MIKE CATALINI

Emergency personnel battle against a fire aboard the Italian-flagged Grande Costa d'Avorio cargo ship at the Port of Newark, July 7, 2023, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
NTSB finds ‘failure’ in training before deadly Newark cargo ship fire
Federal investigators are sharply criticizing the fire department of Newark, New Jersey for failures in training and preparation before a sending firefighters inside a cargo ship that was on fire at Port Newark in 2023.
 
New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan speaks during a news conference announcing racketeering and other charges against 39 people including what said is a Lucchese crime family boss and a Prospect Park, N.J., council member on Friday, April 11, 2025 in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
Mafia leader, New Jersey council member among dozens facing illegal gambling charges, AG says
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin says a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, a town council member and more than three dozen others are facing racketeering and additional charges stemming from an illegal gambling ring.
 
Alina Habba speaks after being sworn in as interim US Attorney General for New Jersey, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 28, 2025. (Pool File via AP)
US Attorney Habba investigating New Jersey governor over immigration enforcement policy
The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey says she launched an investigation into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and state Attorney General Matt Platkin over the state’s directive to local law enforcement not to cooperate with federal agents conducting immigration enforcement.
 
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks at a town hall event held at the Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J., on on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
‘This has got to be a moment in America,’ Cory Booker tells 1st town hall since record speech
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is taking a version of his record-breaking Senate floor speech on the road.
 
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Who is Cory Booker, the Democrat from New Jersey holding the Senate floor?
The lawmaker who’s been holding the Senate floor with a lengthy speech railing against President Donald Trump’s Republican agenda is a New Jersey Democrat who once found common ground with the president during his first term. Sen.
 
In this image provided by Senate Television, Sen, Cory Booker, D-N.J. speaks on the Senate floor, Tuesday morning, April 1, 2025. (Senate Television via AP)
Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker has held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted more than 25 hours. He set the historic mark to show Democrats’ resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.
 
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump walks after a news conference at Trump National Golf Club, Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
New Jersey’s GOP primary for governor could pivot on Trump, a part-time resident
The most important Republican in New Jersey’s race for governor this year might well be a part-time resident who burnished his reputation and his brand near the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
 
This cover image released by Glassnote Records shows "Rushmere" by Mumford & Sons. (Glassnote Records via AP)
Music Review: Mumford & Sons return after seven years with a folksy, existential album, ‘Rushmere’
On Friday Mumford & Sons will release their fifth studio album and first in seven years, “Rushmere.” The album grapples with weighty issues like truth, hypocrisy and lies.
 
Alina Habba, a former defense lawyer for President Donald Trump who has been named interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, walks toward the microphones to speak to members of the media, Monday, March 24, 2025, outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Trump taps his former defense attorney, Alina Habba, to be New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor
President Donald Trump named his one-time defense attorney and current White House counselor Alina Habba to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
 
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Andy Kim hugs a woman who said she's worried about Medicaid being cut and the effect it would have on her 24-year-old son with Down Syndrome, during a town hall held in a Republican congressional district, Egg Harbor City, N.J., Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Andy Kim implores town hall to ‘please stay engaged’
New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim implored a standing-room-only town hall to get involved in politics as a way to push back against President Donald Trump’s agenda. The freshman Democrat opened a three-day tour of GOP-held House districts on Thursday.
 
Newark mayor and gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka speaks during a protest in front of of Delaney Hall, the proposed site of an immigrant detention center, in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Democrats running for New Jersey governor navigate the delicate politics of immigration
New Jersey’s governor’s race this year, one of just two along with Virginia, is emerging as a proving ground for Democrats struggling to find a message that can win over voters.
 
George Norcross, New Jersey businessman, is seen, Aug. 6, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Judge dismisses racketeering indictment against New Jersey Democratic power broker, co-defendants
A state judge tossed out racketeering charges against New Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross and those charged alongside him.
 
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the statehouse, in Trenton, N.J., Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
New Jersey governor unveils $58.1B budget amid federal funding uncertainty
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has unveiled a nearly $58.1 billion budget, the final spending plan of his two terms in office. The budget unveiled Tuesday increases funding for public schools and public transit.
 
