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National Interest
Too Many Students Are Getting A's At Harvard: Faculty Just Made It Even Harder
Harvard University faculty voted to cap the number of A grades undergraduate students can receive beginning in 2027, according to multiple news reports, including CBS. Faculty approved the measure in a 458-201 vote, limiting A grades to 20 percent per class, with professors allowed to award four additional A grades beyond the cap. The policy will apply only to undergraduate students, according to the university. A-minus grades and lower grades will not be affected under the new rules. Faculty also rejected a separate proposal that would have allowed individual courses to opt out o…
Mount Laurel, NJ
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Screaming Mount Laurel Man In Viral Video Arrested, Cops Confirm
A New Jersey man has been charged with harassment and bias intimidation after a video of him screaming at a woman went viral. Mount Laurel police responded to the 3000 block of Saxony Drive for a reported dispute connected to an earlier juvenile incident around 6:26 p.m. Monday, May 18, according to Police Chief Timothy Hudnall. Officers separated the parties and conducted an initial investigation at the scene, police said. Both parents accused one another of wrongdoing, but neither chose to file criminal complaints at the time. Detectives then reviewed video footage submitted to the depar…
Edison, NJ
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Bodycam Shows Dramatic Rescue Of Wheelchair-Bound Woman In 3-Alarm Edison Fire
Newly released body-worn camera footage captured the dramatic rescue of a wheelchair-bound woman during a three-alarm apartment fire in Edison. Police and firefighters responded to the blaze at the Marina Drive apartment complex around 11:13 p.m. On Wednesday, May 20 and found multiple residents trapped inside the building. Video shared by Mayor Sam Joshi shows officers kicking out a second-floor window as smoke poured from the building and first responders rushed to rescue residents. One woman in a wheelchair was pulled from a third-floor window. “She can’t walk at all,” one officer can …
Wall Township, NJ
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NJ Celebrity Bartender 'Quietly Struggled' Before Death, Campaign Says
The overwhelming response to a fundraiser for New Jersey bartender Dave “DQ” Quisumbing is painting a heartbreaking picture of just how many lives he touched before his death. A GoFundMe campaign launched by Justin Palmer raised more than $15,000 in less than a day as tributes flooded in from friends, customers, coworkers, gym partners, and fellow entrepreneurs across the state. Quisumbing was a familiar face at some of the Shore’s most popular nightlife spots, regularly guest bartending at Bar A, Green Rock, Bill’s Supperclub, Park East, Headliner, and The Waiting Room, earning a reputatio…
National Interest
$200M Makover Coming To Aging Newark Airport Terminal
Newark Liberty International Airport’s tired, overcrowded Terminal B is finally getting a long-awaited facelift under a new $200 million overhaul announced by the Port Authority of NY/NJ. The first $75 million phase of the project was approved Thursday, May 21, and will begin this year, targeting some of travelers’ biggest complaints inside the 53-year-old terminal — cramped gate areas, aging restrooms, broken escalators, outdated elevators, harsh lighting, and worn passenger spaces. Opened in 1973, Terminal B was built for about 6.8 million passengers a year. Last year alone, roughly 11.5 …
National Interest
Autopsy Reveals Painful Death Of Briarcliff Grandmother Who Fell Through NYC Manhole: Report
Newly released autopsy findings obtained by ABC7 confirmed the cause of death of a 56-year-old woman who fell into a manhole in midtown Manhattan earlier this week. Donike Gocaj, a grandmother from Briarcliff Manor in Westchester, died of scald burns with inhalation thermal injury and blunt force trauma of the torso, after falling through the manhole on West 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue on Monday, May 18, the outlet said in a report published Thursday, May 21. Her death was ruled accidental. Autopsy reveals cause of death for woman who fell down Manhattan manhole https://t.co/oOIMHfo5eH …
Bayonne, NJ
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Infant Found After Noise Complaint Dies, Homicide Probe Underway In Bayonne: Report
Authorities in Hudson County are investigating the death of an infant as a homicide, Daily Voice has learned. On March 25, an injured 2-month-old infant arrived at Bayonne Medical Center and was pronounced dead the following day, a spokesperson for the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office confirmed. No additional information was released. Police allegedly found the baby while responding to a noise complaint, ABC7 reports. The manager of the Bayonne building told the outlet that the couple living in the same unit as the baby argued constantly. The manager said he "couldn't take it anymore" and…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park OEM Deputy Director, 63, Sexually Assaulted Child Over 4 Years: Prosecutor
A 63-year-old Bergen County man who also works as a municipal deputy Office of Emergency Management director has been charged with sexual assault offenses involving a juvenile victim over the course of four years, authorities said. Nicholas "Nick" Fedorisin, whose Facebook page shows that he is widowed, engaged in sexual conduct with a juvenile in Elmwood Park on one or more occasions between 2021 and 2025, Bergen County Prosecutor Musella said Thursday, May 21. Records show that Fedorisin is the deputy director of Elmwood Park's Office of Emergency Management and is in charge of property ma…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Ridgefield Park Sophomore Mourned After Tragic, Sudden Death
Ridgefield Park is mourning the unexpected loss of a high school student who died Tuesday, May 19, Daily Voice has learned. Officers responded to reports of an injured female in the area of Challenger Road, local police said in a statement shared Wednesday, May 20. On Tuesday, Superintendent Dr. Joseph P. Vespignani informed families that a student at the junior-senior high school (which is for students in seventh to 12th grades) had died. School counselors were made available throughout the day for students and staff members needing support, according to Vespignani. The sophomore…
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Man, 64, Strangled Juvenile During Argument: Complaint
A 64-year-old Teaneck man was arrested this week for assaulting a juvenile, authorities said. Teaneck police responded to a local home on Monday, May 18 at approximately 10:50 p.m. where an argument involving Miguel Mejia and a girl under the age of 18 had turned physical, according to charging documents obtained by Daily Voice. The girl had a vertical laceration to the right side of her face with noticeable swelling, the complaint says. The girl was taken to a hospital where she disclosed that Mejia had strangled her and struck her in the face multiple times, according to the charging docu…
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