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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…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is pushing against the stopgap spending bill unveiled Tuesday night that would keep the government funded through mid-March, he wrote on social media.The spending deal was met with swift backlash from conservatives in the House, with many Republicans lamenting the bill for including large amounts of spending. Musk, a close advisor of President-elect Donald Trump, tried to torpedo the bill starting early Wednesday morning in a flurry of posts to social media platform X. “This bill should not pass,” Musk wrote on X. Musk was replying to a tweet posted by entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who was…
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 5:19AMDuring the arrest attempt, shots were exchanged between the suspect and the officers, according to police.NEWARK , New Jersey (WABC) — Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a deadly shooting in Newark on Tuesday.Police said officers in the area of 433 4th Avenue heard gunshots and rushed to the scene on Tuesday afternoon.During the arrest attempt, shots were exchanged between the suspect and the officers, according to police.No one was injured during the exchange of gunfire, police said.The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.* Get Eyewitness News Delivered * Follow us on YouTube…
No. 24 Michigan faces No. 14 Oklahoma in a men’s college basketball game on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.How to watch: Fans can watch the game with a FREE TRIAL of DirecTV Stream and FuboTV.Here’s what you need to know:What: College basketballWho: Michigan vs. OklahomaWhen: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024Where: Spectrum CenterTime: 9 p.m. ETTV: ESPN2 Live stream: DirecTV Stream and FuboTVAP Story:OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Sam Godwin had a career-high 20 points with 14 rebounds to lead No. 13 Oklahoma past Oklahoma State 80-65 in Oklahoma City on Saturday night in the first Bedlam…
Light snow is in the forecast for New Jersey on Friday with a dusting to an inch expected in most areas ahead of what will be a frigid weekend, forecasters said Thursday.Though northwest New Jersey could receive 2 to 3 inches of accumulation, any snow that falls will be very light elsewhere and might mix with rain because temps will be above freezing until nighttime, the National Weather Service said.Areas south and east of Interstate 95 should receive mainly rain except for a brief changeover to snow at night.All snow will have moved out by Saturday morning.The weekend will be…
Even though he lived more than an hour away from Ocean County, as a teenager Ed Vienckowski heard the infamous stories of pollution tied to Ciba-Geigy Corporation.When the company’s pipeline leaked black liquid at Vaughn and Bay Avenues in 1984, word spread, Vienckowski, the chairman of the board for Save Barnegat Bay, recalled on Tuesday standing at the site of the 1,255-acre former chemical plant.“When that pipe burst, all hell broke loose,” Vienckowski, 69, told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday afternoon, “because then they couldn’t hide any longer what they were doing.”The pollution in Toms River and related health impacts…
Her teeth were “not salvageable,” her body “emaciated,” when 18-year-old Leah — a non-verbal woman with autism — arrived at the hospital from her group home in 2021, medical records found.Her mother demanded answers from the Special Children’s Center, Leah’s group home in Lakewood, and expected the state, which licensed and paid the home $805 a day, to seek accountability.But three years since Leah went to the hospital, her group home has faced no consequences. And while state investigators acknowledged “the child was harmed or was placed at risk of harm,” abuse and neglect was “not established” because of “a…