Crime & Safety

Bicyclist Shot At, Teen Charged: Top 5 NJ Stories

Check out the top news making headlines today across the Garden State.

Check out the top news making headlines today across the Garden State.
Check out the top news making headlines today across the Garden State. (Toms River Police Department)

Good evening, New Jersey Patch readers! We've assembled some of the most share-worthy stories from the state for today, just for you.

Here are the top five stories from across New Jersey:

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1. H Mart, known as "the nation’s leading Asian supermarket," will open an international food hall later this spring at the American Dream retail/entertainment complex, the company announced Wednesday. Read more.

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2. Pro-Gaza Princeton University students officially ended their hunger strike on Wednesday and announced they will clear the encampment Thursday. Read more.

3. A youth soccer coach from Union Beach had sexually-explicit conversations with eight of the youth soccer players under his supervision, two of whom he is also accused of touching inappropriately, prosecutors said. Read more.

4. A construction worker who died last week after falling into a trench in Kenilworth has been identified, police said. Read more.

5. A teenager has been charged with attempted murder after authorities said he shot at a man riding a bicycle through a New Jersey neighborhood Tuesday, police said. Read more.

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