New Jersey

Commutes are a mess for drivers along I-80 in New Jersey. All lanes are shutdown in Wharton due to a new sinkhole that opened up on Wednesday, the third major sinkhole along the interstate. Locals now are dealing with roads flooded with vehicles that have been forced to detour off the highway, while local businesses are seeing a big dropoff...

Another day, another sinkhole on I-80. Crews were continuing to work to make repairs Thursday on the latest gap to open up on the busy New Jersey highway, which had to be shut down in both directions in Wharton a day ago. The sinkhole problem has plagued the roadway in recent months. As one commuter put it after the most…

There’s a murder mystery in the city of Paterson after a woman was found shot to death on train tracks. It happened near 19th Avenue and 27th Street early Wednesday morning. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

A busy New Jersey highway was shut down in both directions after another sinkhole opened up Wednesday afternoon, a problem that has plagued the roadway in recent months. It was not immediately clear when exactly the sinkhole developed, but it caused traffic to be backed up for miles along the highway running through Wharton, in Morris County, footage from Chopper…

I-80 in both directions has been closed in Wharton, New Jersey Wednesday afternoon after a growing sinkhole is causing safety concerns.

Detectives in Berlin Township, New Jersey are searching for a man they said tried to abduct a girl while she was walking to school.

Authorities are investigating after a woman was found dead near some train tracks in Paterson. Officers responding to a call of shots fired near 27th Street and 19th Avenue around 3 a.m. Wednesday found the woman with a gunshot wound. She has not been identified. It wasn’t clear where she was shot. The woman was pronounced dead at the...

A woman was found shot to death near some train tracks in Paterson. Adam Harding reports.

On St. Patrick’s Day, police in Burlington Co. arrested and charged Gina LaPlaca, the mayor of Lumberton, NJ, with DUI and endangering the welfare of a child after she was, allegedly, seen driving recklessly.

The Atlantic City Airshow has been canceled for 2025, officials announced.

A Columbia University student activist who was detained by the U.S. government over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations has the right to challenge the legality of his detention, but the case should be heard in New Jersey, rather than in New York or Louisiana, a judge ruled Wednesday. Mahmoud Khalil, 30, a legal U.S. resident with no criminal record,...

Tuesday was Day one in the bribery trial for Nadine Menendez, the wife of former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. Nadine Menendez is accused of helping her husband orchestrate the bribe scheme. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

A New York City man was sentenced to life in prison after requesting nude photos from a New Jersey teen and having sex with her in a Jersey Shore hotel room.

Jury selection began Tuesday in the bribery trial of Nadine Menendez, whose husband, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was sentenced to 11 years in prison earlier this year for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold and cash. Nadine Menendez, 58, was originally scheduled to face trial last year with the 71-year-old Democrat, but a breast cancer diagnosis led…

There are some traffic problems in Fort Lee. The Port Authority is warning of 90-minute delays on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge Tuesday after a fuel spill forced the closure of the right lane. Cars and buses are advised to use the lower level. Traffic cameras showed heavy backups leading to the bridge. GWB Upper to NY…

The lawsuit alleges that William Paterson University’s unpaid invoices led to around 200 marine fossils being discarded in Tennessee.

More than a year after an imam was gunned down in Newark, police are putting out new surveillance video they hope will lead them to the killer. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports. 

Bad news for driver who rely on eastbound I-80 in part of New Jersey where crews are expected to make repairs for months longer than originally expected. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports. 

New Jersey’s governor’s race this year, one of just two along with Virginia, is emerging as a proving ground for Democrats struggling to find a message that can win over voters.

Along an industrial stretch of roadway in New Jersey’s biggest city, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared with immigrants rights activists last week to protest the Trump administration’s deal with a private company to open the first new immigration detention center of the president’s second term. Voters, he said, “don’t believe that people should be rounded up simply because they...