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3+ hour, 40+ min ago (969+ words) The teams exchanged chances in the opening minutes. Stefan Noesen and Tage Thompson fought off a faceoff, but the teams remained at five on five afterward. The Devils got on the board first at 12:07 after a Timo Meier forced a turnover behind Buffalo's net and found Nico Hischier at the net front for his ninth goal of the season. New Jersey surged after the goal, but couldn't get a second past Alex Lyon before the period expired. The Devils were outshot 10-9 in the opening 20 minutes. Buffalo nearly tied the contest after Jake Allen was caught out of his net, but the Devils recovered in time to bail out their netminder. The Sabres had momentum to start the period, but the Devils turned the tide in their favor as the period approached the halfway point. New Jersey extended their lead at…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago (544+ words) MANSFIELD, Ohio " For the second straight year, St. Edward saw its season come to an end at Arlin Field, this time with a 28-0 loss to Olentangy Orange in the Division I state semifinals on Friday night. Last year, the Eagles fell 21-7 in the state semifinals to Olentangy Liberty, the loss ending their hopes of winning a fourth straight state title. They had hoped that this year would be different, but much like a year ago, the offense could never get its footing. After just 221 yards of total offense in the semifinal last year, St. Edward was held to just 188 yards on Friday. The shutout ended a streak of 50 straight games with a touchdown, the last shutout coming in a 35-0 loss to Archbishop Hoban on Sept. 5, 2020. Despite the loss, St. Edward head coach Tom Lombardo had positive words for his players…...

16+ hour, 6+ min ago (215+ words) Two New Jersey sisters died Thanksgiving night while trying to rescue their father from a house fire in Essex County, officials said. The deadly Orange Township fire started around 5 p.m., investigators said. Witnesses said they saw "enormous" flames coming from the Mosswood Avenue home and alerted authorities. The response was prompt, with firefighters arriving within two minutes of the alert, neighbor Claire Stevens told ABC 7 New York. Unfortunately, there was not enough time to save 49-year-old Frantzia Fleury and 42-year-old Pojanee Fleury, who reportedly died while trying to rescue their father, who lives with a disability. The Fleury sisters were pronounced dead at the scene at 6:47 p.m., Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Orange Fire Department Chief Derrick Brown told the Daily News in an emailed statement. The father, who has not been named, and six other people were able to…...

18+ hour, 17+ min ago (110+ words) An NJ Transit bus slammed into a utility pole on Thanksgiving morning in southern New Jersey, authorities said. The bus crashed at 9:45 a.m. Thursday on Broad Street at Taylors Lane in Cinnaminson, the township fire department reported on Facebook. The bus was empty and the driver wasn't hurt, the fire department said. The bus and pole were severely damaged, the post said. The road was closed for five hours, according to the fire department. The Cinnaminson Police chief didn't immediately reply to an email Friday looking for the cause of the crash. The Delran Fire Department assisted Cinnaminson firefighters and volunteers, the Facebook post says....

19+ hour, 28+ min ago (219+ words) Orange County Coast, Orange County, San Bernardino and Riverside County Valleys, Riverside County Mountains and San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning are under an air quality alert which was reported by the National Weather Service on Friday at 12:50 p.m. The alert is in effect until Saturday Nov. 29, at 1 p.m. The NWS San Diego CA states to expect, "The South Coast AQMD has extended a mandatory wood-burning ban for residents in the South Coast Air Basin. The No-Burn rule bans burning wood, pellets, and manufactured fire logs in any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device." When an air quality alert is in effect, following the NWS guidance is pivotal. Here are some simple tips from the NWS for safeguarding your well-being: Be mindful of activities that increase pollution, like driving cars, operating gas-powered lawnmowers, or using motorized vehicles. Limit their usage during air quality alerts....

23+ hour, 14+ min ago (249+ words) A community in New Jersey stepped up to rally around a nonprofit after a real-life Grinch got away with hundreds of toys for children in need. Wheels of Change in West Deptford, New Jersey, was scrambling to replace hundreds of toys before Christmas after a thief allegedly cut the locks off their trailer and stole bags of gifts. The organization had put the toys away in the trailer to set them aside for more than 600 children. "Honestly, my stomach dropped. I wanted to cry," Wheels of Change founder Brenda Gonzalez had told NBC Philadelphia. "As we were having a food distribution outside for Thanksgiving we noticed that the locks were cut." There are no surveillance cameras outside of the nonprofit's building, so organizers said that they didn't know when the theft happened or who possibly committed the theft. Wheels of…...

23+ hour, 58+ min ago (56+ words) Two sisters died trying to save their elderly father from a burning family home in Orange Township, New Jersey, on Thanksgiving. CBS News New York's Dave Carlin reports. Two sisters died trying to save their elderly father from a burning family home in Orange Township, New Jersey, on Thanksgiving. CBS News New York's Dave Carlin reports....