Whether it’s teams like Princeton and Fairleigh Dickinson pulling off upsets or standout performances from players, New Jersey’s imprint has been all over the Division I men’s basketball tournament.
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Fear-Mongering Threatens a Plan to Build More Suburban Housing
Whether they like it or not, New York officials fighting to maintain exclusionary housing policies are on the wrong side of history.
Fairleigh Dickinson Hopes to Be the Next March Madness Fairy Tale
It was quiet at the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus in New Jersey the day after its basketball team pulled off a stunning upset in the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament. But it’s often quiet there.
A Trip to Ukraine. A Jab at Ron DeSantis. What Is Phil Murphy Up To?
The New Jersey governor, re-elected in 2021, is term-limited and has an eye on Washington.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Has an Eye on Washington
The New Jersey governor, re-elected in 2021, is term-limited and has an eye on Washington.
With Snowfall, Winter Makes a Belated Appearance in New York
A storm began to bear down across the Northeast on Monday evening, with forecasters predicting up to seven inches of snow in some parts.
Snow and Sleet Are Coming to the Northeast After a Winter Lull
More than six inches of snow are possible in interior parts of the Northeast starting on Monday night, with lower totals around New York City and coastal areas, forecasters said.
A Boardwalk Basketball Grift Conjured Out of Thin Air
In the time-honored tradition of small-time schemes everywhere, the operator of a Jersey Shore game of chance is found guilty of deception.
Gov. Murphy Knocks DeSantis and Expands African American Studies
In expanding the course, which Florida recently banned, New Jersey entered a conflict over how schools should address race and racism in classrooms.
After Adriana Kuch’s Suicide, a New Jersey Community Grapples With Bullying
Amid grief and outrage over the death of Adriana Kuch, 14, students have mounted protests, and a schools superintendent has resigned.
One State’s Effort to Keep Some Police Encounters From Turning Deadly
A program in New Jersey that pairs police officers with certified mental health screeners is expanding into 10 of the state’s 21 counties, with the aim of de-escalating conflicts before they turn violent.
A Policing Overhaul With a Bold Goal: Fewer Killings of the Mentally Ill
A program in New Jersey that pairs police officers with certified mental health screeners is expanding into 10 of the state’s 21 counties.
A House Fire Ignites a Journalist’s Curiosity
A trail of Facebook posts and interactions with neighbors led the reporter Tracey Tully on a quest to understand, and share, one woman’s story.
New Jersey Councilwoman Is Fatally Shot, Officials Say
Eunice K. Dwumfour, 30, was found dead in her car with multiple gunshot wounds on Wednesday night. She was serving her first term on the Sayreville Borough Council.
She Lost Her Childhood Home Over Taxes. Then It Erupted in Flames.
For years, Eve Morawski waged an epic battle against real estate investors who bought her tax debt and ultimately seized her Maplewood, N.J., home.
A 29-Year-Old Woman Posed as a New Jersey High School Student for 4 Days
The woman attended classes in New Brunswick for four days before her ruse was discovered, officials said.
Holland Tunnel Out of New York City Will Close Overnight Through 2025
New Jersey-bound traffic will be barred for several hours six nights a week while crews repair decade-old damage from Hurricane Sandy.
Can a $10 Billion Highway Fix One of New Jersey’s Worst Traffic Jams?
And, in the face of climate change, should it? A plan to widen the highway that leads into the Holland Tunnel is fueling heated debate.
Angelo Badalamenti, Composer for ‘Twin Peaks,’ Is Dead at 85
The filmmaker David Lynch turned to his haunting work again and again, for “Blue Velvet,” “Mulholland Drive” and other neo-noir films.
Gun stockpile in hospital closet leads to $63K in fines from NJ health dept.
