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A son of the city police commissioner is under investigation by prosecutors and denies any wrongdoing, his lawyer said Wednesday, without elaborating on the allegations.

A New Jersey Senate panel has approved a same-sex marriage bill the same day Gov. Chris Christie vowed to veto it, saying he supports putting the issue on the ballot.

Fifteen Muslims on Tuesday won conditional dismissals of charges stemming from an amusement park disturbance that started when women were told they couldn't wear religious headscarves on some rides.

One person is dead after a fiery crash involving a car and a tanker truck in Elizabeth.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney paid about $3 million in federal income taxes in 2010, having earned more than seven times that - $21.7 million - from his investments and making him among the wealthiest of American taxpayers.

A U.S. military hearing has recommended that an American soldier be court-martialed over hazing that led to a fellow infantryman's suicide in southern Afghanistan, but dismissed the most serious charge against him, the U.S. military said Monday.

 Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the child sex abuse scandal that brought his career to a stunning end, died Sunday at age 85.

The United States would hit Syria with sanctions against trade as long as it continues a violent crackdown on protesters under sanctions proposed by New York’s U.S. senators.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich took a giant step Saturday toward becoming the Republican alternative to Mitt Romney that tea partyers and social conservatives have been seeking ...

JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest bank, posted record profit for 2011. Morgan Stanley's latest quarter topped expectations as the bank trimmed costs and cleaned up mortgage-related problems. But CEOs Jamie Dimon and James Gorman aren't taking home bigger bonuses.

Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno is in serious condition after experiencing health complications from lung cancer.

New York City says a judge overseeing a discrimination case against the fire department abandoned his neutral role and was preoccupied with press coverage of the proceedings.

Etta James' performance of the enduring classic "At Last" was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally realized after a long and patient wait.

Richard J. Sheirer, the former head of New York City's Office of Emergency Management during the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center, has died. He was 65.

There's a new twist to the case of a New York City man accused in one of the most serious terror plots since the Sept. 11 attacks.

A nuclear reactor in New York City's suburbs is back in service after an eight-day shutdown to repair a pump that was leaking slightly radioactive water.

U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, an upstate New York Democrat in his 10th term, plans to announce that he won't seek re-election.

A man has been sentenced to 200 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder and other crimes in a violent stabbing rampage in New York City last winter.

A former New York state senator and his son are facing new charges in their federal corruption case.

A hedge fund co-founder, four financial analysts and a Dell Inc. employee teamed up in a record-setting insider trading scheme that netted more than $61.8 million in illegal profits based on trades of a single stock, authorities said Wednesday as they described a cozy network of friends in finance who made the most of their connections with corrupt employees of technology companies.