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A fifth victim has succumbed to her injuries from a fire that tore through a New Jersey furniture store last week, taking the lives of three children, two of them sisters, and another adult, officials said Tuesday. The Elizabeth mayor’s office said that Merlyn Vasquez, who had been hospitalized in critical condition since the Oct. 5 fire at the store…

Three children were among the dead after a fire in Elizabeth New Jersey. Brian Thompson reports.

Two sisters, an 11-year-old friend and one adult died in a massive New Jersey fire that may have started inside a soda machine in a store where they were shopping and spread, the mayor of Elizabeth said Tuesday. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Two sisters, an 11-year-old friend and one adult died in a massive New Jersey fire that may have started inside a soda machine in a store where they were shopping and spread, the mayor of Elizabeth said Tuesday.

A massive fire in Elizabeth, New Jersey, left two children dead and two adults in critical condition at the hospital, the city’s mayor said. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

The man faces two counts of attempted murder and four weapons counts after police found two victims in a vehicle stopped on the roadway in Union County following reports of shots fired

A New Jersey police chief has resigned amid controversy over alleged comments about an Asian-American former county prosecutor and New Jersey’s first Sikh attorney general. The Union County prosecutor’s office announced that Fanwood Police Chief Richard Trigo notified the town’s mayor and council Friday night that he would resign effective Monday. Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo said in...

The owner and an employee of a New Jersey animal shelter have been charged with falsifying the medical records of more than a dozen dogs. The owner of Home for Good Dog Rescue Inc. in Berkeley Heights, Union County, is charged with 15 counts of falsifying records to deceive prospective pet owners, as well as other charges, New Jersey Attorney…

A plow truck working a parking lot in Elizabeth, New Jersey lost control Monday morning and very nearly plowed the bottom of a river instead. Brian Thompson reports.

An MTA bus struck and killed a pedestrian in Queens, dragging him along the road before coming to a stop early Monday, authorities say. Roseanne Colletti reports.

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Two counties in New York have found mosquitoes that tested positive for carrying the potentially deadly EEE virus

Authorities have made an arrest in a deadly bar brawl that occurred earlier this year in northern New Jersey.

Two more people in New Jersey were confirmed to be infected with a potentially deadly mosquito-borne illness that has been spreading across the region

Two more people have been confirmed to have the rare yet deadly mosquito-borne illness Eastern Equine Encephalistis, in Atlantic and Union counties. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

A police officer accused of using counterfeit bar codes to pay significantly lower prices for collectibles he bought at stores while in his police uniform has been convicted of theft and official misconduct.

A property manager at a northern New Jersey apartment complex stands accused of stealing more than $120,000 from an elderly tenant’s bank account to pay for lavish vacations and designer clothes

A property manager at an Elizabeth, New Jersey, apartment complex took $122,000 from the bank account of an 89-year-old woman who lives there, using the money on lavish trips and clothing, among other things, according to prosecutors. NBC 4 New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

A New Jersey Walmart was evacuated Thursday after a shopper saw a man with a gun and recalled hearing about a foreboding social media post