Enlarge / A health care worker exits the emergency room at Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus, New Jersey, on December 11, 2020. (credit: Getty | KENA BETANCUR)
The New Jersey health department has fined a state hospital $63,000 after police discovered a stockpile of 39 firearms—including an illegal assault rifle with a high-capacity magazine—stashed in an unlocked hospital closet.
The firearm stockpile was found on the afternoon of July 18, when Secaucus police were called to the Hudson Regional Hospital over a bomb threat. The bomb threat was later determined to be a hoax, but while police conducted a safety sweep of the facility, bomb-sniffing dogs led officers to the weapons.
The stash included 11 handguns of various calibers, 27 rifles/shotguns, and a Kriss Vector .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine, which police determined to be an illegal assault rifle. Additionally, they found a 14-round high-capacity handgun magazine. (Images of the stockpile were caught on released body cam footage.)
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When Book Bans Came to Small-Town New Jersey
Clashes over what belongs on bookshelves have put school librarians at the center of a widening fight.
A Times Square Hotel Was Set To Become Affordable Housing. Then the Union Stepped In.
An influential hotel workers’ union is flexing its power at a key moment in the city’s recovery, affecting major projects from casinos to homeless shelters.
Does Fusion Voting Offer Americans a Way Out of the Partisan Morass?
A new push by nonprofit groups hopes to revive the practice in New Jersey and possibly elsewhere across the country.
How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Betting Ubiquitous
The gambling industry and its allies got their way with lawmakers after showering them with donations, gifts and dubious arguments.
New Jersey Man Arrested in Connection With Threat to Synagogues
An 18-year-old man was charged with sending a threat over social media. He is expected to appear in court on Thursday afternoon.
A Planned Restart of a Crab Harvest Pits Conservation Against Industry
After a decade-long ban, the potential revival of crab harvesting in the Delaware Bay poses a threat to shorebirds, naturalists say.
FBI Locates Suspect After Warning of Security Threat at NJ Synagogues
Officials said the man holds “radical extremist views.” On Thursday, they had alerted congregations across the state to be on alert.
FBI Warns of Threat to Synagogues in New Jersey
Officials have urged congregations to take security precautions.
Menendez Inquiry Said to Involve Company That Certifies Halal Meat
Federal agents have been asking about IS EG Halal, a New Jersey firm that Egypt made its sole certifier for meat exports from America, an inquiry that appears to include Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey.
Senator Robert Menendez Faces a New Federal Investigation
The inquiry comes five years after the Justice Department dropped its corruption case against Mr. Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat.
Car feature subscriptions should be illegal, New Jersey legislators say
One of the most egregious moneymaking trends in the auto industry today is the rise of the subscription feature. Sometimes, it’s for software functions like navigation—Tesla recently announced that owners of cars will have to pay $99 per year or $9.99 per month to access navigation, maps, and voice commands once their cars reach a certain age, for example. And previously, BMW made headlines by making Apple CarPlay a subscription feature before backtracking in 2019.
But we’re also starting to see automakers sell cars with built-in hardware features that must be activated through a subscription. Again, BMW is a notable example here; in markets like Korea and the United Kingdom, the company offers a subscription for features like heated seats. Tesla provides another example. It ships every car with the hardware required for its “Full Self Driving” feature but charges a fee—just increased from $12,000 to $15,000 in September—to activate it.
Some legislators in New Jersey are unhappy about that business model. In late September, Assemblymen Paul Moriarty and Joe Danielsen introduced a bill that would prohibit car makers or dealers from offering subscriptions in New Jersey for any feature that uses hardware already installed on the vehicle at the time of purchase unless that feature would represent an ongoing expense to the dealer, manufacturer, or a third party.
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New Jersey sues gas companies over climate change damages worth billions
This week, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced he had surveyed the state’s extreme weather damage caused by climate change and decided that it shouldn’t be residents or even the state shouldering “the enormous costs of rebuilding.”
