Category: New Jersey

New Law in New Jersey Bars Police From Informing Parents of Child’s Marijuana Possession

A newly signed law in New Jersey prohibits police officers from telling the parents of a child charged with marijuana possession about what happened. S3454 was one of three bills signed by Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, late last month that deals with cannabis, known colloquially as marijuana. The bill states that any person under…


US Northeast Digs out After Massive Snowstorm, Two Dead

People across the U.S. Northeast were digging themselves out on Tuesday after a powerful storm blanketed parts of the region with more than 2 feet of snow, prompting airlines to cancel flights and contributing to at least two deaths. The nor’easter—an East Coast storm whose winds blow from the northeast—cut power to thousands of households,…


Crews Battle Flames, Cold, Wind in Huge Recycling Plant Fire

PASSAIC, N.J.—A massive fire engulfed a northern New Jersey recycling plant overnight and raged into Saturday as firefighters battled flames, frigid cold, and wind. Officials warned it could burn for days. The blaze broke out around midnight at the Atlantic Coast Fibers plant in Passaic, sending flames shooting into the dark as more than two…


New Jersey Waives High School Graduation Tests, Teacher Evaluations Amid Pandemic

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Monday that high school seniors across the state don’t have to pass the usual exit tests in order to graduate this year, and teachers will not be judged based on their students’ performance. He cited the ongoing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic as the reason. Murphy said at…


Principal Joe Clark, Who Inspired Film ‘Lean on Me,’ Dies

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said. He was 82. At crime- and drug-ridden Eastside High School…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Dec. 28)

Congress moves to vote on whether Americans will get larger stimulus checks, the F-B-I releases photos of the suspect involved in the Christmas Day explosion in Nashville, and an analysis of New Jersey’s voter database shows some troubling anomalies: more voters than eligible citizens, centuries-old voters, and more.