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New Jersey Voters May Get to Decide If They Have a Right to a Clean Environment

New Jersey, known as much for its beaches and blueberries as for the chemical plants and refineries that line some of its major highways, is considering asking voters a fundamental question: Should the state guarantee its citizens the right to …

Scranton School District Reports Ransomware Attack

The Scranton, Pennsylvania school district has been experiencing computer outages due to a ransomware attack last week. “The attack is causing a temporary disruption to some of our computer systems and services,” the school reported on Facebook last Friday afternoon. …

Bankruptcy Court Approves Camden Diocese’s $87.5M Plan for Abuse Victims

Almost three-and-one-half years after the Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey filed for bankruptcy citing financial effects from the pandemic and sexual abuse settlements, its Chapter 11 reorganization plan has been approved. The final plan, the ninth amended proposal, establishes …

University of Maryland Lifts Suspensions on Most Fraternities Amid Hazing Probe

The University of Maryland has lifted its suspension of most fraternities and sororities after an investigation into hazing and alcohol-related activities, the university said Friday, though five chapters will remain under investigation and continue to be subject to limited restrictions …

Connecticut Weighs Ban on Legacy Admissions at Private and Public Colleges

Connecticut lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, including private ones like Yale University. A bill was advanced to the Senate floor on Thursday, days after …

Residents Frustrated as $600K in Shore Protection Washes Away at Beach

A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling after a weekend storm washed away $600,000 in sand that was trucked in to protect homes, roads and other infrastructure. The project, which brought 14,000 tons (12,701 metric tons) of sand into Salisbury over …

Massachusetts Couple Charged With $627K in Workers’ Compensation Fraud and More

A Hopkinton, Massachusetts couple has been arrested and charged in connection with separate schemes to defraud their workers’ compensation insurance carriers, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and their mortgage lender. According to the U.S. Attorney, Ronaldo Solano and Adriana Solano …

Dozens Allege Child Sexual Abuse in Maryland Treatment Program Run by Catholic Order

More than three dozen people allege in two lawsuits filed Tuesday that they were sexually abused as children at a Maryland residential program for youths that closed in 2017 following similar allegations. In the separate lawsuits, attorneys detailed decades of …

Police: Private Jet Was Short on Approach to Virginia Runway When It Crashed, Killing 5

A small private jet was short on its approach to a rural Virginia airport’s runway when it struck trees and crashed into a hillside and burned, killing all five people aboard, state police said Monday. The twin-engine IAI Astra 1125 …

Investigation Underway into Cause of Home Explosion That Killed 2 in Pittsburgh Suburb

A massive explosion killed two people and destroyed a house in the Pittsburgh area near the Ohio River, authorities said Tuesday. Aerial images from the scene in Crescent Township in the northwest Pittsburgh suburbs showed smoking ruins with the structure …

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