: Here's Where
So-called "forever chemicals" have been detected in rivers, lakes and streams across all 21 New Jersey counties, including the Hackensack, Passaic, Raritan and Delaware rivers, according to federal water testing records.
The findings come as a new report released Tuesday, Oct. 13, by Environment America Research & Policy Center found PFAS chemicals at 83% of 1,602 locations tested nationwide between 2022 and 2024.
PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are man-made chemicals that break down slowly and can build up in the environment and human body over time. Long-term…
Mom Drained 401(k) Before Great Wolf Lodge Double Homicide, Family Says: Reports
A Pennsylvania mother charged with killing her husband and 3-year-old son at Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos had tapped retirement savings to fund the family's three-week vacation and home renovations before the killings, according to her stepmother, who now believes the deaths were planned.
Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, of Towanda, appeared happy during a video call with relatives shortly before her husband, Charles "Chaz" Harrison, 36, and their son, Tristan, were found stabbed to death inside the resort on Monday, Oct. 12, her stepmother, April Thetga, told the New York Post in an intervie…
Serial NJ Bank Fraudster’s $1.8M Scheme Leads To Long Prison Term: Feds
A notorious bank fraudster from New Jersey is headed to federal prison after ripping off customers, businesses, and banks across the tristate area, federal investigators said.
Laquan Williams, 42, of Florham Park, was sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 13 to 16 years and eight months in prison, the Justice Department said.
Williams stole at least $1.8 million from various financial institutions through three overlapping schemes that ran from October 2021 to May 2024, the feds said.
The most lucrative operation involved stolen U.S. Treasury checks, in which Williams and co-conspirators impersonated le…
Husband Of Harvard-Stanford Upmc Doctor Charged With Murder, Arson As Daughter Slept
A Harvard and Stanford graduate who became a UPMC pediatrician was killed by her husband, who then set her body on fire inside their Harrisburg home while their 7-year-old daughter slept upstairs, police said.
Jonathan Alan Gatto, 41, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated arson, arson, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the killing of his wife, Dr. Julia Pederson, 41, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.
Gatto is being held at Dauphin County Prison without bail following his arrest on Tuesday, Oct…
