Feds claim 'cult' abused children in NY, NJ

A disturbing court case against a 'cult' details horrific child abuse claims including slave labor, forced weigh-ins and beatings.

President Biden visits New Jersey to push infrastructure bill, education agenda

President Joe Biden continues to push his Infrastructure Deal and Build Back Better Agenda with stops in Newark, Kearny and North Plainfield on Monday.

Serial killer lured by fake social account sentenced to 160 years

A New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women was sentenced to 160 years in prison after a trial in which it was revealed that friends of one victim did their own detective work on social media to ferret out the suspect.

St. Benedict's Prep High School brings competitive rowing back to NJ waterways

St. Benedict’s Preparatory High School in Newark is trying to build a crew program with the potential of producing future Olympians while exposing young people of color to the sport.

Traveling Bruce Springsteen exhibit to open in NJ, head to California

Bruce Springsteen’s most memorable artifacts including his favorite Fender guitar and stage outfits will be on display in a traveling interactive exhibit.

Happy Retirement, Roxy: K9 crime-fighter ends career with Newark FBI

The FBI office in Newark held a retirement ceremony Thursday for K-9 ‘Roxy’ who joined the force in 2013 and was the office’s only explosives detection canine.

Heat wave grips New York City region

Forecasters expect a heatwave to descend on parts of New Jersey and New York through Friday. Expect a lot of humidity, which will make the real-feel temperatures feel even worse.

Newark water rescues in Henri flooding

Rescue crews had to pull drivers and passengers out of cars in Newark as they got trapped in high waters from Tropical Storm Henri.

Man once on FBI's Ten Most Wanted list sentenced for killing fiancée, dog

A man who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list is going to prison for 31 and a half years for killing his fiancée and her dog because he did not want her to know that he had lost his job.

Amtrak orders new trains to replace aging fleet for $7.3 billion

Amtrak has contracted a unit of a German company to build dozens of new trains in the U.S. to replace its aging fleet.

Newark Airport briefly evacuated when traveler set off alarm

Travelers and staff experienced some scary moments at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday morning. One of the terminals was evacuated on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Police arrest suspect stained by exploding dye pack in Newark

Authorities have charged a man with robbing a Capital One branch in Newark at about 10 a.m. Saturday. Video shows a dye pack exploding as the man ran away from the scene.

WATCH: Dye pack explodes on suspected bank robber in New Jersey

He wasn't exactly “caught red-handed,” but police in Newark say a man wanted for robbing a bank found himself overcome by a plume of red smoke when a security dye pack exploded as he fled the building.

George Floyd statues vandalized in Brooklyn, Newark

Officials say someone defaced the 6-foot sculpture located at Flatbush Junction with spray paint.

NJ Supreme Court clears way for Newark charter schools expansion

New Jersey's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state's decision to allow the expansion of seven charter schools in Newark.

As air travel rebounds, TSA faces shortage of security officers

Some of the largest airports in the U.S. are short-staffed by as many as 100 TSA officers each, according to a memo.