NJ reaches $20.5M settlement with bus firm over missed trips

The settlement stems from when the state joined a whistleblower lawsuit in 2020 against Hoboken-based Academy Bus LLC, which bills itself as the largest privately owned and operated transportation company in the country.

Vice President Harris hails Newark as model for lead replacement

Newark struggled with high levels of lead in drinking water for years, prompting outrage. But on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Newark to praise the city for replacing all lead water pipes in just three years — much, much sooner than anticipated.

Why mask mandates are falling across the U.S.

As the omicron wave subsides, New York and several other states have lifted some or all mask mandates. But the CDC still suggests you keep wearing a mask indoors and actually recommends stronger masks such as the N95 or the KN95. Are you still wearing a mask? If so, what kind?

Nurse sets NJ hospital worker on fire

Investigators in New Jersey say that a nurse at Hackensack University Medical Center set a coworker on fire in the break room early on Monday.

Mail arrives 75 years late to NJ home

The letter was mailed from California in 1946. It was just delivered to the New Jersey home it was addressed to all of these years later.

NJ's new attorney general named

Murphy unveiled Matt Platkin as his pick in Trenton on Thursday about six months after Gurbir Grewal stepped down to take a post with the Securities and Exchange Commission.