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ATLANTIC CITY — A Cumberland County man was charged with attempted murder Friday after he shot at two men at a hotel, seriously injuring a 22-year-old city man, police said.

ATLANTIC CITY — Three city residents were arrested Friday after police seized 200 bags of heroin and $3,700 in cash during a search of a N. South Carolina Avenue home, police said.

ATLANTIC CITY — The city’s Police Foundation will host its Spring Fling event June 14 to raise money to support the police department, according to a news release.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two of the four peacocks that escaped from the Philadelphia Zoo this week and took a stroll on a nearby highway have been found safe, a day after another was found dead on that stretch of road.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a week of hard-nosed negotiation, diplomatic gamesmanship and no shortage of theatrics, President Donald Trump has announced that the historic nuclear-weapons summit he had canceled with North Korea's Kim Jong Un is back on.

On Saturday morning, The National Weather Service in Mount Holly placed Atlantic, Cumberland and Cape May counties in a flash flood watch through 6 a.m. on Sunday.

ATLANTIC CITY — Logos and lettering will soon be installed on north and south towers of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, as it prepares for its grand opening later this month.

The state Department of Environmental Protection has been spraying a natural bacterium to kill mosquito and black fly larvae at the North Brigantine Wildlife Area, a state-owned property and one of the last long areas of natural beach left in…

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — A man broke into a home near Oakcrest High School Friday night, hit the owner with a crowbar, and then ran away, police said.