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Authorities say an Ohio State University student from New Jersey was killed in an early morning shooting near campus

An Ohio State University student from New Jersey was killed in an early morning shooting near campus, authorities said.

At some point during an employee’s house part, Mayor John Roth went upstairs, took off his pants and crawled into an empty bed to fall asleep

The mayor of Mahwah admitted that at a party hosted by a town employee, he drank too much then took off his pants before getting into an empty bed and falling asleep. NBC New York’s Ken Buffa reports.

A multi-alarm fire broke out in a commercial building in northern New Jersey Christmas morning, police say. Mahwah Police tells News 4 that the fire, which was reported around 4:40 a.m. is located on Franklin Turnpike. The fire – which has reached three alarms – prompted mutual aid from surrounding communities. No injuries have been reported and the cause of…

A New Jersey woman used a bat to fight off a coyote after it bit her several times, authorities say.

A two-vehicle crash in a New Jersey highway left a young boy in serious condition after he was ejected from the car he was traveling in, police say.

Facing state and federal lawsuits alleging it used local ordinances to discriminate against Orthodox Jews from nearby New York state, a northern New Jersey town rescinded one of the measures that stoked a controversy that has roiled the town in recent months.

New Jersey sued one of its towns Tuesday over two recent ordinances the state says illegally targeted a Jewish community from nearby New York, likening the conduct of town officials to the “1950s-era white flight suburbanites” who sought to keep blacks out of their neighborhoods. The lawsuit against Mahwah and its township council seeks to block the ordinances and the…

New Jersey sued one of its towns Tuesday over two recent ordinances the state says illegally targeted a Jewish community from nearby New York, likening the conduct of town officials to the “1950s-era white flight suburbanites” who sought to keep blacks out of their neighborhoods. Brian Thompson reports.

New Jersey is now investigating how a town adopted a rule limiting use of a public park to state residents that opponents say targets Jewish people from a nearby New York town.

An Orthodox Jewish community group has sued a New Jersey town that has moved to block the group from building a religious boundary made up of white plastic piping through town.

A New Jersey town has ordered a Jewish community group to stop building a religious boundary made up of white plastic piping through its town.

An Orthodox Jewish group using an eruv is sparking controversy. Pat Battle reports.

The thin blue line that was painted on a New Jersey street last fall in support of local police is actually illegal, according to federal officials, but the town’s mayor is vowing to keep the blue line, even if it means defying federal regulation.  The town of Mahwah had the blue line painted in front of the local police...

The thin blue line that was painted on a New Jersey street last fall in support of local police is actually illegal, according to federal officials, but the town’s mayor is vowing to keep the blue line, even if it means defying federal regulation. Jen Maxfield reports.