770 free World Cup tickets will be given to N.J. residents
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced the free tickets will go to certain groups, including National Guard members, pediatric hospital patients and healthcare workers, among others.
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Christine Sloan is an Emmy Award-winning reporter, who covers New Jersey for CBS News New York. Sloan re-joined the station in January of 2023. She also worked at CBS News New York from 2004 to 2016.
Prior to returning to CBS News New York, Sloan was a freelance anchor and correspondent for ABC News, working as a multi-platform journalist on various shows.
From 2016 to 2019, Sloan also hosted and produced the food show "Restaurant Hunter" in New Jersey for Verizon's FiOS 1 News. Sloan featured both celebrity chef-owned restaurants as well as mom-and-pop dining spots in the Garden State.
Sloan, who has garnered six Emmy nominations and a New Jersey Press Association Award, also worked as a reporter for InsiderNJ, where she wrote investigative stories and covered New Jersey lawmakers. Sloan has deep roots in New Jersey and was named one of "50 Most Powerful People in NJ" by the former website, PolitickerNJ.
Sloan has covered a vast number of breaking news stories during her career, including the attacks on September 11th, the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge, the resignation of New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey and Superstorm Sandy. She's also covered six New Jersey Governors as well as notable court cases.
Sloan grew up in Iran, but she and her family left the country right before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Sloan and her family came to the U.S. with just suitcases, leaving behind everything they owned in the country. Sloan spent her middle and high school years in Southern California and moved to New Jersey in her early twenties.
She started her career at Cablevision's North Hudson News in Union City, New Jersey, then went on to work for News 12 New Jersey and NBC 10 in Philadelphia.
Sloan holds a Master of Science Degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She also attended Santa Barbara City College, where she was the Editor-in-Chief of her award-winning college newspaper, The Channels. Sloan is also an avid cook and holds many certificates from the French Culinary Institute in New York City, now the International Culinary Institute.
Sloan is fluent in Farsi (Persian) and a proud mother. She lives with her family in New Jersey.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced the free tickets will go to certain groups, including National Guard members, pediatric hospital patients and healthcare workers, among others.
Rescue crews determined the woman fell down the chute and got stuck on a pile of backed-up trash at the Hackensack apartment building.
A child died and five people, including a firefighter and police officer, were hurt after flames broke out at a home in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said Thursday he is scaling back police at Delaney Hall. The announcement followed the arrests of two protesters on Wednesday night.
For weeks, there have been protests inside and outside Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark. One woman whose husband is inside is scheduled to give birth Thursday. She just wants him to come home.
Monday brought another challenging morning commute for NJ Transit riders. It's a result of Friday's fire in one of the Hudson River Tunnels.
Clashes between New Jersey State Police and protesters erupted outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility Friday night.
Protests continued at Delaney Hall on Thursday for a seventh day in a row after demonstrators clashed with ICE agents overnight.
Dozens of residents gathered Tuesday to protest an AI data center in Union County, New Jersey.
Protests escalated outside Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center in Newark, after DHS denied Gov. Sherrill's request to enter the facility.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is asking ICE to let her inside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark.
A group of protesters gathered Friday at Newark's Delaney Hall, saying their loved ones held there are enduring horrible conditions at the ICE detention facility.
A Jersey Shore community had to implement a curfew and use its public alert system to tell residents to take shelter after authorities say several hundred teenagers and young adults came to the beachfront for a pop-up gathering.
A jury found Paul Caneiro guilty in February of murdering his brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew before setting their New Jersey mansion on fire in 2018.
Research conducted by one of New Jersey's largest credit unions found a trip down the Jersey Shore is going to cost 11% more this year on average.