The factory is the primary supplier of Mountain Dew in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, along with Aquafina water and several brands of iced tea.
Student athletes in the Big Ten Conference, including Rutgers, have the blessing of Commissioner Kevin Warren to take a knee when the national anthem is played before a game this fall.
The state Department of Health reported that there are more than 9,000 cases of COVID-19 at 394 long-term care facilities and 1,530 reported deaths at the facilities.
It was a deadly Saturday night on two New Jersey highways as two men were killed in separate crashes, one of them involving a hit and run driver, according to police.
Rutgers University has fired both head football coach, Chris Ash, and offensive coordinator, John McNulty, with an NJ native stepping up to steer the team for the rest of this fall.
A member of the Rutgers men's basketball team has been suspended after police charged him with seven criminal charges including making terroristic threats.