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CBS News
a day ago
- CBS News
Four people shot in Trenton, New Jersey, police say
Police are on the scene of a shooting in Trenton, New Jersey. Four people were shot on the 100 block of Passaic Street, Trenton police said. Police have not made any arrests in connection with the shooting, and the victims' conditions are not known at this time. This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former NJ Senate President Steve Sweeney tapped to serve as Rowan University trustee
Former state Senate President Steve Sweeney will soon have a new addition to his resume — Rowan University trustee. The longtime state senator and former gubernatorial hopeful was cleared by the state Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday morning for a post on the Rowan University Board of Trustees. Sweeney, a Gloucester County Democrat, announced his run for the 2025 Democratic gubernatorial primary in December 2023. He lost earlier this month to Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-Montclair. During his tenure as state senate president, some of the legislation that passed included bills that increased New Jersey's minimum wage and expanded family leave. He lost his seat in the Legislature, a shocking upset in 2021 by an unknown truck driver, now former state Sen. Ed Durr. From Trenton: NJ appears poised to hike sales tax on cigarettes, vapes in final state budget for 2026 Sweeney served as Senate president for 12 years. Since his loss in 2021, he has been the director of a bipartisan think tank at Rowan University. Before his time in Trenton, Sweeney was a member of the Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Professionally, Sweeney is an ironworker and serves as general vice president of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, overseeing union locals in New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania. Sweeney crossed party lines to work with former Gov. Chris Christie in 2011 to raise the retirement age and teamed up with him again to charge workers more for pensions, which brought tens of thousands of workers to protest in Trenton. Katie Sobko covers the New Jersey Statehouse. Email: sobko@ This article originally appeared on Steve Sweeney to become Rowan University trustee NJ
CBS News
4 days ago
- CBS News
Suspect in Oxford Valley Mall shooting seen on video; victim released from hospital, police say
Police in Middletown Township, Bucks County, are still searching for a shooter who injured a man outside the Oxford Valley Mall last week – but investigators have found images showing the shooter before the incident. The shooting happened around 5 p.m. Thursday, June 19, led to the evacuation and temporary closure of the mall. Police believed the shooter and the victim, a 25-year-old man from Trenton, New Jersey, knew each other. Middletown Township Police Police posted a video and still photos on their Facebook page Monday night, showing the suspect running from the SEPTA bus stop near the JCPenney store and heading toward the location of the old Boscov's building near the new Atlee Square apartments. Before that, the suspected shooter was seen talking on his phone by the water fountain between JCPenney and the One Oxford Valley Building, according to police. Anyone who recognizes the man should contact Middletown Township police. The victim has since been released from a local hospital and is recovering from a gunshot wound in his left arm. Middletown Township Police
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NJ Senate advances laws to curb 'ghost' guns, expand gun crimes
The state senate's Law and Public Safety Committee cleared nine bills related to gun safety and regulation at its June 19 meeting at the Statehouse in Trenton. The bills range from upgrading crimes for manufacturing guns to allowing for the court system to have more time considering pretrial release or pretrial detention when a gun crime is involved. Eight of the nine bills were introduced in the upper chamber last year. Five of them have already passed the full Assembly. State Sen. Linda Greenstein, the Democrat who chairs the committe and sponsored one of the bills, said the package 'will keep us safe from emerging threats.' Groups like Moms Demand Action and the National Council of Jewish Women testified in favor of the bills. Not everyone was in support of the legislation, though. Darin Goens, a state director for the National Rifle Association, and Joseph LoPorto of the New Jersey Gun Owner Syndicate, opposed the bills because there are already laws on the books that address gun related issues. They both also noted that New Jersey is in the minority of states when it comes to taking some of these measures, including the severity of the penalties. State Sen. Paul Moriarty, also a Democrat, said 'we're not that interested in what other states are doing.' 'There are a lot of states that seem to no longer want women to have reproductive rights. We've chosen a different path,' he said. 'We will continue to choose the path that we think is right for New Jersey at this time.' Trenton: Phil Murphy, Matt Platkin vow increased security for NJ officials after Minnesota shooting These nine bills would: Increase the penalties for the manufacturing and distributing so-called 'ghost guns' and 3D-printed firearms from second-degree to first-degree crimes, specifically buying parts to make a gun without a serial number, making a gun with a 3D printer, making a covert or undetectable firearm and transporting a manufactured gun without a serial number. Require businesses that sell guns and ammunition to use the merchant category codes established by the International Organization for Standardization for processing credit, debit, or prepaid transactions. Establish criminal penalties for selling or possessing devices designed to convert a weapon into a semiautomatic firearm. Make it a crime to possess digital instructions to use a 3D printer to make a gun, firearm receiver, magazine or firearm component. Make firing a gun within a hundred yards of certain structures like homes or schools a crime of the fourth degree and any other reckless discharge of a firearm a disorderly persons offense. Require the public safety risk assessment used by the Pretrial Services Program to consider a charge, if the act was an unlawful act and not a crime or offense, as risk factors relevant to the risk of failure to appear in court when required and the danger to the community while on pretrial release. Require county prosecutors to provide the state's attorney general with data on crimes involving the use of a gun that did not result in any bodily injury. Permit the court system to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved. Require state's attorney general to create a ballistics analysis device pilot program and for the chief law enforcement officer of each participating municipality to submit a report to the state's attorney general within 30 days with a detailed summary of each incident in which the agency used the device and recommends whether the agency should continue to use the device. Katie Sobko covers the New Jersey Statehouse. Email: sobko@ This article originally appeared on NJ laws target ghost guns, expand gun crimes
Al Bawaba
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
Canadian Sikhs rally against India's Modi presence at G7
TRENTON, Canada Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed his Indian counterpart to the G7 summit Tuesday, despite protests over the murder of a Canadian Sikh separatist in Canada. Narendra Modi's invitation by Carney as chair of the G7 was protested Monday by hundreds in nearby Calgary, the city closest to the summit in the resort town of Kananaskis, but the number dropped to about 50 on Tuesday. Carney said it was ridiculous to exclude the head of a country that had one of the largest economies in the world. The two men met on the sidelines of the G7 as Modi was an invited guest, not a G7 member. 'It is my great honor to have you here,' Carney told Modi, shaking hands and smiling. Neither of them mentioned the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil in 2023. Then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there was enough evidence to suggest the murder was sanctioned by the Indian government. India denied the allegation. Nijjar was an ardent supporter of the Khalistan movement, which advocates for the creation of an independent Sikh homeland in India's Punjab region. India considered him a terrorist. Two years later, both countries realize the importance of closer ties as trade wars rip apart longstanding alliances. The two were particularly interested in partnerships in energy security, artificial intelligence and the fight against terrorism and covert interference in other countries' business. In the days leading up to the summit, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said India was still a foreign interference threat to Canada. 'I'm sure, under your leadership, we will be able to work together in a positive way,' said Modi.
