MANHATTAN (CN) - A defense lawyer for Bob Menendez was preoccupied Wednesday morning with his co-defendant's recollection that the senator rang a small bell to summon his wife outside during a backyard meeting to discuss terms of a purported bribery deal in September 2019. The 70-year-old senator is standing trial on sixteen counts of federal bribery charges that he conspired for years with his wife, Na ..read more

(Photo credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports) Linnea Strom made LPGA history by shooting a final-round 60 to win the ShopRite LPGA Classic on Sunday in Galloway, N.J. The 27-year-old from Sweden began the day tied for 52nd, making her performance Sunday at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club's Bay Course the largest come-from-behind win in terms ofleaderboard position in the history of the tour. Her 11-under 60 -- which featured an ..read more

About a third of U.S. parents with children younger than 18 say they worry their children might be bullied at some point and it became a reality for one Nevada parent. Christina McDarment said her 12-year-old daughter, who has a disability and was in the public school system, began to get bullied at the age of 10 ..read more

New York elected officials are kicking off a tour to tout the benefits of electric vehicles. The Elected Officials to Protect America tour is planning stops in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Georgia, to encourage state leaders to transition their states to EVs. New York climate goals stipulate all new cars sold in New York will be all-e ..read more

MANHATTAN (CN) - New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez summoned the state's top law enforcement official for a private meeting in 2019 to discuss a pending insurance fraud case, former state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal testified Thursday afternoon in the senator's public corruption trial. Grewal said the senator's request to speak about any pending case with him went against his longstanding personal practice o ..read more

NEW YORK, June 5 (Xinhua) -- In a surprising move, New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced a halt to the highly controversial Manhattan congestion pricing plan. The decision, which comes as New York gears up for the 2024 elections, has ignited discussions about the political and economic implications of the tolling program. Hochul stated that she postponed the implementation of the congestio ..read more

MANHATTAN (CN) - Prosecutors in New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's corruption trial on Wednesday showed jurors a trove of text messages, e-mails, and voicemails that illustrated how his wife's desire for a new Mercedes-Benz after a 2018 crash initiated a sprawling conspiracy to pay bribes to the Democrat in exchange for a variety of official acts. The 70-year-old politician and his wife were initially charged ..read more

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Hunter Biden's ex-wife Kathleen Buhle and ex-girlfriend Zoe Kestan were called to testify on Wednesday in the third day of his federal gun trial in Wilmington, U.S. state of Delaware. Hunter Biden, the youngest son and only surviving son of U.S. President Joe Biden, faces three felony gun charges in the historic trial that carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison if he's co ..read more

Trenton, New Jersey - Representative Andy Kim won the Democratic Senate primary in the U.S. state of New Jersey on Tuesday, putting him in a strong position for the general election in the blue-leaning state. The win comes a day after Democratic Senator Bob Menendez filed to run as an independent amid his federal corruption trial. Kim, a three-term congressman who launched his campaign after charges against Menen ..read more

TRENTON, N.J. (CN) - U.S. Representative Andy Kim secured the nomination on the Democratic side and will face off against a Republican developer in the fall in the race to win the Senate seat currently held by embattled Senator Bob Menendez. Kim was declared the winner shortly after polls in New Jersey closed at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, with less than 8% of the vote in. An hour later, Republican Curtis Bashaw wo ..read more