The 17-year-old friends in a small New Jersey town were killed on their way to get ice cream. Prosecutors said the crash was intentional.
A federal judge said she was prepared to release Newark from a 2016 consent decree imposed after investigators found the city’s police routinely used excessive force and conducted unconstitutional stops and searches.
Two of the largest infrastructure initiatives in the United States were still moving forward this week despite the battles over a government shutdown surrounding them.
A popular theme park is closing. That’s good news for dinosaur fans who want their own life-size animatronic attraction.
A coalition of blue states and Washington, D.C., accused the Trump administration of illegally “taking money from its enemies” in freezing emergency preparedness grants.
In the New Jersey governor’s race, Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat, is locked in a bitter battle with Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican, over the release of records tied to her military service.
The Justice Department sued participants in a confrontation at a New Jersey synagogue that devolved into violence. An official said there might be more such cases to come.
At a New York Film Festival screening of the new film “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the musician performed his hymn for the country, “Land of Hope and Dreams.”
Parents revealed conflicting emotions after the finding that a gunman who killed four people in July had the brain disease that has been linked with football and other contact sports.
Jadira Bonilla, a kindergarten teacher at a Catholic school in southern New Jersey, was told she might have violated her contract, according to an email shared with The New York Times.
Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, was a featured speaker at an event sponsored by a leading opponent of vaccine mandates.
The announcement of the possible closure comes as federal funding cuts have hurt public broadcasting stations across the United States.
The Fraternal Order of Police in New Jersey endorsed Jack Ciattarelli for governor over his Democratic opponent, Representative Mikie Sherrill.
A tour through the Fox News host’s New Jersey beach home
The race has been heavily influenced by national politics. But in a debate on Sunday, the candidates, Jack Ciattarelli and Representative Mikie Sherrill, also outlined starkly different positions on statewide issues.
The 81-year-old actor had admitted touching a woman’s buttocks over her clothing at a horror film convention in New Jersey in 2022.
It happened in New Jersey, it was no joke, and it did not end well for the bear.
A black bear walked down the aisles of a Dollar General store in a rural area of northern New Jersey.
Track the latest polls about Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the New Jersey gubernatorial election.
Mr. Khalil is not in imminent danger of deportation, but his situation has grown more dire as the Trump administration continues its efforts to remove him from the country.
United Airlines said it had a very good summer at Newark airport. But air traffic control equipment issues and staffing shortages remained unresolved.
This week’s properties are a Spanish-style house in North Caldwell and a townhouse in Rye Brook.
The author, Jenan Matari, said her book launch event in New Jersey had been canceled because of her views on the war in Gaza. A local rabbi cited concerns about her social media posts.
National party leaders have taken a keen interest in the race for governor of New Jersey, where Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican, is competing against Representative Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat.
Jim McGreevey and Andrew Cuomo are each competing for mayor against left-leaning opponents, setting up an odd symmetry in the races to lead cities on opposite banks of the Hudson River.
The wife of former Senator Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat already in prison for taking bribes, faces punishment on Thursday.
Pharmacists will be allowed to give the latest vaccines to anyone over 3, rebuffing federal efforts to limit the number of those eligible.
Air travel was supposed to be just one part of Niraj Chokshi’s assignment at The Times. But then the pandemic started a wave of news that hasn’t really stopped.
Tens of thousands of New Jersey commuters are being told that they may need to work from home if train engineers go on strike.
Time’s passage may have granted the illusion of distance, but we are living in a world that has yet to put the effects of Covid behind it.
Elizabeth Fusco’s relatives had their usual family dinner in New Jersey in early 2020. Soon, her mother, three siblings and aunt were all dead.
Fred Daibes, a real estate developer charged along with Senator Robert Menendez, began feeling sick during the fifth week of the corruption trial, delaying it for at least a few days.
A scathing Justice Department report found that care at the state facilities was so poor that it violated residents’ constitutional rights and led to a rash of deaths.
Nearly half of $14.4 million dispensed to seafood processors, charter boats and other businesses in New Jersey during the pandemic may have to be paid back.
Tension between the city and its surrounding areas over issues like crime, immigration and congestion pricing has grown since the pandemic.
The bus line, which serves northern New Jersey, has struggled to retain ridership since the start of the pandemic. Its last day of service into the city will be April 7.
“Children of the State” immerses the author Jeff Hobbs in the world of three American institutions. What he discovers is an open question.
The M.T.A. held off price increases during the pandemic, but now it faces a possible budget disaster.
Zoono USA and Zoono Holdings, New Jersey companies, sold Zoono Microbe Shield through numerous websites and were fined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Some of the nation’s poorest pre-K students are the last still under mask mandates, affecting enrollment.
The study appears to underscore the need for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, part of the huge and long-planned Gateway project.