New Jersey

Dia Smith: Former Broadway “The Lion King” Star Killed In NJ

December 29, 2025 2:12 am

Imani Dia Smith, former Young Nala in Broadway’s “The Lion King,” dies at 26 in New Jersey stabbing; boyfriend charged with murder and weapons offenses.

Imani Dia Smith, a former child actress who played Young Nala in Broadway’s acclaimed production of “The Lion King,” was fatally stabbed at her home in New Jersey on December 21, 2025. She was 26 years old.

Authorities arrested Smith’s boyfriend, Jordan D. Jackson-Small, 35, and charged him with first-degree murder, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and weapons offenses. Police have confirmed that the investigation is ongoing, but no further details about the …

New Jersey Man Dies After Hit By July 4 Fireworks Blast

July 5, 2020 2:34 pm

Jersey City police officers responded around 1 a.m. Saturday to the Booker T. Washington housing buildings, where they found a victim bleeding heavily, The Associated Press reported.

Witnesses said the man, who has not been identified, was struck in the neck by fireworks, NJ.com reported. First responders worked to revive the man. He was later pronounced dead at Jersey City Medical Center.

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Biden’s Campaign Boosted By Booker Ahead Of Primary

March 10, 2020 3:46 am

US Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden received another boost on Monday when former presidential hopeful and the senator from New Jersey Cory Booker endorsed him.

The former US vice-president is hoping to deliver a knockout blow to rival Bernie Sanders on Tuesday as six states vote.

At a campaign event in Flint, Michigan, alongside Biden, Booker, who ended his own White House bid in January, said that “it should be obvious” why he is backing the former vice president, who, he said, could heal a “wounded nation.”

Booker’s endorsement – one day after another onetime candidate, Senator Kamala Harris of …

US Woman Going To Jail For Fake Marriage With Nigerian

February 15, 2020 4:06 am

An American woman from New Jersey has admitted in a federal court to entering a sham marriage with a Nigerian who was living in Pittsburgh so he could become a permanent resident, according to prosecutors.

Ajia Strauss, 28, of Newark, pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh federal court to conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Strauss and Monsuru Ogunbiyi, a citizen of Nigeria, married on June 3, 2016, in exchange for $1,500, according to court papers. The fake couple later submitted falsified documents and made untrue statements to Citizenship and Immigration Services.