Pat Battle

While violent protests break out around them, a church group from New Jersey has been left stranded in Bolivia — and they’re blaming American Airlines for ditching them at the airport. The airline told News 4 the group arrived just 35 minutes prior to an international flight, putting their own trip in jeopardy.

While war has been raging all around them, a group 17 teens and seven chaperones from Paramus has been left in Bolivia because American Airlines ditched them at the airport, they claim. NBC 4 New York’s Pat Battle reports.

They struggle now to rise to their feet to salute the country they bravely served, but their memories are strong and painful.

Veterans of D-Day were honored by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy for their service and sacrifices, and some shared memories of that fateful day. NBC 4 New York’s Pat Battle reports

A school bus driver has pleaded not guilty in a crash that killed a student and teacher in New Jersey.

Hudy Muldrow faces 25 counts of second-degree assault by auto as well as 16 counts of fourth-degree assault by auto.

A New Jersey high schooler who uses a wheelchair is starring in a new production of “The Wizard of Oz” — and her service dog is too.

A New Jersey high school senior who uses a wheelchair is playing Dorothy in a new production of “The Wizard of Oz” — and her service dog is playing Toto. Pat Battle reports.

New Jersey is making its final push to legalize recreational marijuana as lawmakers prepare to vote early next week.

The state of New Jersey is making its final push to legalize recreational marijuana. Pat Battle reports.

A local police union in New Jersey that planned to raffle off an assault rifle abruptly canceled that idea.

A local police union in New Jersey that planned to raffle off an assault rifle abruptly canceled that idea. Pat Battle reports.

A dog somehow got loose and attacked a man outside a New Jersey store, then ran down the block and bit four kids, officials say.

A dog somehow got loose and attacked a man outside a New Jersey grocery store, then ran down the block and bit three kids, authorities say. Checkey Beckford reports.

The family of a New York high school student targeted in a racist Snapchat photo is asking for her school to do more in the wake of the vile post.

A racially charged Snapchat post has landed one student in big legal trouble, as the victim’s family takes action to make sure it never happens again. Pat Battle reports.

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.

A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison in the shooting death of a father of 10 as he stopped to pick up a taxi fare in New Jersey more than three years ago.

The man convicted of murdering a taxi driver learned his fate at an emotional sentencing Friday. Pat Battle reports.

Video of a New Jersey school bus crash that killed a teacher and student and injured dozens of others last spring shows the driver veering across three lanes of traffic on Interstate 80.