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The U.S. State Department says an American medical student detained without trial in an Egyptian prison for nearly 500 days has been freed and returned to the United States.

When San Benito, Texas, school leaders learned of an influx of children to a migrant shelter in their small town near the U.S.-Mexico border, they felt obliged to help. The superintendent reached out and agreed to send 19 bilingual teachers, mobile classrooms and hundreds of computers to make the learning environment resemble one of his schools. While a government contractor...

A caught-on-camera dispute between neighbors over work being done at a northern New Jersey home this week sparked a brief anti-racism protest march after video of the confrontation gained widespread attention on social media. Fareed and Norrinda Hayat, who are Black, say they were confronted by a white woman outside their Montclair home on Monday about noon. They say the…

“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Manzo’s ex-husband and an alleged member of an organized crime family were charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiring to assault Manzo’s then-boyfriend in an incident in 2015. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey said Thomas Manzo and John Perna faces multiple charges over the assault on her now-husband, David Cantin...

A mother and grandfather who drowned in their backyard pool in New Jersey a week ago were trying to rescue an 8-year-old girl who had fallen in, police said.

Laura Bustamante’s job involves helping members of her New Jersey community access affordable housing, despite not making enough money to afford rent herself. Bustamante, who works for the Jersey City Council, walks host Satchel Lee through specific local policies that can help communities across the country facing a housing crisis.

The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut said Wednesday they will implement a mandatory quarantine on visitors to their states from viral hotspots, part of a coordinated effort to sustain low local infection rates as coronavirus cases surge to two-month highs across nearly half of the country. The order, which went into effect at 11:59 p.m. ET Wednesday,…

A couple helped run an international romance scam that used bogus profiles on dating websites to woo dozens of victims into giving up more than $6 million, federal prosecutors said. Martins Friday Inalegwu and Steincy Mathieu, both of Maple Shade, New Jersey, were charged Tuesday with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Inalegwu, 31, made his initial court appearance…

Darius Brown, 12, has two big passions: bow ties and animals. So the Newark, New Jersey, resident helps shelter pets dress for success by donating his one-of-a-kind bow ties to rescue organizations across the country. “It helps the dog look noticeable, very attractive,” he told TODAY. “It helps them find a forever, loving home … I love everything about dogs and cats.”

In 2013, the city of Camden, N.J. was facing a budget crisis and spike in violent crime. So they disbanded and remade their police force. Here’s how they did it.

The mayor and police chief of Franklin Township, New Jersey, said they were “appalled and saddened” by the incident.

Back in 2013, the city did away with the police department, with a renewed focus on community service. Now with protests raging across the country, people are asking: Has the experiment worked?

In the latest clash between houses of worship and local governments asking people to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus, a South Jersey church opened its doors to parishioners in defiance of the governor.

The child had pain and swelling in her leg and foot, so her mother took her to an urgent care clinic – where unfortunately the condition was misdiagnosed, costing her precious time in treating the condition

The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the convictions of two political insiders involved in New Jersey’s “Bridgegate” scandal, saying that “not every corrupt act by state or local officials is a federal crime.”

The family of a woman who was paralyzed when she was struck by a falling telephone pole as she waited for a bus is to receive $125 million from Verizon. Maria Meister was commuting from Union City to her job in New York in 2017 when the pole snapped, crushing her head and body. She suffered multiple spinal injuries and...

An Associated Press analysis shows that some of the least-populated states with relatively few coronavirus cases received an out-sized proportion of the $150 billion in federal money that was designed to address virus-related expenses.

While a lot has been taken away from the class of 2020, learning where they have been accepted to go to college remains a thrill — especially for twin sisters Nicole and Jessica. The Alexander sisters earned acceptance letters from five Ivy League schools: U-Penn, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Dartmouth. “Coming from Clifton, we’re not producing people going to Ivy…

For almost 30 years, a mother and son were inseparable

If you’re violating the social distancing orders in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and you suddenly start hearing voices telling you to go home, it’s not some odd symptom of COVID-19. It’s the mayor scolding you from a talking drone. The city said Tuesday it has started using a fleet of five drones with voice and siren capabilities, on loan from...