Public Safety

Police have finished testing a backlog of 1,500 rape kits for DNA evidence. Authorities have discovered that more than 60 of those samples match DNA in the police database.

N.J. arbitrator says the district was aware Joseph DeShan impregnated a 16-year-old and can’t fire him for conduct from before he was a public employee.

The online rental site doesn’t check for code violations — and has no plans to start.

A shooting on a North Carolina university campus left two people dead and four wounded Tuesday, prompting a lockdown and chaotic scene in the state's largest city.

The lawsuit filed Monday in state court does not seek monetary damages from the Boy Scouts of America.

Some attorneys say storing guns brings too much risk or is just too big of a hassle.

There was no known threat after a man was detained in the shooting at the Chabad of Poway, but authorities boosted patrols at places of worship as a precaution.

The first intelligence brief from India arrived April 4, more than two weeks before the bombings.

Sen. Bob Casey pushes to end ‘boyfriend loophole’ in lapsed law; the NRA fears it will be applied too broadly and could unfairly strip people of their right to own a firearm.

Community leaders and activists rallied Thursday at Von Nieda Park, where 17-year-old Sincere Howard and 19-year-old Shirleen Caban were fatally shot.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that she and French President Emmanuel Macron will lead a global effort to stop social media from promoting terrorism.

A decade after SEPTA put its first surveillance cameras up, the transit authority has closed the book on its leanest year for payouts yet.

New Jersey environmental officials are urging residents and visitors to be careful with fire. As peak fire season begins, they’ve already had 331 blazes this year.

The government is expanding an investigation into malfunctioning air bags, to include an additional 12.3 million vehicles with air bags that could fail to inflate in a crash.

Attorneys released the names of Boy Scout leaders accused of molestation in N.J. and called on Gov. Murphy to sign a measure expanding the civil statute of limitations.