Multiple child sex abuse lawsuits threatens Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts of America is facing a threat from a growing wave of lawsuits over decades-old allegations of sexual abuse.

NJ court overturns order halting medically assisted suicide law

New Jersey can move ahead with a new law allowing terminally ill patients to seek life-ending drugs, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday, overturning a lower court's temporary hold on the law.

New Jersey lawmakers pass measure updating vote-by-mail law

New Jersey lawmakers have passed legislation aimed at eliminating confusion surrounding the state's 2018 vote-by-mail law.

Swimmers warned about rip currents along Jersey Shore

Tropical weather far off the coast is churning the ocean and continuing a risk for rip currents along the New Jersey shore.

Police: Trenton man abused, suffocated 2-year-old girl

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. 

Officials: NJ state worker fired after anti-Semitic, racist Facebook posts

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.

New NJ law requires response plans after outbreak that left 11 children dead

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

NJ AG issues gun protective order directive

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 approves $9M in film credits to 'Joker,' West Side Story'

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. 

Officials: 22 guns, 40,000 drug doses seized in NJ; 38 arrested

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.

NJ enacts 3 gun violence intervention laws

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

Judge upholds NJ limit on gun ammunition

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