5 Rutgers football players suspended after criminal charges

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Five Rutgers football players have been suspended from the team after one was charged in a home invasion and four others were charged with assaulting a group of people in New Brunswick in April.

Lobstering in Long Island Sound

Lobster fishermen in New York and Connecticut are gearing up for another government-mandated closure in Long Island Sound.

Pope visit this month presents unprecedented security issues

NEW YORK (AP) — Those planning security for the New York City leg of the upcoming United States visit of Pope Francis have circled Sept. 25 on their calendars as the perfect storm.

The last B-24 liberator in the sky

According to the Collings Foundation, Witchcraft is the last air-worthy B-24 liberator in the world and it has landed in Trenton, New Jersey.

Sidewalk art exhibit uses maps as canvases

Ivan Ortiz and Mark Alequin -- aka Tev1 -- aren't hard to find if you know where to look.

5 minor injuries in Brooklyn house fire

NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a house fire in Brooklyn that burned for over two hours has been brought under control.

Great Adventure's next roller coaster unveiled

JACKSON, N.J. (AP) — Riders will experience the feeling of weightlessness on a new roller coaster that's planned for a New Jersey theme park.

NY cities update emergency plans to deal with oil trains

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three years after the Port of Albany became a major hub for rail and barge shipments of highly flammable crude oil from North Dakota, emergency management officials are still grappling with training and response plans to deal with a potential disaster like the devastating derailment and explosion that killed 47 people in Quebec two summers ago.

Christie challenges Obama's greenhouse gas emissions rules

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The plan by President Barack Obama to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants is flawed and New Jersey is asking the Environmental Protection Agency not to implement it, Gov.

NYU removes Cosby's name from popular film workshop

NEW YORK (AP) — New York University has removed Bill Cosby's name from a popular film workshop for high school students.

NJ prosecutor: 'Fight club' at day care

Authorities in New Jersey say two employees of a day care center encouraged children to fight each other on at least one day.

"The Blue House" attraction

Move over, Lucy the Elephant: Margate has a new attraction in town.

NYC homelessness reaches all-time high

The plight of the homeless population in New York City has been at the forefront lately.

Wheelchair can't stop thoughtful Roxbury kids

Three middle-school students from Succasunna, one confined to a wheelchair, went door-to-door selling candy this summer to raise money for Emerline Tabares, a local young woman battling a brain tumor.

4 dead in Jersey shore house fire that may be murder-suicide

LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a house fire on the Jersey shore has killed a couple and their two children and doesn't appear to be accidental.

CALTRANS: 25K to solve traffic woes?

Caltrans offering to pay 25-thousand dollars cash to anyone who can help solve traffic woes in California.