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Two years after a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage failed in the New Jersey state Senate, the measure has been reborn, passing the Senate Monday by a vote of 24-16. Democratic leaders, including Senate President Stephen Sweeney, who previously abstained on the bill, called on legislators to back what they framed as a civil rights issue, but opponents of the bill said it would threaten traditional marriage. The state Assembly is expected to pass a similar bill on Thursday. Gov. Chris ...
It looked like game Sunday Tuesday afternoon as tens of thousands of New York Giants fans -- including East Orange natives Naughty By Nature -- filled MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford for a rally celebrating the team's second Superbowl win against the New England Patriots in four years. For loyal New Jersey fans, the rally was a chance for one more tailgate in the season and a chance to cheer team members fresh off the bus from their ticker-tape parade in Manhattan. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The...
Thousands of spectators gathered along the Delaware River this afternoon for the annual Christmas Day reenactment of George Washington's historic crossing in 1776. General Washington launched his surprise attack on Trenton with a risky mid-winter crossing and nine-mile march to Trenton. The victory, followed by two more within 10 days, would prove pivotal in cementing Washington as a respected leader and ultimately helped turn the tides of the Revolutionary War. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The Star-...
In New Jersey's long road to becoming a medical marijuana state, it turns out that passing the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act was just the beginning. Two years later, the controversy has moved from the Statehouse in Trenton into the halls of municipal complexes, where approved medical marijuana treatment centers have encountered local resistance. On Thursday, the five-person township committee for the small, rural town of Upper Freehold, in Monmouth County, gathered at Stonebridge Mid...
Friends and neighbors gathered at the Lakehurst home of Tierra Morgan Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil. The two-year-old girl was found dead Tuesday afternoon, strapped into her car seat and partially submerged in a stream in Shark River Park in Wall Township. The girl's father, Arthur Morgan III, 27, has been charged with the girl's murder and is being sought by police. Morgan had picked up his daughter for a visit Monday afternoon and then failed to return her to her mother, Imani Ben...
Occupy Wall Street protesters streamed through the financial district and across the Brooklyn Bridge during a "Day of Action" marking the two-month anniversary of the populist movement. Although the event was planned well in advance, the protests came two days after New York City moved to evict protesters from their permanent encampment at Zucotti Park. Chanting slogans like "Whose streets? Our streets!" protesters sought to close off entrances to the New York Stock Exchange before the ringing...
An enthusiastic group of 25 Occupy Wall Street protestors left the movement's home base at Zuccotti Park in New York City Wednesday afternoon and embarked on one of the longest Occupy marches yet ? a two week trek to Washington. The group is planning to cover about 20 miles a day and aims to arrive in Washington by November 23, the day a Congressional committee will decide whether to let the Bush tax cuts expire. (Video by Nyier Abdou/The Star-Ledger)
Josh Vandiver, a 30-year-old graduate student at Princeton University, and his husband, Henry Velandia, 28, a Venezuelan native, have waged a public battle to stay together. Although the couple were legally married in Connecticut last year, the federal Defense of Marriage Act prevents Vandiver, an American citizen, from sponsoring Velandia, a Princeton salsa instructor, for a green card. The 1996 law, known as DOMA, prohibits federal entities ? including immigration courts ? from recognizing a...
Gathered at the nation's oldest Episcopal cathedral, members of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian faiths joined together to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The interfaith service, held at Trinity and St. Philip's Cathedral in Newark and attended by the city's mayor, Cory Booker, blended religious readings, chants and music from the three faiths under the guidance of Rev. Mark Beckwith, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz, of Temple B'Nai Jeshu...
Family members and friends of the state's 9/11 victims gathered at Liberty State Park in Jersey City to open the Empty Sky Memorial. Among the crowds who turned out for the event were five former governors, the state's two senators, and members of the military. The names of 746 New Jerseyans who died on Sept. 11, 2001 line two reflective walls of the memorial. The walls, which rise some 30 feet high, are oriented to follow a straight trajectory to where the Twin Towers once stood. With a light...