New Jersey

The New Jersey Transit operator who was killed in a crash in October tried to stop the train before it struck a tree on the tracks, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed in a preliminary report on Thursday, Nov. 7.

A brush fire is burning in Englewood Cliffs with the smoke from it visible across the Hudson River in Manhattan. The fire is burning in the area of the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Bergen County, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The fire is 30 percent contained and 19 acres in size, the fire service reports. No structures…

Firefighters in New Jersey are stretched even thinner as yet another wildfire burns in bone-dry conditions in the state. At least four wildfires were burning from the Pinelands to the New York City suburbs. The latest fire broke out along the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs in Bergen County, across the Hudson River from New York. It was smaller...

The latest update to the U.S. Drought Monitor was issued Thursday and the news isn’t good.  The tri-state area is withering in a prolonged and increasingly extreme drought situation.  It started in September, when we got off to a very dry start. We ended the month with a large rain deficit. And then came October, We got a whopping...

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The latest update to the U.S. Drought Monitor was issued Thursday and the news isn’t good.  The tri-state area is withering in a prolonged and increasingly extreme drought situation.  It started in September, when we got off to a very dry start. We ended the month with a large rain deficit. And then came October, We got a whopping...

White smoke could be seen rising into the dry air as a wildfire burned in Burlington and Camden counties in New Jersey Thursday. Nearby homes were evacuated.

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Washington Township police continue to investigate a hit-and-run that left a man dead and family members are hoping the person responsible comes forward.

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is fighting a wildfire near Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, Ocean County.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Andy Kim was elected Tuesday to the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican businessman Curtis Bashaw for the seat that opened when Bob Menendez resigned this year after his federal conviction on bribery charges.

News 4’s Adam Harding reports. 

After a dramatic primary, New Jersey voters turn to the Nov. 5 general election to resolve several races for federal offices up and down the state.

An ordinance that has passed in one New Jersey town on 2024 Election Day could have people in Haddon Heights raising a glass.

New Jersey voters are deciding between Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican hotel developer Curtis Bashaw in the state’s Senate race, open because of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal bribery conviction this year. Also up for grabs are New Jersey’s 14 electoral votes for president along with all 12 House seats. Votes have poured in for weeks, with mail-in ballots...

With Election Day just days away, leaders in New Jersey are taking steps to secure polling locations. It comes after a series of incidents at voter sites across the country. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

A New Jersey man who was among seven people charged with smuggling electronic components to aid Russia’s war effort pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges, authorities said.

NBC New York’s Jennifer Vázquez spoke with folklorist and Rutgers University professor about the legend that has taken a hold — and become a source of pride — for New Jersey.

An investigation is underway after a mother and daughter were found shot to death inside their Burlington County, New Jersey, home early Wednesday morning.