A 23-year-old man was found dead with gashes all over his body in a Jersey City apartment, authorities said.Police found Yuting Ge's lifeless body in a New York Avenue apartment, while responding to reports of a suspicious condition around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Sunday.Ge was pronounced dead around 25 minutes later. The cause and ...

Two New Jersey State Parks will be closing indefinitely come Monday, officials said.Voorhees State Park in Hunterdon County and Fort Mott State Park in Salem County will close on Monday so park staff can be used at other nearby parks that are seeing an uptick in visitors, the New Jersey State Park Service said.State Park officials said only that the two would be closed "until ...

Swimming in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was banned Sunday due to high levels of bacteria found in the water.The high levels found in the Delaware River were due to Tropical Storm Isaias, park officials said Sunday morning.Beaches were expected to remain closed through Tuesday, as swimming was banned in all park locations.Officials also urged those boating and ...

Firefighters found what appeared to be skeletal remains while conducting training on an Elizabeth waterfront.The bones were found in the water near Elizabeth Avenue and Front Street Thursday, fire officials said.It wasn't immediately known if the remains were human or animal, firefighters said.The findings brought local police, the NJSP Marine Unit, Union County Sheriff's Office and EMS ...

Tens of thousands of New Jersey residents were still without power five days after Tropical Storm Isaias hit the region.Many of the 40,000 residents in the dark were not expected to have power restored until Tuesday night -- right in the middle of a three-day heatwave.Scroll down for a list of outages per county, according to utility company outage maps at 8:30 a.m. Sunday.ATLANTIC ...

A Burlington County man surrendered to police after hours of negotiations with a SWAT team from the roof of a friend's home whose family he threatened to kill, authorities said.It all began on the 100 block of Carnation Drive in Deptford Township Friday morning, when a 26-year-old Medford man began destroying property and breaking windows at the home of one of his acquaintances, ...

Social media tips helped authorities identify a man found in Toms River as an Arizona resident.The man pictured above did not have any identification and did not know his name when he was found  Thursday near Water Street, New Jersey State Police said."Within minutes of issuing the post, we began receiving tips, which ultimately helped law enforcement identify the man who made his ...

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 23-year-old man connected to a shooting that injured one person in Newark last month, authorities said.A man who was shot on the 100 block of Dickerson Street was treated at University Hospital following the 7:45 p.m. incident July 6, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said.Eduardo Rodriguez was identified as a suspect, ...

Former New York Yankee CC Sabathia recently celebrated his youngest child's 10th birthday with a backyard bash.The retired MLB pitcher and his wife, Amber, brought in North Jersey glamping and picnic party specialist Mega Celebrations for 10-year-old Carter's big day.Photos on Amber Sabathia's Instagram account show Carter's Beyblades-themed party featured a fully-furnished tent ...

A 55-year-old man who was pinned in his car for nearly 30 minutes was flown to a Bergen Count hospital after driving off a retaining wall Saturday morning in Sussex County, authorities said.The driver went over the wall at the Valley Mason Supply Company on Vernon Crossing Road in Vernon Township around 9 a.m. and became trapped in his car, according to police.The man was extricated by ...