Public Safety

EMR says lithium-ion batteries at their scrapyard caused a four-alarm blaze. Residents are skeptical it will hold the yard operator accountable.

The new fire captain wants to encourage girls and boys to consider becoming a firefighter.

New Jersey passed a bill to toughen penalties for inciting brawls at public gatherings. It’s part of an effort to stop chaotic shore pop-up parties.

Plaintiffs’ demands include shutting down operation of the pipeline while investigation into the leak is ongoing.

Sales of the homemade firearms grew exponentially after kits that let people easily build them at home came on the market, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.

Juntos and legal aid nonprofits are working to help community members develop family preparedness plans.

The company has tested air, creeks, soot and debris from the fire. It plans to continue air and water monitoring “for the foreseeable future.”

A Rutgers Health report finds that under 1% of gun owners use their weapon defensively each year.

New report recommends four bridges connecting N.J. and Philly should have safety standards checked. The DRPA says the root problem is how large ships operate.

The District Attorney and retired judge will face each other in a May 20 primary.

Underground cables overheated and caught fire, causing a manhole cover to explode, cutting power for two blocks.

Sudiksha Konanki is a Virginia resident and a student at the University of Pittsburgh. She was vacationing in Punta Cana with five others when she went missing last week.

The state Department of Environmental Protection found Energy Transfer broke state law with the leak.

Students at the Transitions School will learn job skills and earn work experience operating the cafe at the library system’s Westampton branch, officials said.

The bill was part of a state-sponsored test of using speed cameras to enforce school zone speed limits. Its future is now uncertain.