A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday said New Jersey cannot ban the detention of immigrants awaiting deportation within its borders, agreeing with private prison operator CoreCivic that it "destroys the federal government's marketplace" for detention facilities crucial to immigration enforcement.

The controversy stems from Rocco hitting a home run in a game against Harrison Little League on Thursday and then flipping his bat into the air as the ball sailed over the fence.

A nonprofit planted five “microforests” to tackle environmental problems in Elizabeth, N.J. Scientists say they’re making a big difference.

A panel of judges declined to permanently appoint Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba as the state's top federal prosecutor and instead appointed the office's No. 2 attorney.

A New Jersey woman is concerned about what's next after her partner and more than a dozen migrant workers were taken to the controversial ICE facility Delaney Hall.

The Covid pandemic saw an explosion in thefts of catalytic converters, which contain precious metals, including platinum, palladium and rhodium.

Morris County became the epicenter of hysteria Monday as the series of quakes — ranging from a magnitude 0.7 to 2.0 — rocked the Randolph area five times and nearby Mendham once in the roughly 17-hour span, according to the US Geological Survey. “There was just this loud boom,” one resident recalled to News 12 New Jersey.

A new weather alert system is now in place in more than a dozen parks in Paterson, New Jersey. After two lightning-related deaths in other parts of the state, the hope is to let people know when weather could turn dangerous before it's too late.