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South Jersey school district settles sex abuse lawsuit for $6 million
A southern New Jersey school district will pay $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two students who claim a teacher sexually assaulted them for years.
Bill would let Atlantic City, NJ casinos keep smoking with some more restrictions
Atlantic City casinos would be able to continue to allow gamblers to smoke on the casino floor under a new bill that would impose additional restrictions on lighting up.
Hockey One. Hockey Two. Two outdoor NHL games at MetLife Stadium with playoff implications
Hockey is coming back to the New Jersey Meadowlands this weekend with MetLife Stadium serving as the venue for the NHL’s Stadium Series. They'll be two games in two days, pitting four Metropolitan Division rivals separated by about a 100-mile corridor that runs from New York to Philadelphia. Roughly 140,000 fans are expected to sit in bone-chilling temperatures waiting for a goal or great save. The New Jersey Devils are scheduled to play the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night and the Rangers and Islanders will face off Sunday afternoon in an all-NYC contest.
NJ casinos have no duty to stop compulsive gamblers from betting, judge rules
A judge has ruled that Atlantic City’s casinos have no legal obligation to stop compulsive gamblers from betting.
Country singer Toby Keith has died after battling stomach cancer
The 6-foot-4 singer broke out in the country boom years of the 1990s, writing songs that fans loved to hear.
New Jersey will host 2026 World Cup final at MetLife Stadium
The 2026 World Cup final will be at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19.
NJ denies bulkhead for shore town with wrecked sand dunes
New Jersey is refusing to allow a shore town whose sand dunes have washed away in places to build a bulkhead, ruling that no one is in imminent danger.
Judge green-lights narrowing of main road through Atlantic City despite opposition from casinos
Atlantic City got a green light Friday to proceed with a project to reduce the width of its main street from four lanes to two, despite fears from casinos and a hospital that the plan could tie the city into gridlocked knots, scare away gamblers and delay emergency vehicles.
Jury says Donald Trump must pay an additional $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case
A jury has awarded a huge $83.3 million in additional damages to advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.
NJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates
New Jersey's public transit agency said Friday it is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have been fueled by natural gas, heartening environmental justice advocates who targeted it and several other power plants in largely minority areas.
U.S. sets plans to protect endangered whales near offshore wind farms
Two federal environmental agencies issued plans Thursday to better protect endangered whales amid offshore wind farm development.
NJ Supreme Court rules against Ocean casino in COVID business interruption case
New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Atlantic City casino is not entitled to payouts from business interruption insurance for losses during the COVID-19 outbreak, determining that the presence of the virus did not constitute the kind of “direct physical loss or damage” required for such a payout.