NJ Now: Literacy crisis

According to the National Assessment of Education Progress, numbers show that 43%, not even half of fourth graders in the U.S. scored at or above a proficient level in reading as the numbers are even worse for marginalized students. Governor Murphy has signed bills in an effort to boost student literacy in New Jersey, especially following the challenges presented by the pandemic. Paula White, Executive Director of Jersey Can, talks about the issue.

Crime in the City full episode: September 13, 2024

FOX 5 NY’s Dan Bowens takes a look at some of the more notable crimes across the New York City area this week, including young girls joining gangs, a woman in the face and killed during a robbery attempt and the “open air drug market” operating in the Bronx.

NJ Now: All eyes on the elections

The race for the White House may be top of the ballot, but the battle for the Senate seat in New Jersey is also heating up as Democrat Andy Kim takes on Republican Curtis Bashaw! Plus, the political chessboard continues to move in the New Jersey Congressional races. The A plus panel including Republican Strategist Jeanette Hoffman, Democratic Strategist Brendan Gill, Dan Cassino, Executive Director of the Fairleigh Dickinson University Poll, and Sophie Nieto-Munoz, Statehouse Reporter for New Jersey Monitor discuss.

That Was the News Then: Episode 3

Hurricane Gloria hits New York area hard. Fitness guru Richard Simmons speaks out to help obese children. The year was 1985, and this is what New Yorkers were watching on the news in September.

Crime in the City full episode: September 6, 2024

A look at some of the more notable crimes across the New York City area this week, including a dadly subway station shooting, a teacher shot in the hand inside a middle school in the Bronx, and a shooting at New York City's West Indian Day parade that left 1 dead and 4 injured.