Courts & Law

The biggest drop is projected in the murder rate, which the report estimates will decline by 5.6 percent.

New Jersey State Police say a 16-year-old boy stole an unmarked police SUV from a trooper’s home last weekend and used it in two ro ...

A federal judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case against rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and another self-styled militiaman.

Authorities have charged a man with operating a school bus loaded with children in Lakewood with driving under the influence. Poli ...

The fight to reinstate criminal charges against the engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia will carry over into next year.

As the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown, ICE agents find courthouses a convenient place to collar undocumented immigrants.

A barking dog alerted a Lacey family to a burglar's presence over the weekend, authorities said. 

Homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said it was "a reckless attack and it was meant to cause havoc and destruction." He said it put lives at risk.

Much has been made in the press recently to cast doubt on Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s potential use of the Logan Act in his investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal.

The Trump administration is ending DACA in March, and gave Dreamers until October to apply to renew their participation, but some applications got lost in the mail.

The vehicle was recovered late Sunday morning in North Brunswick, the news release says. Two issued weapons and several uniforms were discovered stolen. 

Authorities are investigating the theft of weapons and uniforms taken from an unmarked New Jersey State Police troop vehicle. 

There were 23 executions this year, the center says. Over the past 25 years, only last year's total, 20, was lower.

In a far-reaching report on child sex abuse in Australia, a government commission recommends the country's Catholic Church lift its celibacy requirement for diocesan clergy.

Immigrants detained at four centers used by ICE are subject to inhumane treatment, given insufficient hygiene supplies and medical care, and provided potentially unsafe food.