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An Attorney Explains How Bruce Springsteen Got A DWI Without Being Drunk
The 71-year-old singer was cited for driving while intoxicated, despite the fact that he reportedly had a 0.02 blood-alcohol content.
New Jersey Transit Won’t Explain How Its 'Face Mask Detection' AI Works
Transit advocates say surveillance technology will decrease ridership while providing little benefit.
Cop Budgets Benefit from Cannabis Legalization, Sparking Backlash in 'Defund the Police' Era
Politicians have long used earmarks for police budgets as a way to make legalization more digestible to opponents. New Jersey's attempt to legalize in 2020 shows that is no longer working.
Federal Prisons Keep Turning Into COVID Nightmares: 'Everyone Looks Like Death'
With at least 229 prisoners and 12 staffers currently infected, Fort Dix has the most severe outbreak in the federal Bureau of Prisons.
How I Get By: Four Days in the Life of a Nursing Home Aide During COVID-19
One woman recounts swimming upstream against an irregular work schedule and uncaring bosses while doing laundry for the elderly amid COVID-19.
My 'Friend of a Cop' Card Got Me Off for Public Urination
And other stories of police letting "courtesy card" carriers go after they've broken the law.
New Dash-Cam Video Shows Minutes Leading to Black Man's Killing by a New Jersey State Trooper
Maurice Gordon’s family members have been saying for days that they’ve been deprived of information.
Cancel Rent Protesters Laid Down ‘Body Bags’ in Front of a Luxury Kushner Property
Protesters also lined up outside Blackstone and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mansion.
Uber and Lyft Owe California $413 Million in Unemployment Insurance Taxes, Study Says
It’s a “massive burden shift from multi-billion dollar gig companies to taxpayers and workers.”
This Pissed-Off Italian Guy Is the Country’s Best Political Communicator
Comedian Vic DiBitetto has gone viral for a wild, curse-filled rant against banks and the government. But he insists he's not into politics.
Coronavirus Is Crashing America's Joke of an Unemployment System
In the last week of March, Florida answered just 1 percent of the phone calls it received from newly-unemployed people desperate to file claims.
New Jersey’s Broken Unemployment System Uses 60-Year-Old Programming Language
The state's 40 year-old systems use COBOL and are struggling with an unprecedented number of unemployment applications.