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New Jersey governor signs legislation legalizing recreational cannabis

Barbara Goldberg, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 05:38 AM

MAPLEWOOD - Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation on Monday making New Jersey the latest US state to legalize marijuana for recreational use, but it is expected to take up to a year before dispensaries will begin selling cannabis to the public.   Read more »

US accident victim gets first double hand and face transplant

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 01:01 PM

The accident victim said he now had a "second chance at life" and offered a message of hope.   Read more »

Amazon shuts New Jersey facility as COVID-19 cases rise among workers

Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 11:27 AM

Amazon.com Inc said on Sunday it had closed one of its warehouses in New Jersey out of caution until December 26, after seeing an increase in asymptomatic positive cases amongst workers. Read more »

Amid pandemic, Filipinos in US find new life in chicken inasal

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Updated as of Jul 03 10:24 AM

Cecil Delgado, Michael Aznar and Michael Baclay found their dream job at an exclusive airport lounge in New Jersey, years after leaving their abusive employer in Florida back in 2011.   Read more »

Woman screams at Filipina nurse distributing water during US protest

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 03:17 AM

Filipina-American nurse Krystle Ann Batong only wanted to hand out snacks and water to protesters and police during a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest in Fort Lee, New Jersey on Saturday. Read more »

Filipino couple in New Jersey die at frontlines against COVID-19

Katharine Q. Seelye, The New York Times
Posted at May 09 11:50 PM

Both Alfredo and Susana Pabatao, who were married for 44 years, worked on the front lines in the fight against the coronavirus — he as a transport aide at a hospital in North Bergen, NJ, she as an assistant nurse at a nearby nursing home. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 29, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 05:03 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Fly by for COVID-19 frontliners

Charles Syke, Invision/AP
Posted at Apr 29 09:29 AM

PSE&G utility workers watch the Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds conduct "a collaborative salute" to honor frontliners battling the COVID-19 pandemic with a flyover of New York and New Jersey in Jersey City, New Jersey on Tuesday.  Read more »

Vigilance urged as outbreak shows signs of leveling off in New York, New Jersey

Nathan Layne and Peter Szekely, Reuters
Posted at Apr 07 11:03 AM

Governors of New York, New Jersey and Louisiana pointed to tentative signs on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak may be starting to plateau but warned against complacency as the death toll nationwide topped 10,000 and the number of known infections surpassed 360,000.   Read more »

How Filipino health workers in the US are battling COVID-19

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 05:55 AM

For the frontliners in New York and New Jersey, treating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients is like entering a "war zone."    Read more »

76ers/Devils owner changes mind, won't cut salaries

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 07:02 AM

A day after announcing a pay cut for employees, the owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils changed his mind Tuesday under public pressure. Read more »

Virus scare: US plane diverted after passengers upset by sneezing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 09:55 AM

LOS ANGELES - Mounting concern over the spread of coronavirus was apparently behind a US flight being diverted at the weekend after passengers became upset over someone sneezing and coughing. Read more »

Motive unclear in deadly New Jersey kosher grocery rampage - officials

Maria Caspani and Mark Hosenball, Reuters
Posted at Dec 12 06:19 AM

Six people, including the 2 shooters, 3 civilians and a police officer, died in a series of events that ended in a police shootout. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 9, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 12:23 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Six killed in New Jersey shooting

Rick Loomis, Getty Images/AFP
Posted at Dec 11 09:42 AM

Emergency personnel are shown on the scene of a shooting that left multiple people dead on Tuesday in Jersey City, New Jersey. Read more »

New Jersey borough elects 2nd Filipino-American mayor

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Nov 07 12:10 AM

BERGENFIELD, New Jersey - Trump-style mudslinging from incumbent Republican Mayor Norman Schmelz did not stop Filipino-American candidate Arvin Amatorio from becoming the next mayor of Bergenfield, New Jersey on Tuesday's election. Read more »

She fled the 68th floor. She’s finally dealing with 9/11 trauma

James Barron, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 11 04:20 PM

Thousands of civilians like Bergeron — people who worked in the trade center or were nearby when the twin towers collapsed — also survived. Some have developed physical symptoms. Some have not. But together they have become a largely overlooked segment of the World Trade Center community.   Read more »

New generation of Fil-Ams rediscovering roots in Pinoy-owned superstore

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 05:11 PM

CLIFTON, New Jersey – A Filipino-owned store considered as the oldest and largest in the east coast is expanding business and has been providing job opportunities to a new generation of employees called the i-Gen, also known as GenZ. Read more »

NJ Pinoy facing arson charges

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 08:53 AM

A 37-year-old Filipino man in New Jersey is facing aggravated arson, making terrorist threats, as well as eluding and violating a restraining order after he reportedly poured gasoline around his ex-wife's car and told her he was going to burn her car with her still inside. Read more »

Scripps National Spelling Bee nearly runs out of words, crowns 8 winners

Daniel Victor, The New York Times
Posted at May 31 04:41 PM

A superhuman group of adolescents broke the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, with eight contestants crowned co-champions after the competition said it was running out of challenging words. Read more »