Sick children across the country and in Africa are having their hospital stays brightened somewhat by the efforts of two young sisters from New Jersey, who make and donate brightly colored, kid-themed hospital gowns for kids
June 26, 2024
Sports betting company DraftKings apologized Monday after using the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks to entice people to bet on baseball and football games on the anniversary of the tragedy that killed nearly 3,000 people. The Boston-based company offered users a 9/11-themed promotion that required three New York-based teams — the Yankees, Mets and Jets — to win their games Monday, the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and the downing of a passenger jet in a field in Pennsylvania. After an outcry on social media from people offended
September 11, 2023
The roar of the leaf blower has become an inescapable part of daily life in communities across America, leading towns and states to ban or restrict blowers that run on gasoline
June 20, 2024
Fifty years ago, four young New Yorkers dragged their guitars, amps and drums to a loft on 23rd Street in New York, dreaming of becoming the biggest band in the world
December 01, 2023
Danish wind farm developer Orsted will pay New Jersey $125 million to settle claims over the company’s cancellation of two offshore wind farms last year
May 28, 2024
Offshore wind power company Orsted is trying to get out of a $300 million guarantee it agreed to pay New Jersey in the event it failed to build its first wind farm off the state’s coast
November 06, 2023
Here are some basics on how betting on the Super Bowl works
February 10, 2024
A big change may be coming to a Jersey Shore town that was founded as a religious retreat and prevents people from using the beach on Sunday mornings
May 15, 2024
New Jersey’s attorney general’s office is looking into whether Donald Trump’s recent felony convictions in New York make him ineligible to hold liquor licenses at his three New Jersey golf courses
June 10, 2024
New Jersey’s attorney general is blaming a Jersey Shore town for not having enough police officers patrolling its boardwalk over the Memorial Day weekend, when the force was overwhelmed and the city temporarily closed the walkway
May 31, 2024
New Jersey’s statewide police union is calling for what it calls “real consequences” for drunken, rowdy teens and adults who create mayhem in public places following disturbances at Jersey Shore towns over the Memorial Day weekend
May 29, 2024
Internet casino gambling is legal in only a handful of states, but the industry is convinced it is the future of betting, even as some worry about cannibalizing physical casinos
May 08, 2024
New Jersey is seeking a new round of proposals to build wind energy farms off its coastline, forging ahead with its clean energy goals even as local opposition and challenging economics create blowback to the effort
April 30, 2024
Casinos in the northeastern U.S. are dealing with numerous challenges as they brace for the arrival of new competitors in New York City
April 17, 2024
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife LaQuetta have been charged with endangering and abusing their teenage daughter
April 15, 2024
A post-mortem examination of a whale that washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island shows the animal sustained numerous blunt force injuries including a fractured skull and vertebrae
April 12, 2024
Add investors to the list of people that opponents of smoking in casinos are enlisting in hopes of banning the practice
April 10, 2024
Atlantic City’s casinos were less profitable in 2023 than they were a year earlier, even with help from the state’s booming online gambling market
April 08, 2024
For three years, many Atlantic City casino workers have been trying to get their elected officials to ban smoking in the gambling halls, to no avail
April 05, 2024
Start handing out those groundhog-size cigars: Punxsutawney Phil is a father
March 28, 2024
Welcome to New Jersey, known around the world for Tony Soprano, Turnpike tolls, chemical plants, and
March 25, 2024
This is the most intense time of the year for college basketball fans as the NCAA March Madness championship tournament begins
March 21, 2024
Internet gambling revenue continues to soar in New Jersey, where online casinos are accounting for a growing share of the betting pie
March 15, 2024
An independent report has found New Jersey and the nation were not prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and the state remains underprepared for the next emergency
March 11, 2024
The New Jersey ice cream parlor booth where Tony Soprano may or may not have been whacked has sold for more than $82,000
March 05, 2024
