New Jersey ticket wins Powerball jackpot

Lottery officials say that a ticket sold in New Jersey has won the Powerball jackpot.

New Jersey coronavirus cases surge past 25,000

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said that the five hardest-hit counties are Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union, and Middlesex.

New Jersey moves elections to May 12; all voting done by mail

Several elections in New Jersey originally set for March and April are being moved to May 12, the governor said.

Man shot while walking across Rutgers campus

A man was shot and wounded on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick.

NJ announces 2nd death, 19 new coronavirus cases

Gov. Phil Murphy on Saturday night announced New Jersey's second death from the coronavirus, a female in her 50s who was being treated at CentraState Medical Center in Monmouth County.

Police: Man paid for gas using movie prop $100 bill

Cops in New Jersey tweeted a photo of counterfeit $100 bill labeled "Motion Picture Use Only."

Dead newborns found at recycling plant in New Jersey

Police officers responded to a commercial facility in New Brunswick and found the bodies of two babies.

Suicide notes from suspect in slain NJ woman case revealed

The ex-boyfriend and suspect in the death of Stephanie Parze, a 25-year-old woman who's remains were found in a wooded area in northern New Jersey, left two suicide notes that have been released by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.

FBI seizes electronic devices at ex-con's home in sex cult case

The U.S. attorney said Lawrence Ray used "physical, sexual and psychological abuse" to extort money from five students at Sarah Lawrence College. Investigators searched his home and seized 20 to 40 electronic devices.

New Jersey ticket wins $202 Mega Millions jackpot

There was a jackpot-winning ticket from New Jersey for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing.

Dad arrested for running sex cult out of daughter’s dorm room, authorities say

An ex-convict from New Jersey was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday for sex trafficking, extortion, forced labor and other offenses against his daughter's friends.

Driver who dragged cop by necktie gets 11-year sentence

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for dragging a cop by his necktie.

New Rutgers president to make $1.2M in first year, report says

The new president of New Jersey's flagship university will make nearly $1.2 million in the next school year as part of a compensation package that includes a house, a car, and other perks, according to a published report.

Body found of missing NJ woman

An autopsy Monday confirmed that a body found in Old Bridge near the area where authorities had been searching for a missing woman is that of Stephanie Parze.

Man dies after falling through ice in NJ; 3rd death in same week

A New Jersey mayor says a man taken to a hospital after falling through ice at a reservoir has died, the third person in the state to perish after a fall into icy waters in the same week.

Tolls on Port Authority bridges and tunnels go up Jan. 5, 2020

The tolls on bridges and tunnels connecting New York City to northern New Jersey are going up in 2010 to help fund more than $30 billion in capital projects.

In New Jersey, a slow-motion evacuation from climate change

Dozens of homes have been demolished in Woodbridge, as part of an effort to stay ahead of climate change.

NJ residents taking buyouts before town goes underwater

Patricia Kambach couldn't bear to watch a crew demolish her longtime neighbor's home this month, so she went inside her own house in Woodbridge, New Jersey, where she has lived since John F. Kennedy was president.