Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Lightning Strike at New Jersey Archery Range Kills 1, Injures 13
Jul 18 2025 // A lightning strike at an archery range in Jackson, New Jersey killed a man and injured 13 others Wednesday evening, according to police. Around 7:15 p.m., police were notified that multiple people were struck by lightning...
2 Dead in New Jersey After Floodwaters Carry Away Vehicle During Northeast Downpours
Jul 15 2025 // Two people in New Jersey were killed after their vehicle was swept up in floodwaters during a storm that moved across the U.S. Northeast overnight, authorities said Tuesday. Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, noted the deaths...
6 Firefighters Injured Battling Fire in 3-Story Building in New Jersey
Jul 10 2025 // Six firefighters suffered minor injuries in a blaze Thursday that partially collapsed a three-story building in a New Jersey neighborhood, authorities said. The fire in Jersey City, which started at about 1:30 a.m., also...
New Jersey Skydiving Company Says Plane Went Off Runway
Jul 7 2025 // The pilot of a skydiving team encountered mechanical issues that prompted an emergency landing at a small New Jersey airport but could not get the plane stopped at the end of the runway, the company said in a statement...
Tesla Sued Over Model S Crash That Killed Three in New Jersey
Jun 26 2025 // Tesla was sued on Monday by the estates of three people killed last September when their 2024 Model S equipped with Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features crashed on New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway. The wrongful...
New Jersey High Court Allows Clergy Sex Abuse Grand Jury Opposed by Diocese
Jun 19 2025 // New Jersey can have a grand jury examine allegations of clergy sexually abusing children, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Monday, after a Catholic diocese that had tried for years to block such proceedings recently...
OSHA Settles With New Jersey Bakery Where Finger Amputations Occurred
May 29 2025 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement agreement with a New Jersey commercial bakery where an employee suffered partial finger amputations in 2023. The company,...
New Jersey Announces $450 Million PFAS Settlement With 3M Days Before Start of Trial
May 14 2025 // New Jersey officials announced a landmark settlement of up to $450 million with 3M Company to resolve the state’s lawsuits and address damage to the state’s water and other natural resources from dangerous...
NJ Diocese Will No Longer Oppose Investigation Into Sexual Abuse Allegations
May 9 2025 // The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese said he would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual abuse that the church has been fighting behind closed doors in court for years. It’s not...
Second Person Charged With Arson in New Jersey Pine Barrens Fire
May 5 2025 // A second person has been charged with arson in the wildfire in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens that has grown into the state’s second-largest fire in nearly two decades. Prosecutors said Friday that a 17-year-old was...
Court Questions NJ Diocese’s Bid to Block Grand Jury on Clergy Sex Abuse
May 1 2025 // Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state from empaneling a grand jury to investigate clergy sexual abuse allegations. The high...
New Jersey Wildfire 75% Contained; Crews to Remain on Scene Until ‘Significant’ Rain
Apr 29 2025 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported continued progress in fighting the Jones River wildfire, with the fire being 75% contained by noon on Monday, April 28. Officials said crews will remain on the scene for the next...
New Jersey’s Jones Road Wildfire Now 65% Contained
Apr 28 2025 // The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has continued to make progress fighting the Jones River wildfire. The service reported the fire was 65% contained by Sunday morning April 27. However, the service repeated a warning from...
NJ Wildfire Update: 50% Contained; High Spread Risk Today; Suspect in Custody
Apr 25 2025 // At a time when firefighters are battling one of the worst wildfires in New Jersey’s history, there is an increased risk for rapid fire spread this afternoon across portions of the Garden State and eastern...
New Jersey Sues RealPage, Claiming Collusion With Landlords Drives Up Rents
Apr 25 2025 // New Jersey sued the property management software company RealPage, accusing it and 10 of the state’s largest landlords of conspiring to drive up residential rents, violating federal and state antitrust laws and New...
Why New York and New Jersey Are at Risk of Spring Wildfires
Apr 25 2025 // The wildfire scorching southern New Jersey ignited despite a series of downpours in recent weeks — and the region is ripe for more blazes. April’s rains didn’t soak into the ground enough to prevent the fire...
Update on New Jersey Wildfire: Suspect Charged With Arson
Apr 24 2025 // New Jersey officials announced that a 19-year old man has been charged with arson in connection with the Jones Road wildfire that started on April 22 and has spread throughout the southern Ocean County area. Joseph Kling...
Update on New Jersey Wildfire: 30% Contained, Evacuation Orders Lifted
Apr 23 2025 // A major wildfire in southern New Jersey’s Ocean County expanded last night, leading to the evacuation of 5,000 people and threats to more than 1,320 structures. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service reported last night...
NJ Accuses Messaging App Discord of Exposing Kids to Violent Content, Predators
Apr 22 2025 // New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has filed a lawsuit against Discord, Inc. alleging that the messaging app provider is exposing kids to violent and sexual content and predators and has violated the...
Starkweather & Shepley Acquires New Jersey’s AiK2 Insurance Services
Apr 22 2025 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (S&S) has acquired AiK2 Insurance Services, a New Jersey-based firm specializing in business insurance for wealth and asset managers. As part of the acquisition,...
