Northam takes the lead in early Virginia governor resultsDemocratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam has taken an early lead in Virginia's governor's race as results pour in, running ahead of Hillary Clinton's vote share in the same areas when she carried the state by 5 points last fall ( Read more... )

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Peter Jacob, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in the 7th Congressional District, was among the first candidates endorsed by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' new political committee, Our Revolution.Sanders (I-Vt.) formed the group after losing the Democratic presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton. Jacob is the only New Jersey candidate in the ( Read more... )

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Maria Fernandes, Who Worked 4 Jobs, Dies While Napping In Car ( Read more... )

The alleged victim says bystanders ignored her pleas for help when she escaped, and that authorities didn’t take her report seriously for weeks
( Trigger warning for descriptions of violent sexual assault and repeated revictiomization by misogynistic authorities )

(CNN) -- New documents show appointees of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tried to stem other officials' anger and stonewall media queries about a hastily crafted plan to close access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, closures that wreaked traffic havoc on the New Jersey side of the nation's busiest bridge.

In a terse e-mail, the executive ( Read more... )

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - A spokesperson for the Wounded Warrior Project told LGBTQ Nation on Friday they had no record of any donations received from a New Jersey waitress who received thousands of dollars in extra tips and donations after she claimed she was stiffed by a family who left her an anti-gay note instead of a tip.


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Family Stiffs Restaurant Server On $100 Bill Because They ‘Did Not Agree With Her Lifestyle’
by Adrian Garcia

Just weeks after a 20-year-old gay waiter was denied a tip at a Carrabba’s Italian Grill restaurant by a Christian couple because of his sexual orientation, comes news that a similar incident occurred in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

( This time, a family with two children stiffed a waitress... leaving no tip on a $93.55 bill. )