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1. Ready to fight: Cory Booker shows his tough side to voters

Nearing the end of a lively town hall with hundreds of voters packed into an art gallery, Cory Booker surveyed the crowd and reassured them that his sunny, unity-first presidential campaign is also tough.

2. ‘ISIS bride’ who says she was born in N.J. banned from returning to U.S., regrets leaving home to join terror group

An Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State group in Syria is not a U.S. citizen and will not be allowed to return to the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.

3. NJ leaders reach agreement on cannabis sticking points

New Jersey’s governor and legislative leaders reached an agreement over key sticking points in their effort to legalize recreational marijuana, though the measure is still being worked on, the legislator taking the lead on the issue said Wednesday.

4. Showdown set as Sweeney’s Senate will vote to override Murphy’s veto on homeless housing aid

State Senate President Stephen Sweeney said he will ask his colleagues Thursday to override Gov. Phil Murphy’s veto that killed legislation preventing thousands of low-income people, some of them chronically ill and disabled people, from becoming homeless.

5. There’s a spike in Hepatitis A cases in this N.J. county

The Gloucester County Department of Health announced Wednesday there had been a spike in the amount of reported Hepatitis A cases in the southern New Jersey county. County officials said there had been eight reported cases of the disease in the last nine weeks. Typically less than 10 cases are reported a year.