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Chopper 4 captured the dramatic scene.

Chopper 4 was over the scene.

Authorities in one New Jersey community are responding to a series of apparent manhole explosions that set streets ablaze Friday, engulfing one vehicle, then a taxi SUV, as Chopper 4 captured footage of the flames. There was no immediate word on a possible cause of the blasts, which rocked East Orange, by Summit Street and North Munn Avenue, around 8:30…

A 100-year-old veteran of the country’s only all-Black, all-female WWII unit was honored in her New Jersey hometown with a street-naming ceremony to recognize all her contributions.

Gladys E. Blount was honored in East Orange on Wednesday with a street renaming in her honor, Pat Battle reports.

One house was destroyed and three were damaged in a major fire in East Orange, forcing three families out into the street, Gaby Acevedo reports.

A teenager was killed as a New Jersey street corner broke into chaos Monday afternoon, with bullets flying just steps from several schools.

Anguish and anger in New Jersey as the family of a 16-year-old buried the young rising basketball player killed by gun violence. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.

A 16-year-old was shot and killed on a street corner in East Orange on Monday, as bullets flew near schools right as students were being let out for the day. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

A teenager was killed as a New Jersey street corner broke into chaos Monday afternoon, with bullets flying just steps from several schools.

A large fire broke out in an apartment building in East Orange early Friday morning, Tracie Strahan reports.

A devastating overnight inferno that took hours for firefighters to get control of has displaced at least 18 families and left an 80-year-old woman dead, New Jersey officials said Friday. The fire started around 12 a.m. at an apartment building in East Orange and quickly overtook the 4-story building. Fire crews already up against intense heat when they started attacking…

One person has died in a fire that tore through an East Orange apartment. Tracie Strahan reports.

A former pharmacy technician involved in the theft of more than $8.2 million worth of prescription HIV medication from a Veterans Affairs hospital in northern New Jersey has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison. Lisa Hoffman, 50, of Orange, had pleaded guilty last November to theft of government property. She worked at the hospital in East Orange,…

A New Jersey man who authorities say killed his toddler son’s mother and then drove the boy and her body to Tennessee last summer has pleaded guilty of aggravated manslaughter. Tyler Rios, 27, of East Orange, also pleaded guilty Monday to desecrating human remains in the death of 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar, of Rahway, He now faces up to 30 years…

The New Jersey mother who faces abuse and neglect charges after her teen daughter ran away responded to the allegations. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Jamie Moore insists that her side of the story — of a single, loving mother — has not been told

A New Jersey high school football player scored her first touchdown on Thanksgiving, showing every one of her naysayers on what it means to “play like a girl.” Jessica Felix was the second girl to join the varsity football team at East Orange High School, and she’s just one of approximately 45 young women who are on a high school…

A New Jersey high school girl is busting through barriers as a running back for her school football team. Pat Battle reports.