New Jersey

Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order on Friday changing one of the state's symbols to "reflect New Jersey's culture and values" — the state bird is now the middle finger.

A New Jersey man is bringing new meaning to the phrase "third time's the charm" after scratch-off tickets earn him $50, $100, and then the $3 million Ultimate Riches prize.

Centenary University's 'Happiness Studies' program will educated leaders committed to the 'cultivation of wellbeing.'

Elementary school student Maci Young declined to wear a mask and was sent home — now, she tells the governor: 'I don't want to wear the mask anymore.'

Four-year-old Justice Tucker told officers in New Jersey his police toy car no longer worked, so the officers went and bought him a new toy.

An apparent road rage incident in N.J. was captured on video, when a car squeezed between two vehicles and spun off the road, hitting the cliffside.

Milltown Mel, a weather-predicting groundhog in New Jersey, died just before his annual big day.

Mitchell Richtman, 31, is facing charges after authorities say he was found to be in possession of videos that showed him sexually assaulting a horse, in addition to child sexual abuse material.

Little Ayaansh Kumar of New Jersey isn't even two years old, but he already knows how to handle a cellphone and access an online 'cart' from Walmart.

A Camden County man is facing charges after authorities said he rammed a stolen police van into two cop cars hours after he was caught trying to steal a police van.

Law enforcement officers in New Jersey are being warned about criminals possibly using Apple AirTags to track them.

A TSA agent at Newark-Liberty International Airport is being hailed a hero after saving a baby who was choking.

Santa helped rescue a woman and five children from a burning New Jersey home.

Master Sergeant Jaron Brown returned home from deployment with the Air National Guard and surprised his son at his school in Marlton!

State police say Glen de Vries, a man who traveled to space with William Shatner last month, was killed along with another person when a small plane crashed in northern New Jersey.

A young New Jersey man who graduated from high school last year after experiencing "awful" coronavirus rules during his senior year has won a seat on his local school board, according to reports.

New Jersey’s longtime state Senate president, Democrat Steve Sweeney, has lost reelection, falling to Edward Durr, a Republican newcomer who spent little on his campaign.

The first nor'easter of the season prompted the governors of New York and New Jersey to each declare a state of emergency.