Former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil has returned to the Northeast U.S. after spending 104 days in custody for protesting against Israel's war in Gaza.

Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez reported to federal prison on Tuesday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt.

The Supreme Court will hear from a faith-based pregnancy center in New Jersey challenging a state investigation into whether it misled people into thinking its services included referrals for abortion.

FBI officials say two detainees who escaped from a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey last week have been recaptured, while another two remain at large.

Philadelphia’s host city executive for the 2026 World Cup says organizers accept that an immigration crackdown by the U.S. federal government may be among the outside events that impact next year’s tournament.

The New Jersey gubernatorial primary has emerged as a crucial test for Democrats seeking to regain Latino support nationally.

Nearly a dozen candidates will compete in New Jersey on Tuesday for the chance to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy.

President Donald Trump implored voters in New Jersey’s primary for governor to vote for Republican Jack Ciattarelli when early in-person voting begins Tuesday and said the state was ready for a change from years of Democratic control.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado.

President Donald Trump is making clear he is losing patience with Vladimir Putin, leveling some of his sharpest criticism at the Russian leader as Moscow pounds Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with drones and missiles for a third straight night.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc.

Senate opposition led President Donald Trump to abandon his candidate to be the top prosecutor in the nation’s capital.

Train engineers in New Jersey’s huge commuter rail system are on strike, leaving its 100,000 daily riders either working from home or seeking other means to transit the state or cross the Hudson River into New York City.

The United Nations is forecasting slower global economic growth this year and next, pointing to the impact of the surge in U.S. tariffs and increasing trade tensions.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka briefly returned to the gates of the federal immigration detention center where he was arrested last week on trespassing charges.

An immigration detention center in New Jersey is at the center of tensions between three congressional Democrats and the Trump administration after the arrest of Newark’s mayor outside the facility.

The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese says he would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse that the church has been fighting behind closed doors in court for years.

A civil court judge on Monday sided with a grieving attorney who raised awareness about vulnerable seniors’ evictions during the Oasis Living Quarters conversion into Waterview Rental in Fort Lauderdale.

Flight delays and cancellations are causing more chaos at Newark Liberty International Airport outside New York City.

A witness’s video serves as evidence of the chaos behind a property conversion in Fort Lauderdale with links to infamous New York City slumlords with criminal records, and ongoing litigation on behalf of vulnerable seniors and their families.

Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state from empaneling a grand jury to investigate clergy sexual abuse allegations.

Simon Nemec scored 2:36 into the second overtime and the New Jersey Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Friday night in Game 3 of the first-round playoff series.

Forecasters are warning of low humidity and gusty wind increased the risk fire could spread across parts of New Jersey, Philadelphia and its suburbs and Delaware as firefighters continued to battled a vast wildfire in the Pine Barrens.

Authorities say a man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, sparking a quick-moving wildfire with smoke affecting the air quality in the New York City area.

A fast-moving wildfire engulfing part of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens has not resulted in any injuries though it’s expected to continue to grow before forecast rain later this week.

A wildfire burning in New Jersey has forced thousands of people to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway.

A South Florida man has been indicted in New Jersey after bringing a trove of weapons aboard an Amtrak train earlier this year, that state’s attorney general announced on Wednesday.

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on federal authorities to revoke the operating permits of the helicopter tour company whose sightseeing chopper broke apart in midair and plunged into the Hudson River.

Six people were killed when a sightseeing helicopter broke apart and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey.

A Miami man who issued social media threats to “kill everyone” attending a high school junior prom in New Jersey pleaded guilty to a federal charge, officials with the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday.

The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey says she launched an investigation into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and state Attorney General Matt Platkin over the state’s directive to local law enforcement not to cooperate with federal agents conducting immigration enforcement.

A federal judge has rejected a Trump administration bid to move Mahmoud Khalil’s legal case to Louisiana.

