Alleged Nationwide Price-Fixing Scheme Ends With 53 Million Eggs Headed To Food Banks: DOJ Alleged Nationwide Price-Fixing Scheme Ends With 53 Million Eggs Headed To Food Banks: DOJ
Alleged Nationwide Price-Fixing Scheme Ends With 53 Million Eggs Headed To Food Banks: DOJ More than 53 million eggs are headed to food banks across the country after federal and state investigators uncovered an alleged scheme by some of the nation's largest egg producers to illegally manipulate prices, officials announced Tuesday, June 30. The U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general from 17 states filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Cal-Maine Foods, Hickman's Egg Ranch, and Versova/Centrum, while simultaneously reaching proposed settlements that, if approved by a federal court, would prohibit the companies from coordinating to inflate egg prices in the future. The b…
Bodycam Contradicts Dianna Russini's Story Of FaceTiming NFL Coach In NJ Traffic Stop Bodycam Contradicts Dianna Russini's Story Of FaceTiming NFL Coach In NJ Traffic Stop
Bodycam Contradicts Dianna Russini's Story Of FaceTiming NFL Coach In NJ Traffic Stop Newly released bodycam footage appears to contradict former NFL reporter Dianna Russini's public account of a January traffic stop in New Jersey, prompting the police department to defend the officer's decision to let her off with a warning. Russini had famously claimed she'd "made a nasty play" by FaceTiming an NFL coach to get out of a ticket. Still, the footage released by the Center Square on Monday, June 29, at no point shows Russini FaceTiming anyone.  Police body camera footage involving former NFL insider Dianna Russini using her connections to the National Fo…
LI Mom Drank In Bathroom While Son Choked To Death Outside: Authorities LI Mom Drank In Bathroom While Son Choked To Death Outside: Authorities
LI Mom Drank In Bathroom While Son Choked To Death Outside: Authorities A Long Island woman was drunk in a bathroom while her toddler son choked to death on popcorn kernels in the next room, authorities said. Olivia Bithorn, 36, was ordered held on $500,000 bail following her hearing Monday, June 29 on manslaughter charges for the death of Luke Russell Jr., the 18-month-old boy who died on April 12, Newsday reported. Investigators said Bithorn has a history of alcohol abuse and was being temporarily supported at the time by her estranged husband, who reportedly believed Bithorn was sober when he allowed their two children to make the fateful visit, according to…
$2.3M Lottery Ticket Sold At Grocery Store In Wealthy NJ Town $2.3M Lottery Ticket Sold At Grocery Store In Wealthy NJ Town
$2.3M Lottery Ticket Sold At Grocery Store In Wealthy NJ Town A lucky lottery player who bought a Jersey Cash 5 ticket at a North Jersey grocery store is more than $2.3 million richer after matching all five numbers in Monday's drawing. The winning ticket for the $2,327,955 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot was sold at Kings Food Market, 778 Morris Turnpike, in affluent Short Hills, an Essex County community that GOBankingRates recently ranked among the nation's wealthiest suburbs with a median household income of $250,001, the New Jersey Lottery announced. The winning numbers were 01, 06, 09, 22, and 30. The Bullseye number was 09, and the XTRA number was 02. K…
DHS Scraps Plan For Mass NJ Detention Center: Gov. Sherrill DHS Scraps Plan For Mass NJ Detention Center: Gov. Sherrill
DHS Scraps Plan For Mass NJ Detention Center: Gov. Sherrill The Department of Homeland Security is not moving forward with plans to establish a mass detention center in Roxbury, Gov. Mikie Sherrill and Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said. "This is a major victory for the state and for the township of Roxbury," Sherrill and Davenport said. "This has never been a partisan case, because the plan to establish a detention center at the Roxbury warehouse was always unlawful. Converting a warehouse for packages into a detention center for thousands of people would not only be inhumane but also have devastating local and environmental impacts—and it wou…
NJ's Chloe Troast, SNL Alum, Debuts New Play NJ's Chloe Troast, SNL Alum, Debuts New Play
NJ's Chloe Troast, SNL Alum, Debuts New Play Chloe Troast, a New Jersey native who spent one season on "Saturday Night Live", is headed to Off-Broadway. Troast, who grew up in Ho-Ho-Kus, is starring in "Pepper Slit", which is set for a four-week engagement in the East Village in Manhattan, beginning Tuesday, July 21 . "Pepper Slit’s" theatrical experience blends music, nostalgia, and delusion into an unforgettable comedy spectacle, according to a synopsis. Each night, only 35 guests are invited to the stage and screen legend, Pepper Slit’s personal home to experience a night of party and performance that New Yorkers thought was outla…
