Philander Hampton Admits To Murdering Newark Teens In 1978
A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering five teenagers in 1978 in what was one of the state's longest-running cold cases.
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A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering five teenagers in 1978 in what was one of the state's longest-running cold cases.
Floodwaters rose all across New Jersey, closing roads from side streets to major highways as Irene, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state in more than a century, weakened and moved on, leaving more than 600,000 homes and businesses without power.
The first rain and wind from Hurricane Irene arrived in New Jersey by midday Saturday, and by the evening,thousands of evacuees headed to local shelters to wait out the storm.
The mother of a 10-month-child was reported missing a week ago by her husband after he said the they had an argument.
Police say 32-year-old Randy "Amanda" Lehrer was last seen on August 16.
The Surface Transportation Program, which provides federal funding for road, bridge and public transportation projects, will expire on September 30.
Jersey City authorities say 81-year-old Elsa Ewida was found in a hallway near the front door of her two-story home. She was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said Officer Luis Mecka was responding to reports of shots fired when he saw 28-year-old Deron Kittrell, who appeared to have a gun.
Police are investigating how a 4-year-old special needs boy was left on a school bus for as long as five hours before being discovered by a maintenance worker
Because of the boy's disability, police said they haven't been able to determine if he fell asleep, or if the driver and aide simply failed to check the bus.
Police officers and firefighters rescued a man trapped for more than two hours in an eight foot trench in Westfield Saturday.
Turns out it was a false alarm. After spending three hours scrambling to rescue what was believed to be a man who fell down a manhole in Jersey City, rescuers came up with garbage.
Taxi drivers staged a five-hour shutdown at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday, refusing to pick up passengers to protest the arrest of a fellow cabbie Ahmed Deraz.
Jersey City police have been cracking down on illegal guns in the hopes of a safer summer with Operation Summer Shield.
Sarah Palin said she got goosebumps as she walked through the halls of Ellis Island where millions of immigrants passed through between 1892 and 1954.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was on a solidarity tour across New Jersey to support union workers and oppose cuts to public services by Gov. Chris Christie.
A Jersey City man charged in the shooting death of a U.S. Marine during a carjacking this week has turned himself in to authorities.
Millions of visitors will be headed to the new 9/11 memorial set to open soon at Ground Zero, but if you drink something before hand, you may have to hold it.
The Jersey City school has sent 100 percent of its graduates to college over the last 17 years.
At 84, great-grandmother Evelyn Malzberg from Jersey City is finally a college graduate after taking classes for 30 years.
Entomologists from Rutgers University are moving in to a Jersey City housing project infested with bedbugs to create a national model for controlling the pests.
Robbie Zampieri was just 30 years old when he was killed. He was on the 92nd floor of Tower One when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center.
Four women -- including pregnant twin sisters -- were stabbed early Sunday during a street brawl with another woman in Jersey City.
Anybody can make a paper airplane at their kitchen table but imagine building a real plane inside your home. One New Jersey man did just that.
The beginning of Holy Week also meant a new beginning for a local church. They opened the doors on a new church building on Sunday, a decade after their old home burned to the ground.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Andrés Chaparro homered twice and the Nationals defeated the Mets 6-4 on Sunday in the season finale for both teams.
The Giants held on to beat the Titans 12-7 on Sunday, but lost their most important defensive player, Brian Burns, to a knee injury.
Jahmyr Gibbs had a go-ahead 11-yard reception with 2:25 left for his third touchdown of the game and the Detroit Lions held on to beat the New York Jets 31-24 on Sunday.
The NYPD has made an arrest in the case of a woman found dead inside Central Park on Sunday morning.
The NYPD has made an arrest in the case of a woman found dead inside Central Park on Sunday morning.
The nor'easter is winding down, but the Tri-State Area will continue to feel its effects well into Monday.
A nor'easter is bringing more serious concerns to the Tri-State Area Sunday.
A NYCHA employee was killed when a tree fell on him in Brooklyn on Saturday.
Staten Island City Councilman Frank Morano is calling for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to change course on how he's handling homelessness in the city.
The nor'easter is winding down, but the Tri-State Area will continue to feel its effects well into Monday.
A nor'easter is bringing more serious concerns to the Tri-State Area Sunday.
This weekend's nor'easter is bringing coastal flooding concerns and bands of rain to New York City and the Tri-State Area.
We're set for a First Alert Weather Day for Saturday due to expected heavy rain and potential coastal flooding.
The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport announced it welcomed its first-ever red panda cub, marking an important achievement for the endangered species.
