In the past week, federal agents have carried out operations in Newark, West New York, Paterson and Asbury Park.

"In many ways, they helped show the community that youth can and should have a seat at the table," Mussab Ali writes.

The test flight took place in the same Mojave Desert area in California where Charles "Chuck" Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947.

Budde was raised in Morris County by a single mom and a congregation that valued hard work. "I didn't see myself as minister ...