4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (162+ words) A Newark-bound United Airlines jet with nearly 300 passengers and crew members aboard had to make an unscheduled stop in Maine Tuesday over an unruly passenger, authorities say. United Airlines Flight 18 departed Italy's Milano Maplensa Airport for its eight-plus-hour trek to…...

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,…...

4+ mon, 5+ 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, 3+ week ago   (128+ words) An early-morning inferno damaged multiple homes in New Jersey’s Ridgefield Park Tuesday. Romney Smith reports. Multiple homes were damaged when a fast-moving fire tore through a New Jersey community overnight, generating smoke so billowy that New York City's Office of…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (194+ words) Police in New Jersey are investigating a shooting at a Chick-fil-A, but officials have not released details about how many people may have been injured. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports. Police in New Jersey are investigating a shooting that…...

5+ mon, 2+ 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…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (307+ words) Authorities are searching for whoever abandoned two French bulldogs in frigid temperatures at a New Jersey park, with one of the dogs found with glass shards in her stomach. The two young pups, since named Diamond and Sapphire, were discovered…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (169+ words) A fight in the food court area of the New Jersey mall Tuesday night led to a shot being fired. No one was hurt. A gunshot fired in the food court area of a New Jersey mall on Tuesday caused…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (231+ words) A deadly fire at a New Jersey apartment complex for seniors left a woman who lived there dead and several police officers injured. The fire broke out at the 11-story high-rise building at 537 Avenue A in Bayonne around 7:30 a.m., according to…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (178+ words) Police were investigating a death investigation when a fire broke out in Kearny late Saturday. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports. A significant police presence remains in a New Jersey town roughly 12 hours after a shelter-in-place order was issued late…...