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California face UNLV in the LA Bowl on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 (12/18/24) at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV. You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV, which is offering half off your first month.Here’s what you need to know:What: LA BowlWho: California vs. UNLVWhen: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 Where: SoFi StadiumTime: 9 p.m. ETTV: ESPNLive stream: DirecTV Stream or fuboTV.***Here’s a recent AP story:LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV is reaching into the Southeastern Conference to keep momentum going for its 24th-ranked football team, hiring former Florida and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen…
Although we’ve already had some blasts of arctic air and some snow in recent weeks, the official start of winter is coming this weekend. The season known for snowstorms, icy windshields and bone-chilling days will begin on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.Winter’s precise arrival — at 4:20 a.m. Eastern Standard Time — is technically known as the winter solstice and will make Saturday the shortest day of the year in terms of how much daylight we get. In New York City, there will only be 9 hours, 15 minutes and 16 seconds of daylight, according to the time experts at TimeAndDate.com.The…
Following the tragic murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, I am appalled at the attempts of certain politicians like U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to change the narrative about this heinous crime.While both decried the specific act of violence, they implied that it could be justified because of the frustration of having claims denied by private insurance providers.Anyone who knows me knows that I want universal health care, as do these politicians. But, I also want to live in a safer nation where people follow the rules.If the suspect in the killing, Luigi…
Stop & Shop is closing a total of 32 grocery stores in 2024.The grocer announced in July that it would be closing these underperforming stores throughout the U.S., including 10 locations in New Jersey.Stop & Shop’s president, Gordon Reid, said the closures are part of a strategy to grow the brand.“As we announced in May, Stop & Shop has evaluated its overall store portfolio and made the difficult decision to close underperforming stores to create a healthy base for the future growth of our brand,” Reid said in a statement.The company said employees at affected Stop & Shop stores would…
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) issued a statement about his past “embarrassing” behavior after it was reported that the House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release its investigation into him. It was reported first by CNN on Wednesday that the House Ethics Committee voted in secret to release its long-anticipated report into Gaetz about allegations of sexual misconduct with minors and illicit drug use brought against him. Gaetz—who resigned from Congress last month—has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. In his lengthy statement, Gaetz highlighted that the Justice Department decided not to charge him after it investigated him for possible sex trafficking…
NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — The gift of holiday magic was on full display as strangers help save the season for families trying to make Christmas extra-special this year.Dozens of Santa’s happiest and hardest-working helpers have been looking forward to Tuesday, when moms, dads and grandmothers are welcomed into Mercy House, which has been stocked with gifts enough to rival any warehouse in the North Pole.It’s all in an effort to help families lessen the burden of making Christmas morning fantastic for their kids.”We are all really struggling right now with bills and food and everything. So, it’s good,” said…
The Florida Panthers face the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 (12/18/24) in a regular season game at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn.How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirecTV Stream. You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV, which is offering half off your first month.The game is also available to live stream on Max. Subscriptions plans start at $9.99 per month. — DirecTV Stream is offering $30 off on Entertainment with Sports Pack featuring NFL RedZone, BIG Ten Network and more.— Sling TV is offering plans…
If you’re hoping of waking up on Christmas morning and seeing a white coating of snow on the ground, New Jersey isn’t the ideal place to be.Based on historical averages, New Jersey’s northwestern counties with higher terrains — like Sussex, Warren, Morris and Passaic — have a 20% to 40% chance of getting a white Christmas in any given year. The odds are worse in other parts of the state.Most central and eastern counties only have a 10% to 20% chance, and most sections of South Jersey have just a 5% to 10% chance.Our neighbors in New York City have…
Four teaching hospitals in New Jersey made the Leapfrog Group’s annual “Top Hospital” list of the best hospitals nationwide in terms of quality and patient safety.The 2024 list was released Tuesday, with Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Saint Michael’s Medical Center and St. Luke’s Warren Campus receiving the competitive award.“Top Hospitals have better systems in place to prevent medication errors, higher quality maternity care and lower infection rates, among other laudable qualities,” according to Leapfrog.The Leapfrog Group has published a list of the nation’s top hospitals since 2006, according to its website. A national nonprofit…
More than three years after a little hole-in-the-wall deli in South Jersey became the unlikely focus of an international investment scam stretching all the way to Hong Kong and Thailand, the father-and-son team who orchestrated the complicated financial scheme pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom on Thursday.Peter Coker, Sr., 82, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and his son, Peter Coker, Jr., 56, formerly of Hong Kong, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Christine P. O’Hearn in Camden to securities fraud and conspiracy charges.They each face up to 20 years in prison and a $5 million fine when they are sentenced…