Middlesex County

One New Jersey county is taking steps to avoid scenes of chaos that they fear could come with this year’s November election. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office is putting together a civil unrest team ahead of Election Day, with 30 officers to defuse potentially violent confrontations. “The officers are trained much better in how to defuse a situation, there...

A New Jersey man who alarmed local schools by posting a Snapchat video of a gun with the caption “Maybe Tomorrow” has been arrested, prosecutors say.

A large leafy plant that can cause third-degree burns and blindness has been found in Alexandria, Virginia, days after researchers said the plant was found for the very first time in another part of the state.

A large leafy plant that can cause third-degree burns and blindness has been found in Virginia for the first time, researchers say.

A New Jersey grand jury has indicted the truck driver who crashed into a limo van carrying Tracy Morgan, killing one man and severely injuring the comedian.

The truck driver who slammed into a limo carrying Tracy Morgan, killing one man and severely injuring the comedian, will ask a judge next week to throw out criminal charges against him.

Two New Jersey teens were arrested on animal cruelty charges after one allegedly lured a family of geese onto a road, then posted video of the other apparently mowing down the fowl with an SUV to the social media app Snapchat, authorities say.

Two New Jersey teens were arrested on animal cruelty charges after one allegedly lured a family of geese onto a road, then posted video of the other apparently mowing down the fowl with an SUV to the social media app Snapchat, authorities say.

Four Texas residents were arrested in connection with a string of nearly half a dozen armed home invasions targeting families of Asian-Indian descent in one New Jersey county, officials said.

Officials announced Saturday that enterovirus D68 is the cause of death for a 4-year-old New Jersey boy, who died Sept. 25, and disclosed that another child from the same school is exhibiting similar symptoms.

A New Jersey child who tested positive for a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the country has died, although it’s not clear what role the virus played in the child’s death, state health officials said Friday.

A Rutgers University student died Sunday after she “became distressed” while attending a small gathering at a fraternity house, prosecutors said.