Rutgers Students On Alert Following Attack
A man in his 20s was said to have walked up to a student on Senior Street and punched him in the face.
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A man in his 20s was said to have walked up to a student on Senior Street and punched him in the face.
Roughly 50 Rutgers University students are staging a sit-in at a school administration building in New Brunswick to protest the school's decision to invite Condoleezza Rice to speak at the university's commencement next month.
According to a crime alert issued by the school, a female student was walking along Nichol Avenue and Seamen Street when two men on bicycles pulled a knife on her.
Selfies from another century are at the center of a monochrome mystery at Rutgers University.
Timothy Puskas, 38, is being held on $5 million bail. Puskas was already being held by authorities for an unrelated incident.
Rutgers University officials are standing by their decision to invite Condoleezza Rice to speak at the school's commencement in May.
Middlesex County, N.J. Crime Stoppers announced Saturday that they are offering cash rewards in the case of a 22-year-old Kean University student who was beaten to death last month in New Brunswick.
An emotional vigil was held Wednesday to remember a college student who was found beaten to death near Rutgers University.
The body of William McCaw, a 22-year-old Kean University student, was found just before 10:30 a.m. Saturday in a backyard on Hartwell Street near Rutgers University.
McCaw was pronounced dead at the scene. A cause of death has not been disclosed, but prosecutors say he suffered blunt force trauma.
Apparently, Sasha Fierce is making her mark at Rutgers.
The High Line Park is known for is the beautiful plants – many of them not native to New York City -- but apparently, unbeknownst to anyone who unboxed and planted the plants, some of them brought along a new strain of cockroach.
The Scarlet Knights may be confronting yet another coaching controversy, this time, involving defensive coordinator Dave Cohen and former player Jevon Tyree.
The Scarlet Knights athletic program has already been shamed once. The now-infamous video of former basketball coach Mike Rice went viral. Now it seems the school may have another incident of a coach behaving badly on its hands.
A northern New Jersey woman has admitted to mailing a threatening letter to the Town of Secaucus.
Rutgers University students are rallying around a popular bus driver who claims he was fired after praying for God to heal a wheelchair-bound passenger.
Tyler Clementi's mother, Jane, and brother, James, linked arm in arm with the walkers and made their way across the span for the first time since Tyler jumped from the bridge in 2010.
Clementi was a victim of cyberbullying. The 18-year-old committed suicide in 2010 after he learned that two students recorded him on a webcam kissing another man.
This weekend marked the 15th anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard, the openly gay college student in Wyoming whose death raised awareness of bullying, abuse and anti-gay violence across the country.
New Jersey has one of the nation's lowest suicide rates, and a New Jersey hotline launched by Rutgers in May aims to keep it that way.
Hermann, who previously served as the executive senior associate athletic director at the University of Louisville, acknowledges her sexual orientation at the bottom of her biography on the university's official website.
The report calls for the university's board and central administration to take tighter control of the finances and communications of the athletics department at New Jersey's flagship state university.
When combined, the increases in tuition and fees would raise costs 3.3 percent, or $427 more per year, for in-state undergraduate students in New Brunswick.
All this week, we're is looking at what's happening in the housing market. In our first segment, reporter Ginny Kosola spoke with new homeowners in Brooklyn.
Those who followed the series religiously know that sports was a big part of Tony Sopranos' life.
The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals 7-1 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.
A nor'easter is bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flooding to New York and New Jersey this weekend.
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.
The mayor of Athens said the explosion was likely caused by a gas leak.
Staten Island City Councilman Frank Morano is calling for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to change course on how he's handling homelessness in the city.
A nor'easter is bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flooding to New York and New Jersey this weekend.
The man who killed a Columbia University student in a random attack near campus in 2021 was sentenced Friday.
A weeks-long effort to build an accessible outdoor gathering space brings South Brooklyn's Jewish community together for Sukkot.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman joined Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine in signing a state of emergency declaration for their counties.
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.
Rain totals on Sunday were much less substantial compared to last Sunday's prolific totals, generally averaging less than 1 inch in most locations.
Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
A nor'easter is bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flooding to New York and New Jersey this weekend.
A state of emergency has been declared in New Jersey, and down the Jersey Shore, emergency officials in one town have issued a voluntary evacuation notice.
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell submitted his resignation Friday, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced.
This weekend's nor'easter is bringing coastal flooding concerns and bands of rain to New York City and the Tri-State Area.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is calling for her own lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign.
A nor'easter is bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flooding to New York and New Jersey this weekend.
Tri-State Area residents who have been hit hard by storms in the past were putting their preparations in place Friday ahead of this weekend's nor'easter. CBS News New York's Scott Padgett, Andrew Ramos, Rob Flaks and Adi Guajardo report.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman joined Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine in signing a state of emergency declaration for their counties.
CBS News New York's John Elliott, Ali Bauman and Elijah Westbrook have team coverage.
This weekend's nor'easter is bringing coastal flooding concerns and bands of rain to New York City and the Tri-State Area.
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.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is calling for her own lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, to resign.
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.
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.
Thousands are expected to pack Central Park's Great Lawn for a day full of live music on Saturday.
The "Opera for All" lottery will be for New Yorkers who haven't attended a performance at the Met since 2019.
The New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals 7-1 on Saturday.
The New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 Friday night for a doubleheader split.
The Mets were assured their first last-place finish since 2003, losing to the Nationals 7-6 on Friday night.
Baseball's postseason will start with one of its classic rivalries: Red Sox vs. Yankees.
The Baltimore Orioles routed the New York Yankees 10-2 in a doubleheader opener on Friday.
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 Vanessa Murdock has the latest on the nor'easter impacting the New York and New Jersey area on Saturday, Sept. 26.
CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock has the latest on the nor'easter impacting the New York and New Jersey area on Saturday, Sept. 26.
CBS News New York's John Elliott has the latest on the nor'easter impacting the New York and New Jersey area on Saturday, Sept. 26.
CBS News New York's John Elliott has the latest on the nor'easter impacting the New York and New Jersey area on Saturday, Sept. 26.
CBS News New York's John Elliott has the latest on the nor'easter impacting the New York and New Jersey area on Saturday, Sept. 26.