Woman Killed In Alligator Attack While Swimming In Florida Woman Killed In Alligator Attack While Swimming In Florida
Woman Killed In Alligator Attack While Swimming In Florida A swim with friends in a Florida river turned deadly in a place known for outdoor recreation. A 31-year-old woman died after an apparent alligator attack Sunday, June 28, while swimming in the Econlockhatchee River in Seminole County, Florida, NBC Miami reported, citing the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The attack happened near the Barr Street Trailhead in the Little Big Econ State Forest, northeast of Orlando. The river is also known as the Little Big Econ River. The attack happened near the Barr Street Trailhead in the Little Big Econ State Forest, northe…
Cause Of Death Revealed For 'Lilo & Stitch,' 'The Ring' Star Daveigh Chase: Reports Cause Of Death Revealed For 'Lilo & Stitch,' 'The Ring' Star Daveigh Chase: Reports
Cause Of Death Revealed For 'Lilo & Stitch,' 'The Ring' Star Daveigh Chase: Reports The cause of death has been revealed for the child actor widely known as the psychic girl in "The Ring" and the voice of Lilo in Disney's "Lilo & Stitch," according to reports. Daveigh Chase, 35, died from AIDS, Us Weekly reported on Monday, June 29. Chronic polysubstance use was listed as another significant condition in Los Angeles medical examiner records. Chase died in a Los Angeles hospital on Monday, June 16, and her manner of death was listed as natural. Her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, previously told TMZ that Chase died after battling meningitis and an infection in her …
Beloved Former NJ Restaurant Employee, Airman Killed In Motorcycle Crash Beloved Former NJ Restaurant Employee, Airman Killed In Motorcycle Crash
Beloved Former NJ Restaurant Employee, Airman Killed In Motorcycle Crash A 21-year-old Parsippany native was killed in a motorcycle crash in South Carolina Sunday, June 28, authorities said. Pablo Marcelo Caballero Molina was operating a motorcycle southbound on I-77 in Lexington County at a high rate of speed when he struck a concrete barrier and was ejected, the Lexington County Coroner's Office said. He was not was wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Molina had moved to South Carolina after joining the Air Force, according to a GoFundMe set up to support his family. He previously worked at Cafe Crevier in Denville, w…
63 Charged In $8M Luxury Car Theft Ring That Sent Stolen SUVs To Africa: NJ AG 63 Charged In $8M Luxury Car Theft Ring That Sent Stolen SUVs To Africa: NJ AG
63 Charged In $8M Luxury Car Theft Ring That Sent Stolen SUVs To Africa: NJ AG New Jersey officials have announced charges against 63 people in what they call a massive auto theft trafficking enterprise that allegedly stole more than 90 luxury vehicles worth over $8 million and shipped many of them to buyers in West Africa (scroll to the bottom of this news article for a complete list of every defendant charged in the case). The criminal enterprise operated across New Jersey and New York between June 2025 and June 2026, targeting high-end vehicles including Range Rovers, Porsches, and BMWs, according to Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, the Office of the Insura…
ABC7 Reporter's Bosnia Gaffe Gets Awkward Balkan Twist ABC7 Reporter's Bosnia Gaffe Gets Awkward Balkan Twist
ABC7 Reporter's Bosnia Gaffe Gets Awkward Balkan Twist A little World Cup trash talk turned into a global embarrassment for an ABC7 reporter. Abigail Vélez found herself at the center of a viral backlash after declaring on live television that she couldn't point out Bosnia on a map while hyping Team USA's upcoming World Cup matchup against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Reporting from a World Cup watch party in Long Beach, CA, following the United States' 3-2 loss to Turkey, Vélez was apparently trying to rally American fans before the Round of 32 showdown. "One thing about Bosnia, I could not point out where it is on a map," she said. "I don’t know …
Drone Strikes JetBlue Flight At 3,000 Feet Near JFK, Pilot Says Drone Strikes JetBlue Flight At 3,000 Feet Near JFK, Pilot Says
Drone Strikes JetBlue Flight At 3,000 Feet Near JFK, Pilot Says A drone collided with a JetBlue flight landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday morning, June 29, according to the aircraft’s pilot. The pilot alerted air traffic controllers at JFK of the collision around 7:15 a.m. at about 3,000 feet in the air, according to audio obtained by WABC. “We collided with a drone back there in the turn as we were coming to ASALT, just wanted to pass to you,” the pilot said, according to WABC reporting. “You said you collided?” the controller responded. “Yup, it hit us, right above the cockpit,” the pilot confirmed. However, the pilot said f…