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May 14, 2013
1:34 am

Yosef Kolko, right, walks with an unidentified man, near the Ocean County Courthouse in Toms River, NJ, Thursday, May 9, 2013, during a break in his trial on sexual assault charges. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Yeshiva rabbi admits he sexually abused boy at camp

Three days into trial, Yosef Kolko changes plea to guilty after other accusers come forward

By Katie Zezima

May 12, 2013
3:31 pm

Yosef Kolko. Testimony continues in the trial of the yeshiva teacher accused of sexually abusing a boy at a summer camp where he was a counselor. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Ex-yeshiva teacher faces sex assault charges in NJ

Alleged victim and family condemned and ostracized from community for taking case to secular authorities

By Katie Zezima

April 20, 2013
9:50 pm

This Monday, April 15, 2013 photo shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in blue baseball cap, and Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, in white baseball cap. This image was taken approximately 10-20 minutes before the Boston Marathon blast. (Photo credit: AP/Bob Leonard)

Injured Boston suspect still unable to answer questions

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in serious condition at local hospital following arrest; special team ready to interrogate him

By Bridget Murphy and Katie Zezima

March 26, 2013
10:56 am

Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi poses for The Associated Press in New Brunswick, NJ. Amirahmadi, a professor at Rutgers University, is running for president of Iran. The liberal professor is embarking on a quixotic quest and must still win approval from the supreme leader's Iranian Supreme Council, which many say won't happen. But Amirahamadi is resolute, running a grassroots campaign and targeting Iranian expats who want to see the country open up to the West. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

US professor on quixotic quest to be Iran’s next president

Hooshang Amirahmadi, 65, a dual US-Iranian citizen who says Iran should recognize Israel if a Palestinian state is established, aims to return to his home country and ‘make a splash’

By Katie Zezima

August 2, 2012
5:49 am

Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrating the Siyyum Hashas, or end of the 7.5 year Talmud learning cycle, in New Jersey's MetLife Field Wednesday night. (photo credit: AP/ Mel Evans)

MetLife Stadium becomes ‘world’s largest synagogue’ for Talmud celebration

500 rabbis join the dais — and 600 troopers guard the stadium — at ‘Siyum Hashas’ in New York

By Katie Zezima