A 25-year-old man was found fatally shot Friday afternoon on a Paterson street, according to a joint statement from the Paterson Police Department and the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office.

New Jersey's Attorney General assumed control of the Paterson Police Department in 2023 amid turmoil, criminal charges and protests.

The defense presented no witnesses at the trial, which lasted two weeks. According to published reports, it took the jury just two hours to convict Nova of kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault, ...

Should companies that pollute New Jersey’s climate be made to pay for that pollution? A bill that would do just that, legislation that about half a dozen states are mulling now and Vermont first ...

A mother in Passaic County says her preteen daughter was viciously bullied on a near-daily basis by her peers at school for nearly four years. They lobbed racial slurs at the girl, calling her the ...

New Jersey’s attorney general exceeded his authority when he took operational control of the Paterson Police Department in March 2023 and local management of the 300-plus officer department in ...

A Little Falls police officer who was seriously hurt Thursday after crashing his patrol vehicle into the side of a building had suffered a medical episode while driving, according to the township ...

A Little Falls police officer was hospitalized Thursday after his patrol car crashed into a building, authorities said. The New Jersey PBA released a photo on X of a police SUV with severe front ...

A teacher in Passaic County was arrested Wednesday after an investigation revealed he taped a 9-year-old student to a desk for nearly an hour while a teacher’s aide failed to intervene ...

Claudia Lopez decided to spend her Thanksgiving holiday in Paterson instead of her Little Falls home. She may opt not to be there for Christmas either. While early fall brought a drought and ...

A former Paterson mayor admitted Thursday that he launched a new bid to run the city in 2022, despite being barred from doing so seven years ago, authorities said. Jose “Joey” Torres, 66, of ...

The man accused of causing the fatal boat crash on Greenwood Lake in 2016 will finally get his day in court. Shawn Kelly, a former Paramus firefighter, is scheduled to go on trial in Passaic ...