The nor'easter is winding down, but the Tri-State Area will continue to feel its effects well into Monday.
A nor'easter is bringing more serious concerns to the Tri-State Area Sunday.
New Jersey's former lieutenant governor is breaking his silence a day after resigning from office.
Nine adults and a dog were rescued from flooded motel rooms in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, as a nor'easter hits the East Coast Saturday, police said.
A nor'easter is bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flooding to New York and New Jersey this weekend.
CBS News New York's Andrew Ramos is monitoring the situation in Monmouth County, while Rob Flaks has the latest on the rush to clean up train stations on Long Island and Lisa Rozner has the story on flooding in parts of Queens.
CBS News New York's Rob Flaks has the latest on the situation on Long Island, while Andrew Ramos surveys hard-hit New Jersey, and Adi Guajardo checks out the damage in Queens.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman held a news conference Sunday to discuss the nor'easter and its aftermath.
CBS News New York's Doug Williams, Jenn Bisram, John Elliott, Carolyn Gusoff and Kristie Keleshian have team coverage of the nor'easter impacting Long Island, New York City and New Jersey.
The nor'easter is winding down, but the Tri-State Area will continue to feel its effects well into Monday.
New Jersey's former lieutenant governor is breaking his silence a day after resigning from office.
Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan with the first CIA officers sent into the country after 9/11, the opening move in what would later become America's longest war.
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell submitted his resignation Friday, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced.
Iran had presented a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and return to negotiations for a lasting end to the war.
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
CBS News New York's Jennifer Bisram shares the personal details of her life-or-death brain aneurysm scare.
An 86-year-old Long Island grandfather is cancer-free thanks to medical advances and a doctor who took on a risky case.
New York City health officials have identified cooling towers potentially linked to a Legionnaires' disease cluster in the South Bronx.
NYU Langone has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to end gender-affirming care for minors.
A second person has died in the Legionnaires' disease cluster in the South Bronx.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Madonna was up for 13 awards at the 2026 VMAs — the most of any nominee on MTV's biggest night.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
The 2026 Global Citizen Festival that was set to take over the Great Lawn in New York City's Central Park Saturday has been canceled.
The anonymous woman who accused Jay-Z of sexually assaulting her said in a new court filing that she never met the rap mogul.
Andrés Chaparro homered twice and the Nationals defeated the Mets 6-4 on Sunday in the season finale for both teams.
The Giants held on to beat the Titans 12-7 on Sunday, but lost their most important defensive player, Brian Burns, to a knee injury.
Jahmyr Gibbs had a go-ahead 11-yard reception with 2:25 left for his third touchdown of the game and the Detroit Lions held on to beat the New York Jets 31-24 on Sunday.
Giuliano Galoppo scored his first MLS goal and Jay Fortune added a goal for Atlanta United on Saturday night in a 2-2 tie with New York City FC.
The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals 7-1 on Saturday.
A weeks-long effort to build an accessible outdoor gathering space brings South Brooklyn's Jewish community together for Sukkot.
Maimonides Medical Center expanded its neonatal intensive care unit to 48 beds in 2024, the largest Level IV NICU in Brooklyn, as families navigate lengthy hospital stays with their most fragile newborns.
Neighbors have been waiting since 2021 for the bridge over the Belt Parkway to be rebuilt and reconnect Bath Beach with the waterfront.
The People's Theatre now has its first permanent home in more than 15 years, thanks to help from theater legends from the neighborhood, like Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative's 1.8-acre native plant sanctuary marks 10 years at a site where historians believe hundreds of human remains still lie
People dressed in elaborate headgear and paraded up Fifth Avenue for New York City's Easter Sunday tradition.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The annual Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival was held in Manhattan on April 20, 2025.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
CBS News New York's Lonnie Quinn and Vanessa Murdock say the rest of the week will be pleasant, with temperatures creeping up into the 70s.
The NYPD said a 911 call came in just after 9:30 a.m. on Sunday about an unconscious person near a gazebo at 74th Street and East Drive. Police said arriving officers discovered the victim with trauma to her head. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
CBS News New York's Andrew Ramos is monitoring the situation in Monmouth County, while Rob Flaks has the latest on the rush to clean up train stations on Long Island and Lisa Rozner has the story on flooding in parts of Queens.
CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock says the worst of the nor'easter is behind us. Going forward, pockets of rain will continue well into Monday before the system completely clears out.
Participants braved the wet weather on Sunday for the 25th annual event, running from Brooklyn to Manhattan to honor our nation's heroes who died while saving others during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. CBS News New York's Allen Devlin reports.
