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New Jersey Dentist Agrees to Suspension After 15 Patients Get Sick, 1 Dies
A New Jersey oral surgeon linked to 15 cases of a bacterial infection of the heart over the last few years, including one case that led to death due to surgery complications, has agreed to a five-year suspension. Dr. John Vecchione on Monday also agreed to pay $293,500 in penalties. He initially had fought the allegations. The suspension comes after…
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Syracuse Student from NYC Killed in Route 80 Bus Crash
A Syracuse University student coming home to Queens for a visit is being mourned after she was killed in a bus crash on Route 80 in New Jersey. Checkey Beckford reports.
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Charging Cow at Livestock Auction Injures 18-Year-Old in New Jersey, Police Say
Police in northern New Jersey say an 18-year-old man suffered head and facial injuries after a cow charged at him Tuesday morning.
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Two Milestones in Less Than One Minute: New Jersey Couple Weds in Hospital 30 Seconds Before Baby Is Born
A New Jersey couple experienced two heartwarming milestones in the span of mere seconds last month.
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How Safe Is Your Hospital? NY, CT Hospitals Rank Among Lowest in Nation for Safety, But NJ Fares Much Better, Study Finds
Once again New York and Connecticut rank among the states with the overall worst hospitals in the country when it comes to safety, while the Garden State can boast as being in the top 10 states with the best hospitals —although the state was knocked out of the top spot this time-around, according to a report released Thursday.
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Push to End Religious Exemptions as Measles Cases Rise
The number of measles cases in the U.S. has now risen to 704 — the largest number of cases reported in America in decades. Ida Siegal reports.
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NYC Woman Dead, 21 Hurt in New Jersey Highway Crash Involving Bus: Police
New Jersey State Police say one person has died and at least 21 other people were injured in a crash involving a bus and several cars on a Garden State highway.
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2 Dead, Dozens Hurt in Obliterating NJ School Bus Crash: Sources
A student and teacher are dead after a full-size school bus collided with a dump truck on a major New Jersey highway Thursday, a violent accident that ripped the undercarriage completely off the bus and left it demolished on its side in the median.
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New Jersey Nanny Found Guilty of Abusing Infant: Prosecutors
A New Jersey nanny has been found guilty of abusing an infant for whom she was caring last year, prosecutors say.
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Jets' Morris Claiborne a Happy Father After Newborn's Health Scare
Morris Claiborne was in the middle of a walkthrough practice last summer when he got the call — finally — that he was eagerly anticipating. It was time for his twin daughters to enter the world.
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Hundreds Mourn Fifth-Grade Twin Killed in New Jersey Bus Crash During Class Trip
Hundreds of friends and family members gathered Monday to bid a painful goodbye to the 10-year-old fifth-grade twin killed when her bus collided with a dump truck en route to a class field trip in New Jersey last week.
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Child Bus Crash Victim Laid to Rest
10-year-old Miranda Faith Vargas died in the horrific crash along with a 51-year-old teacher. Jen Maxfield reports.
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Wake Held for New Jersey Fifth-Grader Killed in Horrific School Bus Crash
Friends and family gathered on Sunday to remember the 10-year-old New Jersey girl killed in a horrific school bus crash last week.
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Girl, 10, Killed in Horrific School Bus Crash Was Twin Fifth-Grader: Aunt, Obit
The husband of a New Jersey teacher killed along with a student in a school bus crash that also injured dozens of others says he’s “in shock, devastated and totally crushed” by the tragedy.
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Wake Held for NJ Girl Killed in School Bus Crash
Ten-year-old Miranda Faith Vargas was killed after a school bus crashed in New Jersey last week. Ida Siegal reports.
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Husband of New Jersey Teacher Killed in School Bus Crash Issues Heartrending Statement as Students Mourn
The husband of a New Jersey teacher killed along with a student in a school bus crash that also injured dozens of others says he’s “in shock, devastated and totally crushed” by the tragedy.
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School Bus in Deadly NJ Crash Missed Exit, Made U-Turn: Sources
Sources say video from a DOT camera shows the school bus filled with fifth-graders in Thursday’s deadly wreck in New Jersey making a sudden U-turn in a median.
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School Bus Made U-Turn in Deadly Crash
Multiple sources tell NBC 4 New York that video from a Department of Transportation camera shows the school bus filled with fifth-graders in Thursday’s deadly wreck in New Jersey making a sudden U-turn in a median. Chris Glorioso reports.
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Students Grieve Together After Fatal School Bus Crash
Multiple sources tell News 4, citing DOT video, that the bus driver missed the exit for the site of the class trip and attempted a U-turn. Lori Bordonaro reports.
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Student, Teacher Killed in Bus Crash During Field Trip in NJ
A student and teacher are dead after a full-size school bus collided with a dump truck on a major New Jersey highway. Michael George reports.