Gov. Sherrill demands access to Delaney Hall as hunger strike roils N.J. immigration jail
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she’s contacted federal immigration authorities to demand access to Delaney Hall, the Newark detention center where roughly 300 detainees launched a hunger and labor strike Friday to protest conditions they describe as inhumane. “I’m deeply disturbed by reports of the poor conditions
2 teens arrested after MTA bus driver shot with pellet gun, police say
Two teenagers were arrested Sunday after an MTA bus driver was shot with a pellet gun in Brooklyn, police say.
2 hurt after tractor-trailer overturns onto SUV on I-80 in N.J., police say
Two people were hurt when a tractor-trailer overturned onto an SUV on I-80 in Bergen County, New Jersey, on Sunday, state police said.
Kearny hero killed in Korean War receives long-overdue silver star recognition
The ceremony was led by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1302 and local community leaders, who say the recognition corrects a decades-long omission in Davidson’s military record in his hometown.
This Old-School Soda Fountain In New York Still Pours Egg Creams For Under $5
Under five dollars for an egg cream at a genuine old school soda fountain is either a rumor or a New York miracle and this place is very much the second one. The real thing, poured correctly, in a setting so unchanged produces the specific and deeply enjoyable feeling of having stepped sideways out of 2026 and into som
Up Close: Key person who helped solve Gilgo Beach murders discusses the case
Up Close: Bill Ritter and Liz Cho talk Mayor Mamdani's new budget, hantavirus and measles outbreak, and Gilgo Beach murders.
Overturned tractor-trailer crushes car on N.J. highway
A tractor-trailer rolled over onto a car Sunday morning on Route 80 in Elmwood Park, trapping the smaller vehicle’s driver in the wreckage, the Paterson Fire Department said. The semi was fully loaded when it crashed on the westbound highway shortly after 8 a.m., authorities said. Multiple fire departments...
‘The silence is killing them.’ Search underway for missing N.J. man
A 29-year-old man from Bergen County has been reported missing, and police are seeking the public’s help. William Hooper was last seen on Thursday at the Secaucus Junction NJ Transit Train Station, according to the Lyndhurst Police Department. Deputy Chief Paul Haggerty said his department has been in touch...
19 Things Most New York Residents Never Realize About Wild Squirrels
Wild squirrels are so common across New York that many residents barely notice them anymore. They race across sidewalks in busy neighborhoods, leap between tree branches in suburban parks, and search for food beneath benches in crowded city squares. People often view them as background wildlife that simply exists along
Bronx Zoo worker taken to hospital after being ‘nipped’ by crocodile
The zoo said it happened around 2:30 p.m. when the wild animal keeper was cleaning an enclosure.
