Mercer County

A 25-year-old Trenton man has been charged with murder after police say he abused and suffocated a 2-year-old girl Wednesday afternoon. 

A state worker who also heads a local NAACP chapter has been fired from his state job after several anti-Semitic and racist social media posts.

A New Jersey woman believes a prayer is responsible for winning $5,000,000 on a scratch-off lottery ticket.

A New Jersey judge is sorry for suggesting a woman sell nude photos of herself to "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a measure requiring certain long-term care facilities to submit outbreak response plans to the state.

New Jersey's attorney general has issued a directive to the state's police officers on how to implement a recent law aimed at reducing gun violence.

New Jersey has approved roughly $9 million in film tax credits to a Steven Spielberg adaptation of "West Side Story" and a "Batman" universe movie called "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix. 

New Jersey's attorney general says authorities have seized more nearly 40,000 doses of heroin and fentanyl as well as 22 firearms as part of two separate probes in Trenton and Paterson.

New Jersey on Monday enacted three laws designed to help victims of gun violence avoid becoming hurt again by firearms or seeking out retaliation.

A federal judge has upheld New Jersey's law that lowers the number of bullets a gun can hold.

Police in Hamilton, New Jersey are asking folks to be alert after a report of a man attempting to lure a 12-year-old female.