New Jersey

Health officials in New Jersey have issued an alert about a potential measles exposure at Newark International Airport and other locations in the state. The state’s Department of Health said a non-New Jersey resident visited the state while still infectious during the last week of March. The person with the newly identified case of measles was at Newark Airport’s...

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to six months in jail for breaking into a Rutgers University Islamic center on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr and vandalizing it. Jacob Beacher, of North Plainfield, will also have to serve a year of supervised release once he gets out under the terms of the sentence he received Tuesday. He pleaded guilty in...

A 37-year-old man from Wildwood, New Jersey, has been arrested in connection with a sexual assault investigation involving a child, Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office announced.

On Wednesday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill into law that would potentially fine those who make or share deceptive media for the furtherance of additional criminal activity up to $30,000.

Two firefighters were hurt when they fell through the floor of a burning two-family home in New Jersey late Tuesday, and while the residents got out unscathed, they now have no place to live, officials say. Authorities responding to a call about a house fire on East Blancke Street in Linden around 9:30 p.m. found the home fully engulfed with…

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening, saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.”

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.” He broke the record on Tuesday, giving a speech that lasted 25 hours and four minutes.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker carried an all-night speaking filibuster in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda into Tuesday morning.

Tracie Strahan reports on Sen. Cory Booker’s marathon speech.

One person was killed in a small plane crash in Franklin Township, New Jersey, late Sunday morning, police said.

Drivers in New Jersey should prepare for more highway headaches, as sinkholes along I-80 will force the roadway to be closed for at least another five weeks for repairs, the state’s Department of Transportation said.

Quick teamwork by three officers on the Jersey Shore saved a man’s life. His car went up in flames and cops found him passed out behind the wheel. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports. 

A police shooting in Newark left two people wounded, but there are more questions then answers with few details provided by authorities. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports. 

A former school custodian in New Jersey who pleaded guilty to contaminating food meant for students and staff and performing sex acts on objects in the school will spend at least the next half decade in prison.

The truck could be seen on video rolling backward down a hill in Fairview before hitting a parked car, then bursting into flames. Police believe the truck lost its brakes.

A tractor trailer full of frozen chicken was seen rolling down a street in a New Jersey town before crashing and bursting into flames, and the incident was caught on camera. The truck was seen going backwards down a street on a hill in Fairview Wednesday morning. Moments later, it slammed into an unoccupied parked car on Industrial Avenue. The…

An attorney for the police officers in North Bergen said he has “never seen anything remotely resembling something like this” in regards to the allegations lodged against the police chief. Chief Robert Farley allegedly defecated on the office floor, jabbed an officer’s privates with a hypodermic needle and laced the office coffee with Adderall and Viagra. NBC New York’s Adam...

A school bus and a van collided on the busy highway in Wall Township Thursday morning, injuring the bus driver and four students on board, one of whom suffered serious injuries. First responders were able to reach the injured students by cutting holes in the roof of the bus. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Police in New Jersey released new body camera videos showing the arrest of Lumberton Mayor Gina LaPlaca after driving drunk with her son in the car on St. Patrick’s Day.

Four children were hurt, one of them seriously, along with the bus driver when the crash happened in Wall Township.