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December 18, 2023

Right Now in New Jersey: P.M. Edition

Weather

N.J. weather: Which towns got the most rain from big coastal storm? Rainfall totals in all 21 counties.

Preliminary reports show as much as 4 to 5 inches of rain saturating some areas of the Garden State, and the showers haven't stopped yet.

By Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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News

Essex

Cops looking for shooter in SUV who killed N.J. man, wounded 4-year-old boy

Francis Medina was shot multiple times and the child wounded on Saturday in a residential neighborhood in the 100 block of Mill Street in Belleville.

By Anthony G. Attrino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Steven Rodas | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Essex

Seton Hall student ID’d as pedestrian fatally struck by NJ Transit train

Joseph G. DeBari was struck by an out-of-service eastbound Morris & Essex line train near the South Orange station, according to a spokesperson.

By Anthony G. Attrino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Bergen

Bomb threat hoax at N.J. temple leads to evacuation of 100 people

A staff member at Barnert Temple in Franklin Lakes called police Sunday to report she had received the threat in her email, according to police.

By Anthony G. Attrino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Entertainment

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New Jersey’s 15 greatest African restaurants

Ethiopian, Nigerian and Ghanian cuisines are key to New Jersey's diverse culinary makeup. Here's the best of the best.

By Saleah Blancaflor | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Karim Shamsi-Basha | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Entertainment

The Christmas tree market under siege? Inside a N.J. tree lot with Frank ‘The Tree Guy.’

He wants to save a Christmas tradition — even as the universe conspires against it.

By Adam Clark | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Tv News

Is SNL new tonight? Who is hosting? (12/16/23)

Yes, there will be a new episode of "Saturday Night Live" tonight. SNL alumnus Kate McKinnon will host while Billie Eilish will serve as musical guest.

By Katherine Rodriguez | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Sports

Jets

Ex-Jets coach: ‘Did we just get these guys off the street?’

The Jets lost 30-0 to the Dolphins on Sunday

By Manuel Gómez | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Yankees

Traded ex-Yankees slugger gets dumped after three days with new team

The Yankees revived his career, but now two teams over the past few days have decided they're better without him.

By Jimmy Hascup | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Rutgers Football

Here is how Rutgers landed new deep threat Dymere Miller: ‘They were all about me from day 1′

Rutgers just added the missing piece to a passing offense on the brink of opening up it its newest addition has anything to say about it.

By Todderick Hunt | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Obituaries

Cantalupo, Jack

Beloved father, husband, and lifelong teacher, Jack Cantalupo, passed away peacefully at 93. Newark-born and New Brunswick-raised, Jack pitched a shutout for N.B.H.S. and...

Puorro, Laura Anne (Manna)

Loving and devoted wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, was active in the New Providence community, 'selfless, kind, generous' Laura Anne Puorro (nee Manna), 62, .......

Ribaudo, Anthony J.

Scientist and Microscopist; loving husband, father, grandfather Anthony J. Ribaudo passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2023, with his beloved wife of fifty years .....

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