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nbcnewyork. com > new-jersey > new-jersey-latest-state-sanction-girls-flag-football-high-school > 6498080

New Jersey becomes latest state to sanction girls' flag football at high school level

7+ hour, 39+ min ago  (215+ words) White belts with red and blue flags used for playing flag football. A football lays to the side. Set against the white and green turf of a football field. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association voted Monday to sanction…...

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nbcnewyork. com > news > local > hear-newark-flight-attendant-attacked > 6497608

Hear it: Newark-bound flight calls for help after flight attendant attacked

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (317+ words) News 4s Gus Rosendale reports A United Airlines flight declared an emergency as it neared landing at Newark Liberty International Airport Saturday evening, after a pilot said a passenger became violent. Audio from ATC. com captured the exchange between the jet,…...

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nbcnewyork. com > news > local > united-jet-hits-turnpike-light-pole-tractor-trailer-while-landing-at-newark > 6497643

United jet hits Turnpike light pole, tractor trailer while landing at Newark

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (241+ words) A United jet hit a light post and tractor trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike while landing Sunday. For the second time in less than 24 hours, there was a scare this weekend involving a United Airlines flight landing at Newark…...

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nbcnewyork. com > news > local > former-nj-mayoral-candidate-pleads-to-faking-1000-voter-registrations-in-2021 > 6496972

Former NJ mayoral candidate pleads to faking 1, 000 voter registrations in 2021

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (214+ words) A former candidate for mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, has plead guilty to charges involved after he attempted to file numerous fraudulent voter registrations in connection with his run for office in June of 2021. According to New Jersey officials, Henrilynn…...

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nbcnewyork. com > weather > hurricane-erin-track-tropical-storm-warning-beaches-wildwood > 6371534

Hurricane Erin strengthens on East Coast approach; NY, NJ shut beaches down

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (479+ words) People trying to enjoy the last hurrahs of summer along the coast are being met on Wednesday with rip-current warnings, closed beaches and treacherous waves as'Erin'inches closer, once again on the cusp of becoming a major hurricane as it treks…...

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nbcnewyork. com > new-jersey > worker-nj-chemical-plant-dies-fall-into-vat-mineral-oil > 6446506

Worker at NJ chemical plant dies after falling into vat of mineral oil

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (261+ words) A worker at a New Jersey chemical plant was found dead after falling into a large container of mineral oil, according to police and the company. The 71-year-old man was loading a 6, 000-gallon vat at the Bayway Chemical Plant, at…...

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nbcnewyork. com > news > local > woman-killed-2-critically-hurt-in-newark-house-fire > 6494405

Woman killed, 2 critically hurt in Newark house fire

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (169+ words) News 4s Gus Rosendale reports A house fire in Newark overnight claimed the life of a woman and critically injured two others, authorities said Saturday. Firefighters were called to 282 Schley Street around 3: 00 a. m. , said Essex Co. Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark…...

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nbcnewyork. com > new-jersey > investigation-potential-cancer-cluster-nj-town > 6494001

Residents and lawmakers demand investigation into potential cancer cluster in NJ town

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (420+ words) Neighbors and a congressman are demanding an investigation into a possible cancer cluster in New Jersey. Health officials say they are looking into a possible connection between dozens of reported cancer cases near a former landfill in Keyport. NBC New…...

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nbcnewyork. com > new-jersey > nyc-warns-of-smoky-skies-as-four-alarm-fire-rips-through-new-jersey-homes > 6492546

NYC cautions of smoky skies as four-alarm fire rips through New Jersey homes

2+ week, 15+ hour ago  (128+ words) An early-morning inferno damaged multiple homes in New Jersey's Ridgefield Park Tuesday. Romney Smith reports." Multiple homes were damaged when a fast-moving fire tore through a New Jersey community overnight, generating smoke so billowy that New York City's Office of…...

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nbcnewyork. com > new-jersey > malaria-morris-county-travel-spread-mosquito-transmit-cdc-cases > 6370466

Health officials investigate rare case of malaria in New Jersey

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (413+ words) The CDC says malaria is one of the world's most severe public health problems. Here's what you need to know about this dangerous disease. Health officials in New Jersey are investigating a case of malaria, the potentially deadly mosquito-transmitted disease,…...