A large wildfire that broke out Tuesday afternoon in southern Ocean County has forced the closure of the Garden State Parkway near Exit 74 and prompted evacuations. The situation is developing, as numerous fire crews – including air tankers – are battling the 150+ acre blaze, which is still growing.  

JUST IN: Flatbush Shomrim and Flatbush Hatzolah just conducted a search for a missing elderly woman who had gone missing in the area of Avenue J and East 13 Street. Many Hatzolah and Shomrim volunteers were searching the area. Thankfully, the missing person was found by the NYPD on Ave S and Ocean Parkway. The new Flatbush Hatzolah Mobile command center was used in this search.

OpenAI would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome browser if a federal court orders it to be spun off.

WATCH: A Midwood ambulance burst into flames Tuesday afternoon after overheating on the Hutchinson River Parkway near Exit 14. Fortunately, the patient and crew exited the vehicle just in time.

CLOSE CALL! Manhole explosion in New York narrowly misses passing family.

WH PRESS SECRETARY: The President has made it quite clear that it’s Harvard who has put themselves in the position to lose their own funding by not obeying federal law. We expect all colleges and universities who are receiving taxpayer funds to abide by federal law; it’s quite simple.”

WH PRESS SECRETARY: “No student loan has been referred to collection since March of 2020. That comes to an end. On May 5th, the Department of Education will resume involuntary collections for borrowers with defaulted federal student loans.”

WH PRESS SECRETARY: “They were Pentagon employees who leaked against their boss to news agencies in this room, and it’s been clear since Day One from this administration that we are not going to tolerate individuals who leak to the mainstream media… the Secretary of Defense is doing a tremendous job.”

The WH Press Sec. said that the administration has received 18 trade proposals from foreign countries so far — and that officials have trade meetings with 34 countries this week alone.