9+ mon, 3+ day ago (421+ words) Gov. Hochul said Thursday that she appealed in vain to President Trump's instincts as a Jersey-skeptical New Yorker in hopes of winning him over to her side on congestion pricing. The Democratic chief executive recounted telling Trump that the Manhattan toll project was good for his hometown, even if Garden State drivers might not like forking out $9 to drive downtown. "I said, "Mr. President, we're both New Yorkers," she said on MSNBC's Morning Joe. "Why do we care what New Jersey thinks?' Hochul said she sought to leverage Trump's nostalgia about his deep roots in New York to win him over on congestion pricing. "I'm trying to find a common ground here," Hochul said. "I want him to understand that this is a city that he cares about, and he understands it more than any president since FDR." "So I…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago (449+ words) A 14-year-old suspect accused of gunning down two New Jersey police officers, killing one of them, has been charged with murder in connection with the deadly shootout in Newark on Friday night. The gun battle erupted just after 6:30 p.m. at Carteret St. and Broadway, near a McDonald's and a White Castle burger place not far from the Passaic River, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. The teen gunman reportedly fired off more than two dozen shots as officers closed in, fatally striking 26-year-old Det. Joseph Azcona. He responded to the area as part of a Newark police intelligence team seeking a suspect in an illegal weapons investigation, police said. "He didn't even get a chance to step out of the vehicle before he was struck," Emanuel Miranda, Newark's director of public safety, told reporters during a news conference on Saturday....

8+ mon, 1+ week ago (303+ words) Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's case was transferred to New Jersey on Wednesday by a federal judge in a compromise rejecting the pro-Palestinian activist's bid to keep it in Manhattan and the Justice Department's attempt to move it to Louisiana. "These conclusions flow from the undisputed fact that, at 4:40 a.m. on March 9, 2025, when Khalil's lawyer filed the Petition on his behalf, he was detained in New Jersey," Manhattan Federal Judge Jesse Furman wrote. The judge later added, "Khalil filed in the wrong district through no fault of his own; his lawyer reasonably relied on the information made available to her by the Government at the time of filing." Khalil was taken into custody by Homeland Security agents on March 8 after returning to his Columbia-owned apartment from dinner with his wife. Agents took him to lower Manhattan for processing and then…...

9+ mon, 5+ day ago (217+ words) Rudy Giuliani appears to have been shopping for hair dye in a New Jersey Walmart. A photo shows the 80-year-old former mayor in a mobility scooter. Rudy Giuliani was reportedly caught on camera shopping for hair dye at a New Jersey Walmart. Known as "America's Mayor" due to his leadership after New York City was attacked by airborne terrorists in 2001, Giuliani suffered numerous humiliations in the years that followed " including during a sweaty Washington D.C. speech when what appeared to be hair dye trickled down his cheeks as he falsely contended the 2020 presidential election was rigged against his client, Donald Trump. The two-term mayor's failed attempts to advance that conspiracy theory led to him losing his license to practice law in New York and Washington D.C. He also landed in financial hardship when a court ordered him to pay $148 million to two…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago (329+ words) New Jersey's PBS station will be shut down next year following massive funding cuts from President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." WNET, its New York City-based parent company, said it would no longer operate NJ PBS when their agreement ends on June 30, 2026. When that time comes, New Jersey will be left without its own public television station unless it can secure a new nonprofit funding source. Employees were informed of the decision on Tuesday. WNET, which took over operations in 2011 after then-Gov. Chris Christie eliminated state funding, said that once the current contract comes to an end, it will continue to produce New Jersey's nightly newscast, "NJ Spotlight News." That will air on New York's PBS station, THIRTEEN, which is available in many New Jersey homes. "WNET is committed to supporting the state through this transition and looks forward to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago (301+ words) With a blustering nor'easter bearing down on the tristate area, New York City residents are being warned to stay inside if they can, keep clear of flood-prone areas, and get ready to evacuate basement apartments while a state of emergency has already been declared in New Jersey. The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood warning and a wind advisory for New York and New Jersey, warning of heavy rains from noon Sunday to 6 p.m. Monday. The storm could bring between one to two inches of rain and 50-mph winds. New Jersey is expected to get hit hard, with Gov. Murphy calling for a state of emergency as the Garden State braces for power outages, coastal flooding and beach erosion. New York City officials are warning people living in basement apartments in flood-prone areas to seek a higher floor, and…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago (499+ words) The New Jersey doctor who left his job earlier this month after a colleague complained about his allegedly insensitive reaction to the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk says he was hardly "cheering" after the shooting occurred. In a statement sent to the Daily News on Tuesday, Dr. Matthew M. Jung says he may not have agreed with Kirk's politics, but he doesn't condone how the 31-year-old pundit was silenced. "As a surgeon, I have seen firsthand the devastation violence inflicts on families, and I do not wish that on anyone," Jung's statement reads. Nurse Lexi Kuenzle filed a legal complaint against the former Englewood Health physician after Kirk was murdered on Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. She claimed Jung, while standing at a nurse's station, "publicly praised" news of the conservative star's death, which left her aghast. Englewood…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago (145+ words) Police are asking for the public's help in finding Keirsten Savage, a New Jersey woman who disappeared earlier this week. Savage, 40, of Franklin Township in Gloucester County, has been missing since Monday. "Savage was last seen at her residence on August 4th wearing dark colored clothing," the Franklin Township Police Department said in a statement. "She is 5'5, 140 lbs and has brown hair and eyes." Police said she is considered a missing and endangered person and was added to the FBI's National Crime Information Center database, which increases the urgency of the search. Savage was charged with shoplifting from a New Jersey Walmart in 2012. Anyone with information on her whereabouts are asked to contact Detective Dylan Colclough at 609-579-1168. Franklin Township was the site earlier this week of a double-murder suicide by a former state trooper....

11+ mon, 3+ week ago (340+ words) The mysterious drones spotted over parts of New Jersey in the past two weeks don't appear to pose a threat to the public, Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday. "We are actively monitoring the situation and in close coordination with our federal and law enforcement partners on this matter," the governor wrote on social media, breaking his silence on the reported sightings of what appeared to be clusters of large drones in nearly a dozen counties. Murphy's statement came a day after he had a briefing call with New Jersey State Police, the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, senior officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "There is no known threat to the public at this time," Murphy said. The mysterious drones, first reported on Nov. 18, have reportedly kept a medical helicopter from…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (277+ words) A manhunt was underway on Friday for a man who ransacked the New Jersey federal prosecutor's office building after being denied a meeting with acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, according to reports. The suspect showed up outside the Newark office on Wednesday evening, but he was barred entry by security because he had a bat with him, sources told the New York Times. When he returned a short time later without the bat, he was ultimately allowed to enter the building. He then traveled up to the floor where Habba's office is and started yelling and smashing property. "He literally went crazy," a source told CNN. The man was incoherent at the time, and it is unclear whether he specifically threatened Habba. In a statement shared on social media Thursday, U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi confirmed the man had "destroyed property" and…...