A U.S. bankruptcy court judge has denied Johnson & Johnson’s settlement plan related to baby powder containing talc, providing another setback in the company’s efforts to resolve the matter.

Firefighters in North and South Carolina are battling multiple wind-driven wildfires.

President Donald Trump named his one-time defense attorney and current White House counselor Alina Habba to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.

Lawyers have delivered opening statements in the trial of Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, who was convicted last year of accepting bribes of cash and gold.

Emergency crews in at least three states are battling small wildfires.

Federal investigators said scammers who made millions used the “2021 Fraud Bible” and wore clothing bearing a sack of money logo with the phrase “Bag Hunter.”

A federal judge says a Columbia University student activist's legal challenge of his detention by the U.S. government will be heard in New Jersey rather than New York or Louisiana.

Cardys McDowell and Ava Bryan were among the spring break tourists on Friday in Miami Beach who were not happy with the changes.

A third appellate court has upheld a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

A New Jersey woman recently found a library book her grandfather had checked out 99 years ago. It was titled, “Homemade Toys for Girls and Boys.”

A FedEx cargo plane had to make an emergency landing at a busy New Jersey airport after a bird strike caused an engine fire that could be seen in the morning sky.

A state judge tossed out racketeering charges against New Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross and those charged alongside him.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a pair of cases from abortion opponents who say laws limiting anti-abortion demonstrations near clinics violate their First Amendment rights.

Before you pack your lunch, be sure to take a closer look what’s in your pantry, as a several kinds of canned tuna have been recalled.

A New Jersey man was extradited to Broward County last week after he was arrested in his hometown of Maywood, New Jersey, in connection with two Parkland swatting calls, authorities confirmed Tuesday.

FBI agents said a 27-year-old man started a three-hour flight from Miami to Newark, New Jersey by threatening violence on a disabled child and mocking Jewish passengers. But it’s his threats towards crew members that have him facing up to 20 years in prison, they said.

A fan fest at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, will be open for all 104 games of the 2026 World Cup.

In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey.

A man who taped a sinister note to a Chinese ex-official’s door in New Jersey was sentenced Wednesday to 16 months in prison.

Anton Lundell scored the shootout winner and Spencer Knight made 26 saves as the Florida Panthers downed the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Johnson & Johnson will spend more than $14 billion to move deeper into treating central nervous system disorders by purchasing Intra-Cellular Therapies.

Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years after the Democrat became the first to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first public official to be convicted of serving as a foreign agent.

The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road has pleaded not guilty after turning down a proposed plea agreement.

New York’s new toll for drivers entering the center of Manhattan is starting up after it withstood years of political wrangling, a last-minute pause and a flurry of legal challenges.

Most of the U.S. holds its major primary and general elections in even-numbered years, but there are a handful of places where competitive congressional, state and local-level contests will be happening in 2025.

New York’s plan to charge drivers extra to enter the center of Manhattan is set to to take effect Sunday.

A judge says former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will be sentenced as scheduled at the end of January, but he's postponed the start of the Democrat's wife's trial until February.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been blocked from quickly advancing a bill that would allow local law enforcement agencies to track aerial drones.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is urging the federal government to deploy advanced drone-tracking technology following weeks of reported drone sightings in parts of New York and New Jersey that have stirred fear and bewilderment.

It’s unclear if that buzzing sound coming out of New Jersey is drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has asked the Biden administration to put more resources into the ongoing investigation of mysterious drone sightings being reported in the state and other parts of the region.

The popularity of drones has exploded in recent years, as small unmanned aircraft have become cheap enough for many hobbyists to buy.

New Jersey and Minnesota sued Glock on Thursday, calling on the gunmaker to stop selling firearms that can be adapted with dime-sized switches to fire up to 1,200 rounds a minute.

A U_S_ senator says mysterious drones spotted flying at night over sensitive areas in New Jersey should be “shot down, if necessary."

