Passaic River

A 2-year-old girl and her mother were pulled to safety after falling into the icy Passaic River Thursday afternoon, rescued by a local police chief who jumped in, risking his own life to save them.

The mother and 2-year-old child are recovering after a heroic rescue from the Passaic River. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports

A gunman was taken into custody after he fired several shots at a group inside an IHOP, police said. Greg Cergol reports.

A Bobcat skid-steer loader clearing a foot bridge in NJ somehow fell through the span Monday, crashing onto a white van below. Jen Maxfield reports.

A car somehow veered off Route 21 and plunged into the water of the nearby Passaic River Monday morning in Belleville, New Jersey, prompting a good Samaritan to jump in to save the driver, authorities say. Gaby Acevedo reports.

Students from Rutgers-Newark are searching beneath a nearby church — all in hopes of finding human remains.

Rutgers University students are searching for unmarked graves that could hold the remains Chinese immigrants believed to have settled in the area some 150 years ago. Myles Miller reports.

The Port Authority announced a major investment in the century-old PATH system, as more riders rely on it to get into the city every day. NBC 4 New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

PATH trains connecting northern New Jersey with New York City are going to be longer and more frequent in coming years, part of a plan to address overcrowding that figures to become more acute as thousands of residential units and parking spaces spring up around train stations.

An alleged Bloods gang member accused of shooting a man inside a Long Island IHOP filled with patrons — including a toddler in a high chair — has pleaded not guilty.

An alleged Bloods gang member accused of shooting a man inside a Long Island IHOP filled with patrons has pleaded not guilty to charges including attempted murder. Greg Cergol reports.

A gunman was taken into custody after he shot a man inside an IHOP in a “targeted” attack believed to be gang-related, police said.

Surveillance video from inside a Long Island IHOP shows utter chaos — terrified customers scattering in a mad dash for exits and hiding under tables — when gunfire broke out in the restaurant feet away from a toddler earlier this week.

This is raw surveillance video from inside the Long Island IHOP as gunfire broke out Monday.

A Bobcat unit clearing snow off a foot bridge in New Jersey somehow plunged through the span onto the highway below, smashing into a van, according to authorities and photos from the scene.

A car somehow veered off Route 21 and plunged into the water of the nearby Passaic River Monday morning in Belleville, New Jersey, prompting a good Samaritan to jump in to save the driver, authorities say.

A body was recovered from the Passaic River in New Jersey Friday, authorities said.  Rutherford police said they got a 911 call from the Nereid Boat Club reporting a body floating in the river at around 5 p.m. Friday. Responding police and firefighters retrieved the body at Van Winkle Park, and the Bergen County sheriff and prosecutor were able to…

Authorities are looking for a 51-year-old longtime U.S. Postal Service worker from New Jersey who vanished two weeks ago.

A forklift punctured a drum containing a 5 percent solution of dimethyl sulfide in a New Jersey warehouse near the Passaic River Tuesday morning, but authorities do not believe there were any significant impacts to the waterway, officials said.