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The bus made famous by John Krakauer’s 1996 book “Into the Wild” has been removed by helicopter after many travelers have been injured or died over the years trying to retrace the steps of the subject of Krakauer’s book.

The school bus driver who pleaded guilty in a crash that killed a fifth-grade student and teacher in New Jersey in 2018 was sentenced to 10 years in state prison. Seventy-nine-year-old Hudy Muldrow pleaded guilty this past December to reckless vehicular homicide, assault by auto and child endangerment. Prosecutors agreed to recommend a 10-year sentence as part of an agreement that…

More than 30 people were expected to deliver victim impact statements. Marc Santia reports.

A New Jersey Transit bus driver accused of killing a pedestrian in a fatal hit-and-run accident last New Year’s Eve was captured this week as she tried to board a plane at Newark Liberty International airport, authorities said. Fayola Howard, 34, of Bloomfield, was arrested Tuesday, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. She has been charged with vehicular...

A bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s Sumatra island after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 28 people and injuring 13 others, police and rescuers said Tuesday. The accident occurred just before midnight Monday on a winding road in South Sumatra province’s Pagaralam district. Palembang search and rescue operation chief Berty Kowaas said the bodies were taken to…

The nation’s largest public bus system rolled out its first all-electric articulated bus Sunday under a plan to convert New York City’s transit agency to a zero-emissions fleet by 2040. The new vehicle was deployed on one of Manhattan’s busiest crosstown routes, the 14th Street busway. By March, the route will have 15 electric-articulated buses, which are 60-foot-long vehicles...

Some commuters hoping to catch buses Friday morning were met with delays since a rulebook slowdown impacted multiple Brooklyn bus lines during the Friday morning rush, according to sources.

New Jersey Transit unveiled three self-driving shuttles that it hopes to test as part of a pilot program funded by a $950,000 Federal Transit Administration grant.

A stolen car crashed into an MTA bus in Brooklyn, sending six people to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries early Saturday, autorities say.

A road accident in New Jersey Thursday morning left two senior citizens with serious injuries, a utility pole laying on top of a mini-bus and a crushed car behind it.

Lawmakers in New York have voted to exempt nursing mothers from jury duty.

Erica Byfield reports.

It was an unusual attack, even by New York City standards – a man climbed on the front window of a city bus Thursday evening and started stabbing at the roof with a blunt object.

Cops are looking for a man who allegedly slapped a 27-year-old woman’s buttocks on a subway platform in midtown Manhattan last month, then said, “You are beautiful” and ran off.

Amy Schumer faced criticism from followers on social media after the comedian returned to perform stand-up about 2 weeks after giving birth to her son. Watch to see how Amy clapped back!

Ten people were taken to a hospital after a school bus accident in Brooklyn early Monday, authorities say.

A robber allegedly targeted at least three women who rode along the same bus route in Queens — following them after they’d gotten off the bus, knocking them down and stealing their purses, the NYPD said.

Don’t think about starting the SantaCon festivities this weekend while riding NJ Transit, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North.

Two women poured an unknown liquid on a bus rider, then snatched her purse off her lap as she tried to dry her head off, surveillance video shows.

Almost two dozen people were injured, including firefighters, when a bus and a fire truck collided in the Bronx Friday afternoon.