1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (201+ words) A deadly fungal infection may spell the end of the beloved tree, estimated to be about 250 years old and one of the state’s tallest. A New Jersey community is frantically trying to keep alive its beloved "Kissing Tree," a 70ish-foot-tall,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (688+ words) A team of U.S. Marshals and New Jersey state and local police have spent the past few weeks pushing across the Garden State to target hundreds of fugitives, including child predators and wanted killers. In Newark, marshals and officers surrounded a…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (626+ words) The sheer weight of Monday’s rain caused a wholesale store’s roof to collapse in New Jersey. Flooded streets were too much for some drivers in New York. The weather pains followed an already stormy weekend. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (244+ words) The current heat wave gripping the tri-state has had deadly consequences in New Jersey. Nineteen people across New Jersey have died in the first week of July, the state's health commissioner said Saturday. "We started to see what we believe…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (261+ words) A worker at a New Jersey chemical plant was found dead after falling into a large container of mineral oil, according to police and the company. The 71-year-old man was loading a 6,000-gallon vat at the Bayway Chemical Plant, at…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (420+ words) Neighbors and a congressman are demanding an investigation into a possible cancer cluster in New Jersey. Health officials say they are looking into a possible connection between dozens of reported cancer cases near a former landfill in Keyport. NBC New…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (228+ words) The driver had to be extricated from the vehicle and was taken to a hospital. Tracie Strahan reports. A big rig veered off a New Jersey highway and into a building early Monday, trapping the driver and potentially dooming the…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (216+ words) Former New Jersey Assembly member Alberto Coutinho was killed Sunday in a car crash in Newark, the Essex County Prosecutor and Newark Public Safety director said. The 56-year-old served in the state legislature for more than five years. Authorties say…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (238+ words) Geese are reportedly dying in large numbers throughout the state of New Jersey causing a new concern over bird flu. According to New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection, over 1,100 dead or sick wild birds were reported all over the state…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (117+ words) A minor earthquake rattled New Jersey Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Society. The magnitude-2.4 quake was centered around Whitehouse Station, in Hunterdon County, at 3:42 p.m., the USGS said. It occurred at a depth of about 5.5 miles. That level of quake…...