Daily Record (Parsippany, NJ)

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $385 million the Tuesday, Oct. 13 drawing. The Mega Millions was last won on July 28 when a lottery player in Florida won a $803 million jackpot. Is today your lucky day? The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $385 million the Tuesday, Oct. 13 drawing with a cash option of $154.8 million, according to the Mega Millions website. The jackpot was last won on July 28 when a lottery player in Florida won a $803 million jackpot.

PARSIPPANY – Kieran Fitzgerald crossed the finish line, walked around the fence, and collapsed on the grass. “I can’t believe I just won that,” gasped Fitzgerald, a Kinnelon senior. Not only had Fitzgerald won the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference small-school boys title, he’d helped the Colts defend their team plaque on Oct. 13. Fitzgerald’s time of 16:36.34 was a 25-second personal best, and three seconds off the Kinnelon record.

Pope Leo XIV is recovering after surgery on Tuesday, Oct. 13, resulted in a diagnosis of lung cancer. The pope underwent surgery to remove a small lung nodule Tuesday that doctors had discovered in a recent health checkup. It marks the first significant medical procedure of the 71-year-old's papacy.

Oct. 13, 2026, 3:42 p.m. ET PISCATAWAY – Prior to Rutgers football’s bye week, coach Greg Schiano vowed to make a full evaluation of his program and, along with his assistants, try and correct the issues that have hurt the Scarlet Knights during their poor start to the season. Now that the bye week is over, what exactly did the evaluation reveal? Schiano unsurprisingly wouldn’t go into specifics to avoid giving away any competitive advantages, but he confirmed that a full analysis was conducted.

2-minute read Oct. 13, 2026, 3:18 p.m. ET Milania Giudice, daughter of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice, turned to social media on Monday, Oct. 12 to open up about her mental health and publicly apologize amid a series of publicized struggles. This video comes after a series of incidents involving Giudice made headlines in recent months.

The new ShopRite of Hudson Exchange Place, a state-of-the-art, 85,000-square-foot supermarket, is opening Oct. 14. Here are event details and store features Updated Oct. 13, 2026, 2:00 p.m. ET A new ShopRite supermarket will be opening early in the morning on Oct. 14 in downtown Jersey City, right across the parking lot from the current one.

Oct. 13, 2026, 12:01 p.m. ET The deadline to register to vote in New Jersey for the Nov. 3 general election is, Tuesday, Oct. 13. Registering to vote can be done online with your date of birth and a current and valid driver's license or a non-driver identification card issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle commission or a social security number. If you use your social security number, you must be able to provide a digital signature or you can't register online.

4-minute read Updated Oct. 13, 2026, 1:01 p.m. ET NJ Transit commuters face five weeks of major service disruptions due to work on the new Portal North Bridge. Several train lines are diverted to Hoboken, causing crowding and longer commutes for many riders. The disruptions are necessary to connect the new, more reliable bridge to the existing tracks. HOBOKEN — There was frustration. There was crowding. But the posture most used by NJ Transit commuters during the morning rush on Tuesday, Oct.

Updated Oct. 13, 2026, 10:32 a.m. ET JACKSON - Nitro, one of the most iconic roller coasters at Six Flags Great Adventure, was temporarily closed after a rider was killed on a similar ride at a Six Flags park in Georgia. Nitro, which opened in 2001, is one of 10 roller coasters across the country that were closed following an incident on Goliath, a principal attraction at Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton, Georgia, a Six Flags spokesman said.

Six Flags is closing several rides nationwide after a man fell to his death from a roller coaster in Georgia on Tuesday, Oct. 13, according to reporting by The New York Times and The Associated Press. The closures hit nine roller coasters at six of the corporation's amusement parks nationwide, according to reporting by the two news outlets. The newly shuttered coasters are similar to the one connected to the death at Six Flags Over Georgia.