Metro Briefing.

The article offers news briefs from metropolitan areas of the U.S. Jared Paul Stern, a writer for the "New York Post" newspaper who was suspended by the Post, has sued Ronald Burkle, a billionaire, and the "Daily News" newspaper, claiming they defamed him and cost him his job. The Brooklyn Public Library has appointed Dionne Mack-Harvin as a new executive director. A New Jersey Transit bus collided with a dump truck, resulting in injuries to the bus driver and seven passengers.