via BBC News Some three million people have been left without power after violent storms hit the region around the US capital, Washington DC. The storms swept from the Midwest states to the region around Washington, packing winds of up to 80mph (130 km/h). The power outages left many sweltering without air conditioning amid a […]
Aiming to uplift urban communities through businesses that believe in economic empowerment as well as social responsibility, Rutgers University is hosting the first New Jersey Social Entrepreneurship Summit on October 19, 2011 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The event, sponsored by PSE&G and Rutgers and Hosted by the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship […]
Voices Against Violence sang together in Bridgeton, New Jersey this past weekend to make history as the largest gospel choir ever assembled. An official tally of 1,542 “singers” gathered together in front of the City Hall Annex on Commerce St. Only 1,007 people were needed to sing for 5 straight minutes to break the Guinness […]
A New Jersey man was finally busted by police after robbing the same New York bank three days in a row. 29 year old Charles Burnett is accused of stealing more than $26,000 from the same downtown Sovereign branch on three STRAIGHT days before he was arrested Wednesday. Burnett began his crime spree at 9:19am local […]
via BBC News The most ferocious storm to hit the US East Coast for years, Hurricane Irene, is bearing down on New York City, threatening major flooding. Torrential rain is pounding the city, and there are fears a predicted surge of up to 8ft of water along the shoreline could breach flood defences. The hurricane […]
BOONTON, N.J-Kashif Parvaiz admitted to orchestrating the killing of his wife, Nazish Noorani, with his mistress, Antoinette Stephen. Noorani and Parvaiz were both shot in the Boonton, New Jersey but police began to suspect he was involved after they discovered flaws in his story. Parvais’s original story had police suspicious of a hate crime after […]
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A New Jersey rappper was found shot dead in an SUV in suburban New Jersey. He was also shot before the SUV was torched along with his body. The rapper, Kampane, real name Rhian Stout, was so badly burned it took a day for police to identify the body. The New York […]
The Obama administration, leading non-profits and business experts gathered at Rutgers University’s Newark campus on Monday for the Urban Entrepreneur Summit to help minority entrepreneurs find ways to foster wealth within their communities. The event was a rare forum that allowed minority entrepreneurs to witness personal narratives of other successful minority entrepreneurs and obtain fundamental […]
NEWARK, N.J. — 19-year-old Rasul McNeil-Thomas was charged with murder yesterday for killing an off-duty police officer in a drive-by shooting. The Westward Patch reports: William C. Johnson, 45, a 16-year veteran of the Newark Police Department, who was assigned to the communications division, was unarmed and not working when he was shot shortly before 10 […]
HADDONFIELD, N.J. — Track and field legend Carl Lewis finally found a court willing to help him get into the race for the New Jersey state Senate — but there’s a chance his run will be fleeting. A three-judge panel of the Philadelphia-based U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Lewis’ name should […]
New Jersey — The abduction of 19-year-old Nadirah Ruffin brought a community together in hopes of finding her and bringing her back home. But the same can’t be said for revealing who the killer is. “Please come forward,” Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel said Thursday afternoon during a news conference. “Now is the time to […]
TRENTON, N.J. — Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis should be allowed to continue his bid for the New Jersey Senate because Republicans have failed to prove he doesn’t live in the state, a judge ruled Wednesday. Administrative Law Judge John Schuster III recommended that a petition to strip Lewis’ name from the June primary […]
