Category: New Jersey

Transgender Inmate Who Impregnated 2 Women Removed From NJ Female Facility

A transgender inmate who impregnated two women in an all-female prison has been transferred to a new facility, according to local reports. Demi Minor, 27, was moved from Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Hunterdon County to Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, a male state prison in Burlington that houses offenders aged 18 to…


Good Samaritan Rescues 22 People From Sinking Charter Boat in NJ, Coast Guard Says

A good Samaritan brought 22 passengers aboard a sinking charter boat to safety on Monday after the boat reportedly struck a bridge in New Jersey, officials said. In a news release, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Mid-Atlantic applauded the “amazing initiative and great work” of the good Samaritan, noting that nobody was injured in the…


‘Fusion Voting’ Seen as Way to Break Polarized Partisan Paralysis

FORKED RIVER, N.J.—Founders of New Jersey’s fledging Moderate Party vowed to file a lawsuit seeking to lift the state’s century-old ban on “fusion voting” after their petition to place a candidate already endorsed by one of the two major parties also under their banner on November’s ballot was rejected in early June. That candidate, two-term…


New Jersey Midterm Primer: CD 7 Kean-Malinowski Race Among Nation’s Most-Watched Contests

FORKED RIVER, N.J.—Democrats now hold 10 of New Jersey’s 12 seats in Congress but Republicans believe they have a good shot at knocking at least two of those incumbents out of the House this fall. Overall, 11 sitting congressional representatives are seeking reelection on New Jersey’s Nov. 8 ballot following the June 7 primaries, where…


New Jersey Midterm Primer: Kean–Malinowski CD 7 Race Among Nation’s Most-Watched Contests

FORKED RIVER, N.J.—Democrats currently hold 10 of New Jersey’s 12 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives but Republicans believe they have a good shot at sending at least two of those incumbents home this fall. Overall, 11 sitting congressional representatives are seeking reelection on New Jersey’s Nov. 8 ballot following the June 7 primaries,…


Following Landmark Second Amendment Decision, SCOTUS Overturns Appeals Court Decisions in 4 States

The Supreme Court followed up its June 23 landmark ruling that for the first time recognized a constitutional right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, by issuing a series of rulings June 30 reversing federal appeals court decisions that upheld gun restrictions in California, New Jersey, Maryland, and Hawaii. Courts will find it difficult…


Move to Conserve 30 Percent of US Land Sparks Eminent Domain Fear for Those Living Near Federal Lands

America the Beautiful is more than a famed patriotic song; it is the name of a national environmental effort to “restore, connect, and conserve” 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. Sometimes called the 30×30 plan, it is part of an executive order that President Joe Biden signed on his first day in…


Rapper Lil TJay Shot Multiple Times in New Jersey, Suspect Arrested

Authorities in New Jersey arrested three people early on Wednesday in connection to an attempted armed robbery that left two people wounded, including Bronx-born rapper Lil TJay. The 21-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Tione Jayden Merritt, was shot multiple times at a Chipotle Restaurant in Edgewater, New Jersey, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said in…


Supreme Court Agrees to Hear New York’s Case Opposing New Jersey Leaving Waterfront Commission

The Supreme Court agreed on June 21 to hear New York’s lawsuit seeking to prevent New Jersey from unilaterally withdrawing from the interstate compact that created the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor to combat corruption. The storied Port of New York and New Jersey’s reckoning with organized crime was immortalized in director Elia Kazan’s 1954 film,…


NJ School District to Hire Off-Duty Police, Retired Officers on Campus: ‘Every Parent Agrees’

A large school district in New Jersey has approved to enhance student protection by hiring off-duty police and then retired officers to patrol inside school buildings. The guards will be armed and present through at least the end of the 2022-2023 academic year. The latest to approve the policy was the board of education of the…