Homeowner Hears a Gun-Like Pop in the Backyard — Then Finds a Flowerpot Shattered...
Photo credit: AI-generated image created using CHATGPT. Illustrative only. A quiet backyard can turn tense fast when something sounds like a shot and then you hear water splash. That’s the scene a Queens homeowner described after letting a dog in one evening and hearing a loud “pop” followed immediately by a splash fro
Saddle Brook officer suspended with pay after body camera was turned off during arrest
A Saddle Brook police officer faces charges after investigators say he turned off his body camera, pistol-whipped a man during an arrest and filed a false report.
Three men arrested at Garden State Plaza linked to NJ mall heists
Three men were arrested in the Westfield Garden State Plaza parking lot in Paramus after police connected a white Mercedes idling nearby to a Gucci store robbery and a separate theft in Tenafly.
Officer assaulted while dispersing rowdy crowd after Jamaican Day Parade
An officer was assaulted while attempting to disperse a rowdy crowd after the Jamaican Day Parade in Brooklyn on Saturday evening, police say. Yolanda Palacio-White, 35, was taken into custody and faces a slew of charges for allegedly punching an officer in the head. According to the NYPD, the chaos...
Man slashed, stabbed in Midtown in broad daylight, police say
The victim was stabbed twice in his back and slashed across his body during some sort of argument along 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenue, just after 2:30 p.m. police say.
Another Delaney Hall detainee hospitalized after medical emergency, DHS confirms
The detainee remained hospitalized Saturday, one week after another man from the Newark immigration detention center died. A detainee at Newark’s Delaney Hall remained hospitalized Saturday afternoon after reporting a medical emergency on Friday, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed. The Je
12 Historic New Jersey Houses of Worship That Are Living Time Capsules
A 30-foot Buddha appears beyond the trees in Franklin Township. In Newark, twin Gothic towers climb above Branch Brook Park, while a few blocks away an old synagogue protects a carved ark that predates the building around it. New Jersey’s sacred landmarks do not tell one tidy architectural story, and...
Storm cleanup begins in NJ after trees cause damage
Plainfield, NJ (PIX11) — Cleanup is underway in Plainfield after Saturday’s storm left downed trees and severe damage behind. An Amazon truck was crushed by a falling tree while the driver was making a delivery. The damage was so severe it appeared to be nearly cut in half. Another man was inside the truck and […]
Security Guard Sprays Protesters Outside Delaney Hall as Calls for Closure Intensify
A security guard at Newark's Delaney Hall immigration detention facility deployed a chemical spray against demonstrators gathered outside the front gate on August 8, one week after a detainee died in federal custody at the site. The incident unfolded during a National Day of Action rally organized by a New Jersey and N
Shooting investigated in Upper Saddle River
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ — The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Squad and the Upper Saddle River Police Department are investigating a shooting incident that occurred Friday. On Aug. 7, 2026, at approximately 12 p.m., the Upper Saddle Police Department responded to possible shots fired at a...
