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Here are the top New Jersey news stories for Monday:

Sometimes escaping an abusive relationship requires embracing a scenario with limited options and financial resources.

Domestic violence survivors make up nearly 12% of New Jersey’s homeless population, counted each year through an in-depth survey of shelters and streets, advocates say.

Domestic violence is considered a leading cause of homelessness among women and children in the Garden State and across the country.

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to nominate real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, as ambassador to France.

Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post in which he called Charles Kushner “a great business leader, philanthropist and dealmaker.”

Kushner is the founder of Kushner Companies, a real estate company based in Florham Park. Jared Kushner is a former senior adviser to Trump in the White House who is married to Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka.

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter on Sunday evening, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence on federal gun and tax convictions and reversing his earlier promises not to use the president’s extraordinary powers to benefit his family.

The Democratic president had previously said he would neither pardon nor commute his son’s sentence following convictions in the two cases in Delaware and California. The move comes weeks before Hunter Biden was set to receive his sentence following his conviction in the gun case and his guilty plea on tax charges, and less than two months before President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House.

ABSECON — An Atlantic County man has been arrested after a hit-and-run that sent a man to the hospital and killed his dog.

Absecon police said it happened in the city early Saturday morning, just after midnight.

The victim, 25-year-old Syed Hoque, was with his dog near the intersection of Highland Boulevard and Marlborough Avenue when both were struck.

⬛ The FBI is investigating mysterious drones over New Jersey

The FBI is now investigating the mysterious drones that have been flying over parts of North Jersey for weeks.

Residents have been reporting the flights seemingly every night since at least November 18th.

Local police and prosecutors initially said there was no danger to the public. Now nobody says anything.

Some of the drones appear to be the size of a car.

Although the FBI confirmed an investigation to the Daily Record, it did not comment or provide details about the investigation.

The Morris County prosecutor, local police and the FAA also did not comment.

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