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A New Jersey couple has been arrested for allegedly confining and abusing a child for years, at one point housing her in a dog crate for an extended period of time, according to prosecutors. The relationship between the girl, now 18, and Brenda Spencer, 38, and Brandon Mosley, 41, wasn’t immediately clear. Prosecutors allege the girl endured ...

Some 350,000 commuters who work in New Jersey and New York City could soon be scrambling for other ways to reach their destinations if NJ Transit engineers walk off the job early Friday. NJ Transit — the nation’s third-largest transit system — operates buses and rail in the state, providing nearly 1 million weekday trips, including into New York Ci...

New York state plans to send out its first-ever “inflation relief” rebate checks to taxpayers starting this fall, part of a plan from Gov. Kathy Hochul to put a little cash back into people’s pockets with the cost of living so high. The one-time payments initially were proposed to be up to $500, though the legislature-backed plan ...

The Knicks are one win away from a trip to the Eastern Conference finals, leading the Celtics 3-1 in the conference semis, which shifts back to Boston for a pivotal game 5 on Wednesday night. The Celtics will try to keep their hopes for a repeat championship alive after losing Jayson Tatum to a ruptured Achilles. The superstar had surgery…...

Heated words hit the floor at a city council meeting in Paterson, New Jersey, Tuesday night — attendees’ fury directed at City Councilman Luis Velez. Police say they are investigating a car accident from early Monday involving Velez. Video posted to social media has witnesses questioning whether he may have been drinking at the time of ...

Storm Team 4 Meteorologist, Maria LaRosa, visited Walter Stillman Elementary School in Tenafly, NJ. The second grade students learned all about hurricanes, tornadoes and different types of clouds.

Which NFL team has the toughest regular season schedule? Here is the strength of schedule for all 32 teams in 2025.

Prosecutors have said a 2016 surveillance video showed Combs trying to drag Cassie Ventura back to a hotel room where a “freak off” was occurring. 

Move over Hollywood — New Jersey could soon become the next major home for the movie industry. Netflix officially broke ground on Tuesday on its sprawling new film and production studio at Fort Monmouth, in Eatontown and Oceanport. The streaming giant is transforming the old military base into a $900 million campus that is set to deliver a huge boo...

New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a federal judge found the city had failed to stem spiraling dysfunction and brutality against those in custody. Instead, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain said she would appoint an outside manager to “take all necessary steps” t...

A 70-year-old woman is recovering after being assaulted in an unprovoked attack in a Midtown East subway passageway, the NYPD said. The woman was walking in an underground passageway to the No. 6 train near Lexington Avenue and East 53rd Street around 10:30 a.m. Monday when an unknown man pushed her into a wall causing her to hit her head…...

New York Yankees third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left ankle fracture ahead of Tuesday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners. In a corresponding move, infielder DJ LeMahieu completed his rehab assignment and was reinstated from the 10-day injured list. In the ninth inning of New York’s 11-5 victory over...

NJ Transit and an engineers’ union appear to be heading toward a major rail strike that would start Friday — the first one in decades. Currently, both sides are in Washington, D.C. participating in mediation, where they pledged to continue negotiations. Representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers...