One person killed in Jersey City construction site accident

One person was killed in a construction site accident at the Stadium Plaza shopping mall in Jersey City, sources told FOX 5 News.

Newark cops help man threatening to jump into river

Police officers in Newark saved a man from jumping into the Passaic River, dramatic video shows.

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Police officers in Newark, New Jersey, saved a man from jumping into the Passaic River on Monday, February 24, dramatic video shows.

Federal court sides with Trump in 'sanctuary cities' grant fight

The Trump administration can withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement grants to force states to cooperate with U.S. immigration enforcement, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Wednesday in a decision that conflicted with three other federal appeals courts.

NJ school bus driver in fatal crash on I-80 gets prison

A school bus driver is going to prison for making an illegal U-turn that resulted in a crash that killed a student and a teacher on his bus.

NJ proposal would make beachgoers fasten umbrellas to the sand

Beachgoers at the Jersey Shore would have to tether their beach umbrellas to the sand to prevent them from flying off and injuring people under a recently introduced bill.

New Jersey millionaire's tax back on the table as Gov. Phil Murphy submits budget

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday proposed a $40.9 billion budget for fiscal year 2021, boosting overall spending over last year's plan by more than 5% and including tax hikes on incomes over $1 million.

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."

Hoboken park will double as storm water reservoir

Hoboken, one of the areas in New Jersey hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy, is making progress toward completing a large public park that will double as a reservoir for nearly 2 million gallons of storm water to prevent it from flooding city streets.

NJ ranked worst for real estate property taxes

New Jersey is ranked worst in the country when it comes to real estate property taxes and it isn't even close.

3 hurt when NJ Transit bus, truck crash

An early Monday crash involving a truck and a New Jersey Transit bus injured three people aboard the bus, state police said, though none of the injuries were considered life-threatening.

Police: 2 kayakers rescued off NJ coast after kayak capsizes

State police in New Jersey say two kayakers were rescued last week as they were “struggling to stay afloat” after one of their kayaks capsized in Barnegat Bay.

NJ Gov. Phil Murphy reveals he has kidney tumor

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy revealed in a tweet Saturday evening that he has a tumor on his left kidney and will undergo a partial nephrectomy in early March to remove it.

New Jersey governor reveals likely cancerous kidney tumor
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ? New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has what is probably a cancerous tumor on his kidney and will undergo surgery next month to remove it, he said Saturday.

1 of 4 charged gets 42 years in girl's stray-bullet death

A judge has imposed a 42-year sentence on the first of four defendants to stand trial in the death of a 9-year-old girl hit by a stray bullet as she slept in her bed in her New Jersey home.

NJ State Supreme Court to hear appeal in '91 cold case murder

New Jersey's Supreme Court said Friday it would hear the appeal of a woman convicted in 2016 of killing her son 25 years earlier, in a case that had been one of the state's longest-running cold case murders.

Two men indicted in slaying of woman found dead in NJ park

Two men charged in the stabbing death of a woman found in a southern New Jersey park last year have been indicted on murder charges.