Tri-State Contestants Compete In Ms. Full-Figured Pageant
The CEO and founder of the pageant Theresa Randolph said the competition was a way for normal people to show off their confidence.
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The CEO and founder of the pageant Theresa Randolph said the competition was a way for normal people to show off their confidence.
Prosecutors contended Alexander Alfaro wielded a machete during the attack.
The sole survivor of the Newark schoolyard murders took the witness stand Wednesday. On trial was Alexander Alfaro, accused in the killings of three friends and the attempted murder of a fourth in August of 2007.
The second trial in the Newark schoolyard killings case, which brought the violence-plagued city into the national spotlight, got underway Tuesday.
The plan reportedly called for some long-struggling schools to be closed and their students sent elsewhere. Other schools with low enrollment could be consolidated.
Immigration advocacy groups waving signs and dressed in orange prison jumpsuits marched more than three miles across Newark Thursday to protest a proposed immigration detention facility.
The flames broke out at midnight on the second floor of a three-family apartment house and quickly spread.
Sometimes the simple things in life make a big difference. A Tennessee-based charity has come to help some needy students in Newark, who can't afford new footwear.
Both Newark and Camden have laid off over 160 cops within the last three months.
Leslie Risinger is heading up the last resort exoneration project thru Seton Hall Law School, helping prison inmates who were wrongly convicted.
Figures from the 2010 Census show population growth in New Jersey is tilting southward as the state's suburbs continue to diversify.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker was scheduled to announce details of the event at a news conference Wednesday.
A federal judge in New Jersey sentenced a Canadian man who admitted running a brothel for pedophiles in Thailand to 25 years in prison.
Jersey City's police union has approved an agreement that will avert the layoffs of 82 officers. Mayor Healy announced that the Police Officers Benevolent Association approved the agreement Wednesday night.
Prosecutors say Bonilla strangled Derrick West Harris of Newark, a 51-year-old barber who'd been brought to the Delaney Hall correctional facility two days earlier in May 2009 for unpaid traffic tickets.
Continental Airlines says a cross-country flight from Newark, N.J., had to return there a few minutes after taking off when smoke was reported in the plane's cabin.
The ACLU's New Jersey chapter asked the government in September to provide federal oversight of Newark's 1,300-officer department.
A Newark school official said a school bus was hit by gunfire Tuesday as it stopped to drop off students from a city elementary school. No one on the bus was injured.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's administration has approved applications for 23 new charter schools including the state's first independent school for children with autism.
Authorities say a 29-year-old Irvington man has died from injuries suffered in a shooting in Newark.
A security checkpoint at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport has been briefly shut down because a prohibited item was found in a bag.
Enough is enough, Newark officials said. Acting Essex County Prosecutor Bob Laurino said the armed carjacking thugs that have plagued Newark over the past few months stole cars for the thrill.
A five-story apartment building was consumed by flames and residents had to flee onto icy fire escapes to get out alive.
The Garden State is gearing up for another snow storm expected to arrive in the state early Friday. This storm is forecast to bring far less snow—one to three inches for most parts—than the blizzard that hit last week. However, the northwestern part of the state could see up to seven inches of snow.
A state Superior Court judge in Newark set a May 2 trial date for Lee Evans of Irvington and his cousin, Philander Hampton of Jersey City, who are charged with murdering five Newark teens in 1978.
Police said it happened as the man entered the 73rd Precinct stationhouse in Brownsville through a door for authorized NYPD personnel.
The New York Jets open the 2025 NFL regular season Sunday against the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers in the first game of the Aaron Glenn era.
Doctors say more young women are being diagnosed with breast cancer.
At the town hall, Mamdani fielded questions from the crowd who voiced concerns about immigration and affordability.
Saturday's jackpot had an estimated cash value of $826.4 million, Powerball said.
Police said it happened as the man entered the 73rd Precinct stationhouse in Brownsville through a door for authorized NYPD personnel.
The New York Jets open the 2025 NFL regular season Sunday against the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers in the first game of the Aaron Glenn era.
Doctors say more young women are being diagnosed with breast cancer.
At the town hall, Mamdani fielded questions from the crowd who voiced concerns about immigration and affordability.
Lawrence Schwartz said it was the first time someone ever tried to rob him, but not his first scuffle.
Doctors say more young women are being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Once the 1 p.m. hour rolled around Saturday, thunderstorms started erupting all over the Tri-State Area.
