Firefighters stranded in Passaic River rescued by NJ State Police
Two firefighters are back on solid ground after being rescued from a boat in the Passaic River. CBS New York's Christine Sloan reports. Read more: https://cbsn.ws/3ppiHms
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Two firefighters are back on solid ground after being rescued from a boat in the Passaic River. CBS New York's Christine Sloan reports. Read more: https://cbsn.ws/3ppiHms
Two people stranded on a Clifton Fire Department boat were rescued near the Passaic River Falls on Wednesday. Click here to read more.
A man and his friend were on the Lyndhurst Bridge in Nutley when they hauled in the object and called 911.
Passaic Mayor Hector Lora tells CBS2 the brook that leads into the lake has cleared up, but Hughes Lake is still murky.
Environmental investigators are running tests to determine what's causing the change in color.
They were together in Passaic on Sept. 1 when the storm hit.
This comes just a day after another body was found nearby.
Search teams scoured the area Friday as the family desperately waiting for updates.
Nidhi Rana, who goes to Seton Hall, was with Ayush Rana, a student at Montclair State, when the storm hit Wednesday night.
Investigators are still trying to get to the bottom of why the mom and daughter were on the river.
A crane later pulled the mangled car out of the water.
A woman managed to escape the wreckage after crashing her car into a river Monday in New Jersey.
The practice started out like any other for the Nutley High School crew team. They launched from their boathouse in Kearny and headed down the Passaic River and then back again.
Authorities have been searching for Keith Jean, 31, of Roselle since Aug. 3 when he was a passenger in a car Harrison police pulled over.
Police in New Jersey plan to resume their search for a suspect who jumped into a river and climbed into a storm drain to avoid capture.
Newark officials said the man 'jumped into the Passaic River to avoid capture' after fleeing from Harrison police during a vehicle stop at around 1:00 p.m. Wednesday.
A New Jersey man jumped into the Passaic River to save a woman after her car plunged into the water.
Officials on Friday said the plan calls for about 20 percent less contaminated river mud to be removed compared to a proposal that was introduced two years ago.
Two New Jersey teenagers were rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in the freezing Passaic River.
Devorah Stubin disappeared Thursday night, triggering a massive search involving police and volunteers from the tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community.
Police in Fairfield, New Jersey rushed to the Passaic River Tuesday after a report that a boat with three children, an adult and a dog flipped over, but it apparently turned out all to be a hoax.
A man riding a motorcycle went flying into the Passaic River in Rutherford, New Jersey Thursday evening.
About four hours later, the boats came off the water -- one from the Fair Lawn Fire Department was carrying the reptile.
The body was found Wednesday near the Union Avenue bridge in Rutherford.
Authorities say the worker was inspecting a bridge near a brook that feeds into the Passaic River when heavy rains pounded the area.
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The potential for severe storms and downpours returns to the Tri-State Area Monday as sweltering temperatures continue.
Monday will be a First Alert Weather Day due to the possibility of afternoon and evening thunderstorms and high heat indices near 100 degrees.
The New York area will get some brief relief Sunday from the humid weather.
Friday evening brought yet another round of prolific thunderstorms to the Tri-State Area.
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President Trump said Karoline Leavitt will be leaving her role to focus on her young family.
New Yorkers who buy their own health insurance could pay more as insurers file requests with the State Department of Financial Services to increase premiums.
In a wide-ranging interview with the CBS News partner BBC News, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father's condition, describing it as very sad to watch.
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Several lawsuits were announced Thursday against New York City and others connected to a deadly 2025 Legionnaires' outbreak in Harlem.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed new legislation Wednesday to strengthen inspections on cooling towers in New York City.
Latin music stars Marc Anthony, Feid, and others are set to perform at a benefit concert in Miami on August 16.
Actor and comedian Bowen Yang will portray Mary Todd Lincoln in Broadway's "Oh, Mary!" for a limited 12-week run starting in September.
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Ryan McMahon and Trent Grisham each hit a two-run single in the seventh inning to send the Yankees past the slumping Mariners 4-1 on Tuesday night.
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LeBron James will return to Los Angeles on Christmas Day in 2026, and the Sixers will open the season in New York against the Knicks.
Some residents of a Queens building say a temporary boiler truck parked outside has become a nearly two-year fixture, emitting smoke they say drifts into their homes.
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