Federal judge speaks out after shooting death of son

Two weeks after her son was shot and killed and her husband was injured, U.S. District Judge Esther Salas released a video statement about why she believes she was targeted in her North Brunswick home.

More than 2 dozen NJ lifeguards test positive for coronavirus

Authorities say more than two dozen lifeguards from two New Jersey beach towns have tested positive for the coronavirus after having been together socially.

NJ Starbucks employee spit in cops' drinks, police say

Kevin Trejo, 21, of Westwood was arrested for subjecting a law enforcement officer to bodily fluid, purposely tampering with a law enforcement officer's drink and creating a hazardous environment.

Judge's family shooting suspect wanted to "wrap up his affairs" after cancer diagnosis

In more than 2,000 pages of often misogynistic, racist writings, Roy Den Hollander criticized Judge Esther Salas’ life story of being abandoned by her father and raised by her poor mother as “the usual effort to blame a man and turn someone into super girl.”

New Jersey federal judge's son killed, husband shot

A self-described “anti-feminist” lawyer found dead in the Catskills of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is the prime suspect in the shooting of a federal judge's family in New Jersey, the FBI said Monday.

NJ Transit officer saves newborn baby

New Jersey Transit Police have released dramatic bodycam footage showing an officer carrying out CPR to save the life of a newborn baby.

Fears of Hudson River flooding Lincoln Tunnel after water gushes in

No, that wasn’t the Hudson River leaking into the Lincoln Tunnel as anxious commuters sat in their cars fearing the worst.

NY, NJ, CT restrict access to travelers from 16 states due to fear of coronavirus spread

A mandatory quarantine of 14 days has been extended to travelers entering New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to 16 from the 8 states listed when the advisory was first issued last week.

Princeton drops Woodrow Wilson's name from school due to 'racist thinking'

Princeton University will remove President Woodrow Wilson’s name from its public policy school and a residential college, the school’s president announced.

Electricity ruled out as factor in pool drowning deaths of 3 in NJ

Authorities on Tuesday were searching for answers in the deaths of three family members who were found unresponsive in a backyard above-ground swimming pool.

NY, NJ, and CT order quarantine for visitors from states with high infection numbers

The governors of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are ordering a mandatory 14-day quarantine on visitors from states with high COVID-19 cases.  They made the announcement on Wednesday morning in a joint news conference.

Deer runs into Black Lives Matter marchers in NJ, injuring 3, 1 seriously

Authorities say a woman marching in a Black Lives Matter protest in New Jersey was seriously injured and two others were also hurt when a deer suddenly ran into the crowd.

Men seen reenacting George Floyd's death during counter-protest fired, suspended from jobs

Two men who allegedly reenacted the police custody death of George Floyd during a counter-protest in Gloucester County are now facing disciplinary action from their employers.

NJ prison guard who mocked George Floyd killing suspended

A New Jersey corrections officer has been suspended after a video surfaced showing him participating in a counterprotest to a Black Lives Matter demonstration in New Jersey in which people reenacted the death of George Floyd.

NJ judge whose anti-rape advice was 'close your legs' loses job

In court filings and at a hearing in December, Russo expressed remorse for his comments to the woman and for joking about the exchange with court personnel afterward.