 Mr. Biden at the NAACP convention in Las Vegas. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has asked New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez to resign. Now that the senator's been convicted on all counts at his corruption trial, Menendez says he will appeal. Loud noises are not unusual in New York City, but the boom they heard today in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, and parts of New Jersey is believed to have been caused by a meteor passing by. You're listening to ABC News.