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The outpouring of emotion over a student suicide at Rutgers University is spilling across the region Sunday night. Two candlelight vigils are planned for Sunday evening, as calls for justice and understanding grow louder.
New Jersey police say they've captured the man behind last week's cold-blooded killing of a cab driver.
Hudson County authorities say a man who reported finding a friend's body inside his apartment will now likely face charges in the man's death.
Cell phones are illegal in jails and prisons, and officers are supposed to be on the front lines of keeping them out.
Leonardo was shot in the head early Tuesday when he stopped in Plainfield to pick up a passenger for a prearranged trip.
Speaker Oliver said Democratic and Republican members of six committees will be asked to serve.
A weekend of tributes and remembrances were planned for the Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who took his own life after an intimate moment with another male student was caught on a webcam.
Authorities in southern New Jersey say an Atlantic City man fatally shot himself on the beach early Saturday, just minutes after he wounded another man outside a local club.
AAA Mid-Atlantic said the average price of regular gasoline in the Garden State was $2.50, which is unchanged from a week ago.
The heavy rain of the past two days is filling up New Jersey's reservoirs and easing fears of a drought, the state's climatologist said.
A judge has dismissed a disorderly conduct charge against a New Jersey mom who cursed at a principal after her daughter was "pantsed.''
It's a true case of the "calm before the storm" in New Jersey, where residents are preparing for the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole to wreak havoc on the tri-state.
New Jersey is about to get some drought relief, but not without a cost.
Friends said Tyler Clementi, the freshman allegedly secretly taped having sex in his dorm, left a chilling message on his Facebook page that read "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry."
The New York Shipping Association, an organization representing cargo terminals and terminal operators, says an agreement has been reached.
Booker says if the council would adopt his proposed budget, it would spread the pain in a responsible way over two years.
New Jerseyans handed in over 14,000 pounds of unused medicine during this past weekend's Operation Take-Back.
Two students were charged with invasion of privacy Tuesday for allegedly secretly placing a camera in another student's dorm and transmitting a sexual encounter over the Internet.
New Jersey horsemen say they've been developing a plan that includes more Internet wagering and off-track betting parlors.
Isidro Leonardo, 44, known as "Paco" to his friends, was shot and killed early Tuesday morning after picking up a passenger on Spooner Avenue.
Prosecutors said Tuesday that a man accused of raping and impregnating his daughters believed God was commanding him to create a pure family bloodline, while the defense urged jurors to keep an open mind amid the "fantastic'' details they would hear.
