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5+ 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…...

7+ 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....

8+ hour, 29+ 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....

12+ 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…...

12+ 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....

16+ hour, 1+ min ago (401+ words) Parts of northern New Jersey could see at least an inch of snow from a winter storm on Tuesday that could also bring a mix with rain and snow through central parts of the state. The National Weather Service's latest forecast issued Friday afternoon shows the highest probability for accumulating snow primarily north and west of the I-95 corridor. The storm is expected to be all rain in areas south and east of I-95, the weather service said. "There remains uncertainty given this being a few days away," the weather service said. "However, the overall set up is not very favorable for significant snowfall near and south/east of the I-95 corridor." AccuWeather's first forecast map for Tuesday's storm shows northwestern New Jersey with 1 to 3 inches of snow, along with rain, snow and ice for the I-95 corridor. AccuWeather's long-range forecast for next week…...

16+ hour, 53+ min ago (38+ words) Harrington, who turned 31 this month, nearly reached the pinnacle of her profession. She finished as the first runner-up at last month's Miss USA competition in Reno, Nevada. Nebraska's Audrey Eckert ... More in College Sports...

18+ hour, 39+ min ago (252+ words) Dispute, lost property: Park Avenue A Cleveland woman reported Nov. 21 that the previous evening, she went to the Pandora jewelry store in Pinecrest to purchase charms. At one point, she wanted to get her finger sized as well. She said she took off the ring she was wearing and set it on a table. After the ring-sizing, she left the store but then realized her own ring was missing. Believing it was still in the shop, she went back, where employees told her it was not on the table. Staff assisted her looking around the store and on the concrete outside but they were unable to find the ring, which the owner said was worth $500. She added that management would not allow her to view camera footage from inside the store. When she summoned Pinecrest security, the Pandora store manager…...

22+ hour, 43+ min ago (89+ words) Magic mushrooms could become legal in New Jersey if some lawmakers get their way. The Assembly's democratic-led health committee advanced a bill to legalize the drug. It's called psilocybin, and adults over 21 would have access to the drug for mental health treatment. While hallucinogenic mushrooms are banned under federal law, some states and cities have legalized the psychedelic. And a drugmaker is seeking FDA approval of a synthetic version, expected late next year or early 2027. The bill now goes to the Assembly's appropriations committee for consideration....