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Smoke from the wildfires in Canada reaches the U.S. states of West Virginia, Tennessee, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and New Jersey, with the smoke also reaching the capital, Washington, D.C.
2023-06-28

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a case brought by New Jersey challenging the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which prohibited state-sponsored sports betting outside of four grandfathered states, holds that PASPA is unconstitutional, opening the door for all states to authorize sports betting.
2018-05-14

A man dies of the rare Lassa fever in the American state of New Jersey after returning from West Africa.
2015-05-26

Same-sex marriage is legalized in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
2013-12-19

The Senate in the U.S. state of Minnesota passes a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Governor Mark Dayton says he intends to sign it into law.
2013-05-13

The New Jersey state Senate passes a bill to legalize marriage for same-sex couples by a vote of 24-16.
2012-02-13

The Governor of the US state of New Jersey, Chris Christie declares a state of emergency along the Passaic and Delaware Rivers and Bound Brook in Somerset County in order to prepare for anticipated floods later in the week. [http:--www.therepublic.com-view-story-d149db5723834f14b9362921dc9f5a66-NJ--Flooding-NJ-# (AP via "The Columbus Republic")]date=August 2019
2011-03-9

Same-sex marriage in the U.S. state of California, due to resume on Wednesday, is blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals until it is decided whether a ban is constitutional.
2010-08-17

Federal Judge Vaughn R. Walker, after deciding for the plaintiffs in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, mandates that same-sex marriage in the U.S. state of California should resume on August 18.
2010-08-12

The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger files a motion calling for same-sex marriages to resume in the U.S. state immediately.
2010-08-6