New Brunswick

A large fire broke out at a paper recycling center in New Jersey Monday afternoon sending plumes of black smoke into the air. The fire, which broke out just before 5 p.m., prompted a 3-alarm response from nearby fire departments to the Colgate Paper Stock Recyclable Processing Facility in New Brunswick. It’s not yet clear what triggered the blaze, sending firefighters rushing...

Heavy smoke filled the skies of New Brunswick and triggered a 3-alarm response from firefighters for a recycling plant fire.

A duo from New Jersey is facing charges for their alleged involvement in the theft of more than $250,000 and personal identifying information from at least 50 people, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. Shemar Rogers and Tariah Darby, both 22 and of New Brunswick, were arrested Tuesday. Rogers has been charged with first degree promoting organized street crime,…

A man from New Brunswick has been charged with the murder of a 60-year-old man found dead in a nearby hotel Saturday afternoon, officials said. Middlesex County prosecutors have charged Demond Gray, 43, with first-degree murder in connection to the death of Abdul Conteh. They said Gray was arrested by police on Sunday. Conteh, of Somerset, was found dead around…

Two men killed in a shooting at a New Brunswick house party have been identified by officials. Of the six people who were shot and survived, four remain hospitalized Monday. NBC New York’s Jen Maxfield reports.

At least two people are dead and several more injured after shots were fired at a house party near the Rutgers University campus early Sunday morning. Adam Harding reports.

The prosecutor’s office said a preliminary investigation indicates no affiliation between the shooting at Rutgers University. Myles Miller reports.

New Brunswick Police responded to a shooting at a house near Rutgers University early Sunday morning. It’s not yet clear how many people were injured, but several people were rushed to nearby hospitals. Myles Miller reports.

The husband and son of a New Jersey federal judge were shot at their home Sunday afternoon, and a massive law enforcement response is underway. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

An artist is using the streets of New Brunswick to try and make his own statement, that Black Lives Matter is more than just a slogan. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

Police in New Jersey discovered two deceased newborns at a recycling center on Wednesday. The New Brunswick Police Department says officers found one infant at 12 Industrial Drive around 9:20 a.m. and, as they continued to investigate, another baby was found in the area six hours later. It wasn’t immediately clear how the babies died and authorities on Thursday were…

Gov. Phil Murphy says New Jersey Transit and Amtrak are about to begin repair and rehab work at a handful of rail stations across the state.

A 22-year-old South Carolina woman charged in connection with the armed robbery that resulted in the dealth of a Speedway Gas Station clerk in New Jersey late last year has pleaded guilty for her role as a getaway driver in the fatal incident.

A hit-and-run drag racer who struck and killed a high school vice principal has been sentenced to 13 years in state prison

U.S. lobster exports to China have fallen off a cliff this year as new retaliatory tariffs shift the seafood business farther north. China, a huge and growing customer for lobster, placed heavy tariffs on U.S. lobsters — and many other food products — in July 2018 amid rising trade hostilities between the Chinese and the Trump administration. Meanwhile, business is...

A personal bodyguard of CNN political commentator April Ryan is now facing charges two weeks following an alleged assault on a local reporter who was covering her speech at a New Jersey hotel.

A mother convicted of killing her young son has been denied a new trial.

Fierce evening thunderstorms in New Jersey knocked down trees, power lines and even a construction crane, which collapsed onto a New Brunswick home with one person inside but she was not injured.