Passaic County

A man died shortly after being arrested and put in the back of a police vehicle late Saturday morning by a state trooper, according to the NJ Attorney General’s Office.

The union says that releasing the names would violate longstanding agreements to keep disciplinary records confidential and that identifying troopers would lead to harassment of their families.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service alerted the AG’s Office that hundreds of mail-in ballots were found "bundled" in a mailbox in Paterson, while numerous additional ballots were found in a mailbox in nearby Haledon.

The state GOP Committee calls the change in election plans amid the pandemic a "scheme" by Gov. Murphy. Murphy calls the monitor request "ridiculous."

Days after Gov. Murphy sued to stop Wayne's mayor from putting on June graduation ceremonies for 600+ outgoing seniors, hundreds of teens gathered for their own ad-hoc ceremony anyway Thursday.

Leaders in communities that are home to New Jersey's biggest malls said they want to collect revenue and see more people return to work.

Police said a woman from Clifton was missing for nearly four days before turning-up dehydrated off a road roughly 400 miles away in West Virginia.

A 49-year-old home health aid is facing criminal charges after authorities say she exposed coronavirus to an 80-year-old patient who later died with COVID-19.

Hair salons, gyms and tattoo parlors are among the many small businesses feeling left behind as New Jersey takes baby steps forward during the pandemic.

Roughly 100,000 New Jersey students still lack internet access and even more need a device to log on for school work.