Paterson

An unofficial survey of New Jersey hospitals revealed a boy was first born in the first minute of the new year.

The Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge is helping care for an emaciated dog named “Reese” found on a street on Saturday night.

Two dogs, including a 3-month old pit bull, were set on fire with what is believed to be a blow torch in Paterson, according to a shelter caring for one of the pups.

A man charged with kidnapping a Paterson girl in April had previously been deported in 2010, federal officials said.

Authorities arrested 28 and seized huge quantities of drugs and weapons in Trenton and Paterson.

Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday released a statement — in English and Spanish — pledging to provide unspecified help to immigrant communities.

A former teacher and karate instructor has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping a 9-year-old girl.

A fire early Tuesday morning in Paterson that spread to four buildings displaced 44 people from their homes and sent five firefighters to the hospital.

There's no such thing as a stupid question? A state Board of Education member might put the lie to that old classroom saw.

Juan Carlos Morales-Pedraza, 34, and the girl were headed for Chicago.