New Jersey

Some New Jersey families are desperately fighting to save their business and their homes, as all could become victims of eminent domain. So why does the city want their properties? NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Four New Jersey families have called the same building home for more than a decade, but they may be one step closer to possibly losing it forever after their city voted to designate the property as “in need of redevelopment.”

A number of families in New Jersey are desperately fighting to save their business and homes from eminent domain. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford explains why the city, Perth Amboy, wants their properties. 

A New Jersey man has been indicted on 15 counts of third-degree invasion of privacy after prosecutors said he allegedly secretly recorded multiple men without their consent inside the restrooms of a Planet Fitness and Wawa.

A prosecutor repeatedly referred to Nadine Menendez as the “partner in crime” of her husband — former Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez — while asking a jury in a trial’s closing argument Thursday to convict her of bribery charges.

Prosecutors said Nadine Menendez was a partner in her husband’s crimes, helping to collect payoffs from three New Jersey businessmen in a wide-ranging scheme. The defense argued some of the gold she received was not bribes, but rather were passed down from her family or were gifts from businessmen who were longtime friends. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst...

A man was arrested and charged with killing his ex-girlfriend and her 13-year-old daughter in Trenton, New Jersey.

An expert panel assembled by USA TODAY 10BEST compiled a list of the best boardwalks nationwide, and several along the Jersey Shore made the cut.

Law enforcement officials in New Jersey have brought a lawsuit against the messaging app Discord claiming it doesn’t do enough to protect kids.

New Jersey Transit train engineers have rejected a labor agreement with management, raising the potential for a strike or a lockout next month. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on Tuesday rejected the March deal by a margin of 87%, the union said in a statement. The Railway Labor Act permits the workers to strike or NJ Transit’s management...

Law enforcement officials in New Jersey have charged a 34-year-old man of Fort Lauderdale, Florida after he, allegedly carried a ‘small arsenal’ through Newark-Penn Station in before being arrested in Trenton.

A 9-year-old girl died following a fast-moving house fire in Newark on Monday morning that also left two other children critically injured, officials said. The fire was first reported shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Astor Street, between Brunswick St and Sherman Ave. Neighbors rushed to the home to help the family trapped inside, knocking on doors and screaming for everyone…

A nine-year-old girl died in an early morning fire in Newark, New Jersey on Wednesday. News 4’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

It’s Wawa Day! While today is meant to celebrate the Pennsylvania-based company’s 61st anniversary, customers are getting a gift: Free hot coffee!

The Newark fire department’s lack of training and familiarity with marine firefighting during a deadly cargo ship fire at the East Coast’s largest port in July 2023 amounted to a “failure of leadership,” the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The board met publicly in Washington to unveil its findings about the inferno inside the Italian-flagged...

A judge has upheld all charges against the driver charged with killing hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau while they bicycled in New Jersey.

New Jersey Congressman Donald Norcross has been hospitalized following a medical event, his office said on Tuesday. His office said the congressman has sepsis following a gallbladder infection.

Law enforcement officials said that an investigation is ongoing after a body was discovered during an investigation into a fire that happened at a property along North Ohio Ave. in Atlantic City on April 6, 2025.

Investigators on Monday recovered some crucial evidence from the Hudson River in connection to the deadly chopper crash that killed a family of five visiting from Spain, along with the pilot. The tour company that operated the helicopter involved in the tragedy has since shut down. NBC New York’s Sarah Wallace reports.

The FAA is putting drone detection systems to the test for the next couple weeks and they’re doing it along the Jersey Shore. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.