Rutgers students agree to disband campus encampment

Students at Rutgers University took down encampments Thursday following successful negotiations with the school administration.

1 dead, 1 injured after house explosion in South River, New Jersey: Officials

Officials say one person is dead and another person has been critically injured after a home exploded in South River, New Jersey on Thursday evening.

Police officer fired gun while clearing protesters from Columbia building: DA Bragg

A police officer who was involved in clearing protesters from a Columbia University administration building earlier this week fired his gun inside the hall.

4 indicted in child sex trafficking ring: Manhattan DA

Four people have been indicted on charges of trafficking a 14-year-old girl and forcing her into prostitution in Manhattan, according to authorities.

GoFundMe raises thousands for UNC fraternity that guarded flag during protests

Pi Kappa Phi fraternity members defended the American flag against Gaza war protesters on the University of North Carolina campus and were rewarded with a massive amount of cash on the online fundraising platform.

Trump hush money trial: Stormy Daniels's lawyer concludes testimony after hearing on gag order violations

Thursday's proceedings started with a contempt hearing over whether the former president violated his gag order again, followed by lawyer Keith Davidson wrapping up his testimony after over two days on the witness stand.

Plan to rebuild Baltimore Key Bridge by 2028 will cost $1.9 billion, officials say

Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday.

Rare ‘backward-spinning’ tornado detected in Oklahoma twister outbreak

There have been dozens of tornadoes sighted across the Plains and Midwest over the past week in a relentless severe weather pattern, but one tornado in particular has the meteorology community buzzing.

Child care now costs more than a mortgage, study finds

Here's the cities that have the most expensive child care and mortgage costs based on a family's household income, according to Zillow.

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at Fordham, NYU and Stony Brook

Protests continue at college campuses across the region and nationwide, including at the Lincoln Center campus of Fordham University, NYU, and Stony Brook University on Long Island.

Prosecutions seek additional sanctions for Trump in hush money case as key witness resumes testimony

Prosecutors in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump are seeking additional sanctions over his out-of-court comments as testimony soon resumes from a lawyer who represented two women who have said they had sexual encounters with the former president.

Adams says Black unemployment in NYC hit 5-year low

Adams says unemployment is down by more than 25 percent since the start of his administration. 

NYC congestion pricing map, costs, hours, exemptions

Here's everything you need to know about congestion pricing in NYC, including the start date, a map, toll prices, toll hours and exemptions for drivers.

These NJ cities named among top US places to live

Two cities in NJ were named among the Top 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S., according to a new 2024 ranking by the website, Liveability.