Rules are intended to 'slow and stabilize' encounters between police and barricaded people
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Nadine Menendez's trial was delayed due to her breast cancer diagnosis
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The deadline to reinstate two officers is the end of this week
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Sen. Nellie Pou seems to be a front-runner in the race
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/26/2024 12:09 AM
Gov. Murphy slow to act on a bill that would extend the subsidies through 2029
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/26/2024 12:07 AM
Congress is set to pass legislation to approve hundreds of federal projects, dozens in New Jersey
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/26/2024 12:05 AM
English language learners make up more than a quarter of the district’s enrollment this school year
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 8/23/2024 6:31 PM
We bring you what’s relevant and important in New Jersey news and our insight. Watch as the NJ Spotlight News team breaks down today’s top stories. FDU Poll shows Harris lead grows, with race and gender key factors Princeton University program helps public and private school teachers. Children and long COVID Research indicates almost half […]
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Research indicates almost half of infected kids experience at least one prolonged symptom
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Interview: Dan Cassino, executive director, FDU Poll
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Princeton University program helps public and private school teachers
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The nonprofit also provides services elsewhere in NJ
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 8/23/2024 7:59 AM
NJ Spotlight News identified 33 instances of police-involved shootings where the mental health of the person shot was a factor. Of the 33 shootings, 21 were fatal, though in one of those, an officer fired his gun but the report states the man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According NJ Spotlight News’ analysis to […]
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By NJ Spotlight | Taylor Jung | 8/23/2024 12:16 AM
Fort Lee PD among hundreds statewide that have not yet implemented Arrive Together program
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/23/2024 12:14 AM
Credit-rating firms identify strong budget reserves and full public-worker pension payments as key factors
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/23/2024 12:11 AM
It’s not clear if details of the investigation will be made public
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/23/2024 12:09 AM
Privacy matters, but Congress should also protect small businesses
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/23/2024 12:08 AM
El Partido Republicano subraya la necesidad de una protección adicional a pesar de la evidencia de que el voto de los no ciudadanos es minúsculo
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 8/22/2024 6:30 PM
We bring you what’s relevant and important in New Jersey news and our insight. Watch as the NJ Spotlight News team breaks down today’s top stories. New rules for use of force by police responding to barricade incidents The aim is to resolve situations “safely without force, significant injuries, or death.” Democrats grieve Pascrell, face […]
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Interview: Ahmad Awad, uncommitted NJ delegate
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“The eagerness to vilify ‘the other side’—usually on social media—complicates the less reactionary work that defines our mission.” — Jerry Brewer, The Washington Post, 11 June 2024
Did you know?
It seems reasonable to assume that the words vilify and villain come from the same source; after all, to vilify someone is—in some ways—to make them out to be a villain. Such is not the case, however. Although the origin stories of both vilify and villain involve Latin, their roots are quite different. Vilify came to English (via Middle English and Late Latin) from the Latin adjective vilis, meaning “cheap” or “vile.” Someone who has been vilified, accordingly, has had their reputation tarnished or cheapened in such a way that they’re viewed as morally reprehensible. Villain on the other hand, comes from the Medieval Latin word villanus, meaning “villager,” and ultimately from the Latin noun villa, meaning “house.” The Middle English descendent of villanus developed the meaning of “a person of uncouth mind and manners” due to the vilifying influence of the aristocracy of the time, and the connotations worsened from there until villain came to refer to (among other things), a deliberate scoundrel.