NJ police arrest Grinch for stealing 'holiday cheer'
Police at a New Jersey department have arrested the Grinch for attempting to steal ‘holiday cheer’.
NJ officer killed pedestrian, then took the body home, prosecutor says
Authorities say a former officer fatally struck a pedestrian earlier this month. And instead of stopping and calling 9-1-1, he allegedly loaded the body into his car, took it home, discussed with his mother what to do with the remains, and took it back to the scene of the incident.
Police: Man set self on fire, walked into convenience store in New Jersey
Authorities say a New Jersey man set himself on fire and then entered a gas station convenience store, starting small fires before he was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
Man who went to space with William Shatner dies in plane crash in New Jersey
State police say Glen de Vries, a man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month, was killed along with another person when a small plane crashed in northern New Jersey.
Edward Durr, GOP truck driver who spent $150 on primary in NJ, defeats Sweeney
New Jersey’s longtime state Senate president, Democrat Steve Sweeney, has lost reelection, falling to Edward Durr, a Republican newcomer who spent little on his campaign.
4-alarm fire torches car dealership overnight in Pennsauken
It took firefighters nearly 10 hours to extinguish a massive inferno that engulfed a car dealership and other businesses Tuesday night in Pennsauken, New Jersey.
President Biden visits New Jersey to push infrastructure bill, education agenda
President Joe Biden continues to push his Infrastructure Deal and Build Back Better Agenda with stops in Newark, Kearny and North Plainfield on Monday.
NJ nurse dies after being knocked to the ground by robber in Times Square
A memorial mass will be held Monday for Maria Ambrocio. The 58-year-old oncology nurse died after she was shoved to the ground by a mugger on Friday.
Serial killer lured by fake social account sentenced to 160 years
A New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women was sentenced to 160 years in prison after a trial in which it was revealed that friends of one victim did their own detective work on social media to ferret out the suspect.
Woman who drowned puppy in submerged cage headed to jail
A woman who drowned a 10-week-old puppy that was found submerged inside a weighted cage in a northern New Jersey pond two years ago has been sentenced to six months in jail.
Bird strikes plane engine, sparks fire at Atlantic City Airport
A Spirit Airlines flight at Atlantic City Airport was aborted on Saturday after officials say a large bird struck one of its engines as the plane was accelerating for takeoff and sparked a fire.
NJ mom jumps into manhole to save sinking toddler
A mother in New Jersey saved her child after the toddler fell through an open manhole and into two feet of water, according to fire officials.
Family mourns after New Jersey man died while hiking in Arizona
The death of a New Jersey man who was hiking a trail in the Tonto National Forest has left his girlfriend and a family devastated.
Cop catches newborn tossed from second-floor balcony in Jersey City
A police officer in Jersey City is being called a hero after he caught a 1-month-old baby who was tossed from a second-floor balcony.
Two New York men arrested for attempting to scam elderly Georgia couple
Brandon A. Massey, 23, of Springfield Gardens, New York, was charged with exploitation of an elder person, fleeing/attempting to elude a police officer, obstruction of an officer, and reckless driving and Jamal Clifford Davis, 28, of Queens Village, New York, was charged with exploitation of an elder person.
New Jersey teacher jumps into SUV rolling toward students
Security camera video from outside a middle school in Linden shows a quick-thinking teacher stopping an SUV that rolled up onto the sidewalk where children were standing.
Biden declares ‘code red’ on climate change after touring Ida damage in NY, NJ
“People are beginning to realize this is much, much bigger than anyone was willing to believe,” President Joe Biden said while touring Hurricane Ida damage. “Even the climate skeptics are seeing that this really does matter.”
SHOCKING VIDEO: Ida floodwaters collapse wall of NJ home, trap mother and son
Floodwaters broke through a basement wall in Cranford, New Jersey, briefly trapping a mother and her teenage son.
DEADLY FLOODING: Bodies pulled, others rescued in NYC, NJ storm waters
At least 13 people died in New York City, while at least 25 people died in New Jersey.
Ida flooding: Cleanup begins in Northeast after record-breaking rainfall
Forecasters warned of potentially dangerous hazardous flooding from Ida, but the ferocity of the storm caught the nation's most densely populated metropolitan corridor by surprise.