Filing a lawsuit in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Platkin—joined by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and the Department of Environmental Protection—suggested that this burden should belong to oil and gas companies. These companies, Platkin alleged in a press release, “knowingly made false claims to deceive the public about the existence of climate change and the degree to which their fossil fuels products have been [exacerbating] anthropogenic global warming.”
Platkin’s lawsuit targets five major global oil and gas companies—ExxonMobil Corp., Shell Oil Co., Chevron Corp., BP Plc, and ConocoPhillips—and the trade group that all those companies belong to, the American Petroleum Institute (API). It’s similar, Platkin said in his press release, to lawsuits still pending in other states, including Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont.
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Hoping to Carry a Gun in New Jersey? You Might Need Insurance First
Legislative leaders are promoting some of the strictest firearms rules in the country, a response to the Supreme Court ruling that overturned a New York law barring most people from carrying guns in public.
Their Loved Ones Died. Preserved Tattoos Offer a Way to Keep Them Close.
Laws in most states allow mourners to remove and preserve tattoos as memorial works of art. An Ohio company, Save My Ink Forever, is the pioneer.
Suddenly, a New Jersey Congressional Race Looks Like a Bellwether
If Democrats have a chance of holding onto the House, their path runs through districts like Tom Malinowski’s.
Hurricane Ian’s Remnants Slosh the Mid-Atlantic States as a Nor’easter
The coastal storm is expected to move out of the region on Wednesday, after bringing flooding and high winds.
‘Redlining Is Racist’: $12 Million Settlement Ends Lending Inquiry
Lakeland Bank in New Jersey admitted no wrongdoing, but agreed to set up a $12 million homeownership fund and open two new branches in minority neighborhoods.
14 Guards at New Jersey Women’s Prison Are Indicted Over Beatings in 2021 Raid
The guards entered the women’s cells to forcibly remove them. One woman was punched almost 30 times.
Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor Undone by Tax Hike, Dies at 85
A Democrat, he had successes on gun control, the environment and property-tax relief, but after raising income and sales taxes, he lost a bid for re-election.
Sex Abuse Victims Plead to Keep Doctor’s Conviction Despite His Suicide
Ricardo Cruciani killed himself at Rikers. His victims asked a judge to maintain his conviction all the same.
The Way You Get Around New York City by Bus and Train Is About to Change
The city’s crumbling infrastructure is finally getting some upgrades.
Sex Ed Emerges as Core Issue for N.J. Republicans as Midterms Approach
New education standards that touch on gender identity have caused a stir in New Jersey. Some Republicans are trying to keep the conversation alive.
Why Do Some People in New Jersey Suddenly Have So Many Reusable Bags?
A ban on single-use plastic and paper bags in grocery stores had an unintended effect: Delivery services switched to heavy, reusable sacks — lots of them.
‘I’m Done With Him’: A Mother’s Anger Over Rushdie Attack
Hadi Matar, 24, kept to himself and was changed by a 2018 trip to the Middle East.
A Construction-Themed Amusement Park Answers the Question, ‘Can You Dig It?’
At Diggerland U.S.A., children can experience the pleasures of heavy equipment firsthand. (Adults like it, too.)
One of the Oldest Rodeos in America Is in New Jersey
The country’s longest-running weekly rodeo can be found in the Garden State. That’s not as strange as it sounds.
New Jersey Man Gets 5 Years in Prison in GoFundMe Fraud Case
Prosecutors said Mark D’Amico and his then-girlfriend made up a heartwarming tale of a homeless man to help raise more than $400,000.
We Went on a Lanternfly-Killing Rampage. They’re Still Here.
The spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest that ecologists have urged the populace to squish on sight, is back, infesting the New York City area.
A heat wave stirs drought conditions in parts of New York and New Jersey.
He’s Baseball’s Only Mud Supplier. It’s a Job He May Soon Lose.
Jim Bintliff collects the Delaware River mud that is smeared on Major League baseballs to make them less slippery. But that tradition is in jeopardy.