What you need to know about the giant, 'flying' spiders spreading over the eastern US

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Joro spiders are an invasive species in the US, but they aren't as scary as they seem.

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Bob Menendez's congressman son survives fight of his political life amid father's 'gold bars' corruption scandal

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Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla and Rep. Rob Menendez.
Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla and Rep. Rob Menendez.

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10 of America's most affordable retirement spots, where the weather is good and healthcare is top-notch

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The Villages, Florida
The Villages, Florida.

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Inside Rep. Rob Menendez's fight to be more than a 'nepo baby'

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From left: Rep. Rob Menendez, Sen. Bob Menendez, and Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla.

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This state is one of the last strongholds for machine politics. That's about to change.

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Democratic primary ballots in New Jersey will look quite different this June thanks to a lawsuit from Rep. Andy Kim.

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I'm a high school senior who commutes an hour by train to school every day. It's helped prepare me for the real world.

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The author, left, takes the train to high school every day.

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I bought a duplex as my first home. I still have a mortgage, but I only pay around $900 a month and have no regrets.

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Raroha and her duplex in New Jersey.

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I'm a lifelong Jersey girl choosing to retire in South Carolina. It's where my adult daughter is planning to live — and it's cheaper.

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Charleston, South Carolina.

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NYC area hit with aftershock after rare 4.8-magnitude quake. There could still be more.

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A view of the Manhattan Skyline with the Empire State Building in the center.

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The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated

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Newark City employee Sushil Nagpal stands outside homes that were damaged and had to be evacuated after the earthquake on Friday,

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