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Fourth federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
A federal judge in Boston has blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump that would end birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.
 
In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, a woman in Sullivan City, Texas, who said she entered the country illegally, walks with her daughter who was born in the United States, but was denied a birth certificate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Trump administration appeals Maryland judge’s ruling blocking birthright citizenship order
President Donald Trump’s administration says it’s appealing a Maryland federal judge’s ruling that blocks the president’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for people whose parents are not legally in the country.
 
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown departs a press availability after a federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship in a case brought by the states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Justice Department appeals as second judge in 2 days blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order
A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally. U.S.
 
In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, a woman in Sullivan City, Texas, who said she entered the country illegally, walks with her daughter who was born in the United States, but was denied a birth certificate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Trump’s birthright citizenship order is put on hold by a second federal judge
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally.
 
State Sen. Jon Bramnick speaks after the first Republican gubernatorial primary debate Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
Republicans running for New Jersey governor swing at one another in first debate
Four candidates in the New Jersey Republican gubernatorial primary have spared few punches in their first debate ahead of the June vote.
 
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during a press conference in Newark, N.J., Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, file)
New Jersey governor didn’t actually invite an immigrant to live in his home, spokesperson says
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy sparked Republican outrage over recent comments suggesting he and the state’s first lady offered an immigrant with uncertain immigration status the opportunity to stay at their home.
 
A bald eagle named Freedom perches on a branch at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
American bald eagles are having a moment, ecologically and culturally
America’s national bird, the bald eagle, is having a moment. The eagles find themselves in a sort of environmental updraft since the early 2000s, when the federal government took the thriving birds off its endangered species list with more states following suit.
 
New Jersey Democrats square off in 1st gubernatorial debate
Six New Jersey Democrats, including two sitting members of Congress, the mayors of the state’s two largest cities, the head of the biggest teachers union in the state and a former top lawmaker squared off Sunday in the first debate this year in the contest for governor.
 
This photo provided by the U.S. Dept. of Defense, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents guide undocumented immigrants onboard a C-17 Globemaster III at the Tucson International Airport, Ariz., Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Senior Airman Devlin Bishop/Dept. of Defense via AP)
Just days into the new Trump administration, worries spike amid a show of force on immigration
Less than a week into his presidency, the Trump administration is touting deportation efforts and has published new rules making it easier to remove people.
 
Migrants walk along the Huixtla highway in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, Oct. 22, 2024, hoping to reach the country's northern border and ultimately the United States. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente, File)
What to know about the ruling blocking Trump’s order on birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally has faced the first of what will be many legal tests. It didn’t fare well.
 
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status. U.S. District Judge John C.
 
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
22 states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship
Attorneys general from 22 states have sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.
 
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives building is seen in Washington, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
More than a dozen Democratic AGs say they’ll defend gun regulations ahead of Trump’s 2nd term
More than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general said Thursday they plan to defend two gun regulations now being challenged in court, including one banning devices that enable semiautomatic guns to fire more quickly.
 
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the statehouse, in Trenton, N.J., Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
New Jersey to stockpile abortion pills ahead of Trump’s return to office
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said during his state of the state address he’s planning to build up a supply of medication used in abortions ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration.
 
Southern California head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, left, speaks to fans and thanks them for attending in light of recent wildfires following an NCAA college basketball game against Penn State, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jayne Kamin-Oncea)
JuJu Watkins and No. 4 USC try to bring ‘some fun’ to weary and fire-ravaged Los Angeles
USC basketball star JuJu Watkins knows people who have been affected by the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles.
 
Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren shows a photo of the investigation into a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded at the Trump International Hotel, during a news conference at Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
Man who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI, police say
Last Vegas police say the soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack.
 
El fiscal general de Nueva Jersey, Matt Platkin, habla durante una entrevista con The Associated Press, el 21 de noviembre de 2024, en Filadelfia. (Foto AP/Matt Slocum, archivo)
New Jersey Supreme Court temporarily leaves attorney general in charge of Paterson police
New Jersey’s top court has agreed to temporarily pause a lower court decision that determined the attorney general overstepped his authority when he took control of the Paterson Police Department.
 
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