3+ week, 4+ day ago   (379+ words) Three of the teenagers had trained at the gym for the 9-mile strenuous hike, but the fourth had not; he needed frequent breaks and was getting cramps as the altitude climbed to 5,000 feet on Mount Lafayette. News 4’s Jen Maxfield…...

1+ mon, 10+ hour ago   (262+ words) Workers at a convenience store in Edison said sales were picking up in the hours leading up the $1 billion Powerball drawing, and there’s good reason for it. It’s the same store that recently sold a winning ticket worth more than…...

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…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (183+ words) Five women appear to have been targeted in an acid attack in Jersey City, authorities say. The women were standing outside a house on Wilkinson Avenue Monday when officials say individuals in a vehicle drove up and threw what is…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (361+ words) Boulevard Drinks, which has been serving up hot dogs in Jersey City for nearly 90 years, may be forced to close as a new development looks to take its place. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports. A Jersey City staple that…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1193+ words) The security plan was key at the meeting. Adam Harding with the details. After considerable (and understandable) blowback from the initial price of a train ticket to MetLife Stadium for World Cup games, New Jersey Transit announced the cost of…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (215+ words) White belts with red and blue flags used for playing flag football. A football lays to the side. Set against the white and green turf of a football field. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association voted Monday to sanction…...