NYC and the surrounding area could see rain showers or storms this afternoon into the evening commute.
It's back to a summery feel on Thursday.
As rain chances go up, so too will humidity levels, making it feel more like summer again.
The New York Jets open the 2025 NFL regular season Sunday against the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers in the first game of the Aaron Glenn era.
Doctors say more young women are being diagnosed with breast cancer.
His results are so trusted, he conditions leather for dozens of college programs and more than half the NFL.
Associated Humane Societies is pleading to those who want a new dog to come forward, because it's well over capacity.
The suspect died at a local hospital after shooting at officers on John. F. Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City police said.
Doctors say more young women are being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Schools across New York state were required to come up with their own procedures to implement the full-day ban on cellphones.
Christopher Williams was killed on the Southern State Parkway after walking out of The Martin De Porres School for Exceptional Children, his family says.
Once the 1 p.m. hour rolled around Saturday, thunderstorms started erupting all over the Tri-State Area.
A host of scathing product reviews on Amazon got the online giant's attention, which tipped off the Nassau County District Attorney's Office.
At the town hall, Mamdani fielded questions from the crowd who voiced concerns about immigration and affordability.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum's funding and leadership could change as the Trump administration seeks a takeover of the site in Lower Manhattan.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams held a blistering news conference Friday afternoon to insist he is staying in the race amid speculation he was set to drop out.
The 10 F-35 fighter jets are being deployed to the Caribbean for operations targeting drug cartels, one source said.
President Trump on Friday signed an executive order to begin the process of renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
Doctors say more young women are being diagnosed with breast cancer.
For Dr. Ellen Mandel, supporting the mission to end breast cancer is personal.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order comes as a direct rebuke to the federal government's new guidance on COVID-19 shots.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended firing the director of the CDC at a hearing before a Senate committee on Thursday.
New York City's investigation into a deadly Legionnaires' disease cluster in Central Harlem is over, the city Health Department says.
A jury has ruled in favor of Cardi B in a lawsuit where a security guard accused her of assault during the rapper's first pregnancy.
Canadian First Nations actor Graham Greene died at 73 after a lengthy illness, his representative told CBS News.
The 58-year-old chef said in a social media post that he had a Basal cell carcinoma removed from his skin.
"Concert Joe" fills his Bay Ridge apartment with memorabilia from five decades of live music obsession.
The English rock band Oasis landed in the NYC area for two concerts this Labor Day weekend in New Jersey.
The New York Jets open the 2025 NFL regular season Sunday against the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers in the first game of the Aaron Glenn era.
Jared Young homered for the Mets and Francisco Lindor added three hits.
The New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 Saturday afternoon in a game interrupted by rain for nearly two hours.
Aryna Sabalenka has won her fourth Grand Slam title overall and second straight at the U.S. Open after defeating Amanda Anisimova on Saturday.
Johnson won two World Series playing for the Baltimore Orioles before he became the New York Mets manager.
The 17th Avenue pedestrian bridge reconstruction is now at least two years behind schedule.
The history of Caribbean immigrants who helped shape Jamaica, Queens is on display at the King Manor Museum.
Nearly two dozen families at the Farragut Houses in Downtown Brooklyn say they've been forced to trek to the post office twice a week after a faulty lock left their building's mailbox panel unusable.
"Concert Joe" fills his Bay Ridge apartment with memorabilia from five decades of live music obsession.
As developers tout jobs and investment, opponents warn of displacement, addiction and strained infrastructure.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Dogs got decked out for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City's East Village on Saturday.
Cosplayers flooded New York City's Javits Center in October 2024 for the annual New York Comic Con convention.
Tens of thousands of people flooded Manhattan streets on June 2, 2024 for the 60th annual Israel Day on Fifth Parade.
Democrat Zohran Mamdani is ahead in the polls, but he has not broken the 50% mark in any of them. CBS News New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
It appears the man was killed in a hit-and-run near the Mosholu Parkway in the Bronx, police say.
The president vowed to send National Guard troops to more U.S. cities after Washington, D.C. CBS News' Wendy Gillette reports.
Sarah Burke, CBS News New York's news director, was diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer after taking a lifetime risk assessment test.
John Elliott has the Tri-State Area's updated Sunday morning First Alert Forecast on CBS News New York.
