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At least one person was killed and another was injured in a house explosion in New Jersey on Thursday evening.

GLADSTONE, N.J. (PIX11) – A 2.6-magnitude earthquake shook New Jersey early Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake hit just after 7 a.m., less than a mile away from Gladstone, which is close to where a 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck on Saturday. The smaller earthquakes come after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake rattled the Garden […]

The New Jersey rabbi serving a decadeslong sentence in a 1994 murder-for-hire plot targeting his wife has died. Fred Neulander, 82, was pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday at a hospital in Trenton after he was found unresponsive in his cell in the New Jersey State Prison infirmary, news outlets reported, citing the state department of corrections. Neulander was listed on the New Jersey corrections inmate locator Saturday as “deceased.”

TRENTON, N.J. – Some New Jersey school districts staring at budget cuts are fighting back. “This year we are going to be cutting $6.2 million worth of humans,” said Scott Feder, superintendent of South Brunswick School System. “We’re standing to lose 20 percent of our state aid that we received last year,” said Carol Birnbohm, […]

Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin have combined for countless comebacks through 18 seasons together with the Pittsburgh Penguins and their third-period effort against New Jersey on Tuesday night surely ranked among their best. Crosby and Malkin each scored twice in Pittsburgh's five-goal third and the Penguins kept their playoff hopes alive with a 6-3 win over the Devils. The Penguins beat the Rangers 5-2 on Monday night and the back-to-back wins have moved them three points behind Washingt...

TRENTON, N.J. (PIX11) — After 15 months and 910 pages, the independent report on New Jersey’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is complete. Gov. Phil Murphy first announced the report in November 2022. “When we examine the questions of why we were not better prepared for this pandemic, the answer lies in comparison with our […]

New Jersey's primary ballot design unconstitutionally favors candidates who have the support of political party leaders and should be scrapped, U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, who's locked in a primary contest for U.S. Senate against the state's first lady Tammy Murphy, said in a federal lawsuit filed Monday. The suit seeks to upend New Jersey's unique primary ballot system in which candidates backed by political party leaders appear grouped together on the ballot, with challengers in s...

The state’s first lady was supposed to have a lock on the contest. But backlash against machine politics has left it up for grabs.

Jacob Markstrom made 37 saves, Connor Zary and Andrew Mangiapane each had a goal and an assist and the Calgary Flames defeated the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Thursday night for their third straight win. Mikael Backlund, Kevin Rooney and Andrei Kuzmenko also scored for Calgary, which was coming off a 4-1 win at Boston on Tuesday to start a four-game trip that includes facing the three New York/New Jersey-area teams.

A former TV news reporter known for his aggressive on-camera demeanor is getting into New Jersey's U.S. Senate race as a Republican candidate for the seat currently held by Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who's facing federal corruption charges. Alex Zdan, 38, a former news reporter for News 12 New Jersey, announced his candidacy Friday in an online video showing him at the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona, where he called for an end to illegal border crossings in what has emerged...