A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over parts of New Jersey in recent weeks, sparking speculation and concern over who sent them and why.

New Jersey is seeking to drastically reduce the amount of plastics and other packaging material that's tossed out once a package is opened.

New Jersey is considering charging fees on producers of fossil fuels to help the state that is home to several oil and gas facilities fight the effects of climate change.

A New Jersey lawmaker from part of the state where several mysterious drones have been spotted in recent week says the devices appear to avoid detection by traditional methods.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

Lawmakers from states with legalized gambling are proposing standards for other states that are considering allowing internet betting.

A utility says the drinking water in New Jersey’s capital city and some surrounding communities went largely untested for more than a year, and that it fired a worker who falsified the relevant reports.

Drought and sea level rise are causing salty oceanwater to creep into the Delaware River, threatening a source of drinking water for Philadelphia and millions of other people.

Atlantic City’s casinos saw their operating profits decline by nearly 14% in the third quarter of this year.

New Jersey’s internet gambling market set another record in October, the latest proof that people are betting more of their money online rather than coming to Atlantic City to gamble it in person.

New Jersey’s governor declared a drought warning.

More small wildfires have broken out across the northeastern U.S. in a series of blazes officials are blaming on very dry conditions throughout the region.

Fire crews are battling small wildfires across the Northeast U.S. A blaze in New York and New Jersey killed a parks employee over the weekend and postponed Veterans Day plans.

Offshore wind energy projects in New York, New Jersey and Maryland are moving forward, as federal regulators examine the proposals and opponents increase their legal challenges to the work.

Internet gambling in New Jersey set a new record in September with the casinos and their partners winning over $208 million from online gamblers.

A beloved boardwalk amusement park at the Jersey shore is shutting down.

A cyberattack continues to affect the nation's largest regulated water and wastewater utility company, renewing a focus on the importance of protecting critical infrastructure.

The largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the U.S. says it was the victim of a cyberattack, prompting the firm to pause billing to customers.

The federal government has given a key approval to an offshore wind farm in New Jersey.

With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen’s union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract.

New Jersey has hit pause on an offshore wind energy project that is having a hard time finding someone to manufacture blades for its turbines.

Boyd Interactive has purchased Resorts Digital, the online gambling arm of Atlantic City’s Resorts casino for an undisclosed amount.

Voters in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District will choose a successor on Wednesday to the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. In the race, Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver, Republican small business owner Carmen Bucco and two minor-party candidates are running to serve out the remaining 15 weeks of Payne’s unexpired term.

New Jersey has a new U.S. senator after the August resignation of Democrat Bob Menendez.

Workers seeking to ban smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos are asking an appeals court to consider their request, saying a lower court judge who dismissed their lawsuit did so in error.

A group of Atlantic City casino workers seeking to ban smoking in the gambling halls will launch an advertising campaign featuring their children.

Tuesday night’s jackpot for the Mega Millions drawing has reached an estimated $681 million.

Hockey fans had yearned for Johnny Gaudreau to come home and play for either New Jersey or Philadelphia.

American consumers felt more confident in August as their outlook for the future improved.

Hilda Swadlow usually prefers to be in her bedroom at an assisted living facility in Broward County, but not on Friday. It was her 108th birthday, and she was the star of a big party.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has tapped his former chief of staff to serve temporarily as a U.S. senator to replace convicted Sen. Bob Menendez.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will name his former chief of staff George Helmy to serve as interim senator when Bob Menendez resigns later this month after his conviction on federal bribery charges.

Walmart had another quarter of strong sales that topped almost all expectations with its comparatively low prices proving a powerful draw for millions who have struggled with rising costs for housing, groceries and almost everything else.

Tommy DeVito replaced an injured Drew Lock late in the first quarter and led New York on two first-half scoring drives that Eric Gray capped with runs of 48 and 1 yard as the Giants beat the Detroit Lions 14-3 in a preseason opener limited to mostly backups.