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Allegations of political intimidation by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie continue to mount with a new claim that Sandy relief aid was withheld from a mayor. Senior political reporter for POLITICO Alexander Burns reports on how this will affect the governor's second term.
David Wildstein, a former Port Authority official and Chris Christie appointee, invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and refused to answer questions from New Jersey state legislators about the lane closure controversy. Wildstein allegedly executed the order to close the traffic lanes without any warning. Michelle Miller reports.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie apologized, took responsibility and took action in the George Washington Bridge lane closure controversy, but will his promises and claims hold up in the coming weeks? CBS News political director John Dickerson has analysis.
The New Jersey governor addresses revelations that his staff ordered a catastrophic bridge closure last year as political retribution toward the mayor of Fort Lee, rather than as part of a traffic study.
The New Jersey governor addresses revelations that his staff ordered a catastrophic bridge closure last year as political retribution toward the mayor of Fort Lee.
Emails and text messages reveal a top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appears to have conspired to create traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge as political punishment against a Democratic mayor who did not endorse Christie for governor. Christie said people in his administration would be held responsible for their actions. Elaine Quijano reports.
After a five-day manhunt, police have arrested four men suspected of killing a man in a botched carjacking at the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey. Terrell Brown reports.
More than 400 teachers in New Jersey's Elizabeth School District have already opted out of in-person classes over health concerns.
Despite President Trump's demand that all schools resume in-person instruction, many state and local officials won't rule out having fully remote instruction in the new school year. Nearly 600 school districts in New Jersey have just been given the option to go completely online this fall. That is not what the governor there had planned. He tells Meg Oliver why he had to change his mind.
Some party-goers directed their anger toward the host of the party, who charged admission.
It was a wedding decades in the making, between two former New Jersey college classmates. They say they never could have imagined it. Greg and Janet Dabice were married August 1 on the football field of Montclair State University, nearly 30 years after they were crowned the school's homecoming king and queen on the very same field. Errol Barnett reports on their unlikely royal reunion.
Judge Esther Salas is publicly speaking out about a shooting at her home last month in which authorities say a misogynistic lawyer killed her son and wounded her husband.
"This is no time for anyone to be vying for induction into the Knucklehead Hall of Fame," New Jersey governor Phil Murphy said.
The increase comes as virus hospitalizations in neighboring New York are continuing to go down.
People of Filipino ancestry make up about 1% of the U.S. population, but more than 7% of the nation's health care workers. According to ProPublica, one of every four Filipino adults in the New York-New Jersey area works in the medical field. Elaine Quijano shares the effect the pandemic has had on this community of caretakers.
Lawmakers left Washington on Friday before finalizing a deal that would renew unemployment benefits for millions of Americans forced out of work due to the pandemic. Paula Reid reports on the relief bill's status from New Jersey, where President Trump is spending the weekend at his golf club.
Authorities say the man they believe opened fire at the home of a federal judge in New Jersey, killing her son and wounding her husband, has been found dead in an apparent suicide. CBS News' Naomi Ruchim reports on the latest.
Greg Dailey has been "one of the finest people in the world" helping residents amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The FBI has linked the Sunday shooting attack at the New Jersey home of federal judge Esther Salas -- which left her 20-year-old son dead and her husband critically wounded -- to the murder of an attorney earlier this month in Southern California. CBS Los Angeles reports.
While New York has seen a decline in cases, dozens of other U.S. states are now experiencing a surge.
Flames ripped through a farm in South Jersey, killing nearly 300,000 chickens at the Red Bird Egg Farm. Crews battled the four-alarm fire all night and remained on scene Tuesday morning putting out hot spots. CBS Philadelphia's Howard Monroe reports.
Crews battled the blaze Monday night at the Red Bird Egg Farm and remained there until the next morning putting out hot spots.
Judge Esther Salas was not harmed when a gunman dressed in a delivery uniform opened fire.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen, school districts across the country are grappling with how best to safely have children return to class. Some districts are choosing to have smaller class sizes, limit movement within the school and restrict visitors. Meg Oliver gets an inside look at how one New Jersey elementary school is facing this challenge.
Van Drew was elected in 2018 to represent the south Jersey district as a Democrat, but switched parties in late 2019 after voting against impeachment.
