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A former Essex County, New Jersey teacher of the year has admitted having sex with a 15-year-old boy enrolled in an honors class she taught. Erica DePalo pleaded guilty Tuesday to child endangerment. In return, county prosecutors will recommend she get lifetime parole supervision when she's sentenced in April.

The parents of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl allegedly killed by two teenage brothers say their daughter was treated "like a piece of trash." Authorities found Autumn Pasquale's (pas-KWAHL'-ee) body in a recycling bin Monday night after a 48-hour search in her hometown of Clayton. Two teen brothers in town were charged Tuesday with murdering her.

A 16-year-old New Jersey boy was killed after sticking his head out of a party bus and hitting an overpass just after crossing the George Washington Bridge Friday, authorities said.

Two Roman Catholic school workers from New Jersey have pleaded not guilty to charges of having sex with female students during a high school's class trip to Germany.

A high school baseball player from Garfield, N.J. died over the weekend after being hit in the chest by a pitch during practice.

Two men were charged today with the murder of five New Jersey teenagers who vanished together nearly 32 years ago, closing one of the oldest and most baffling cold cases in the state's history. Lee Evans, 58, a carpenter who in 1978 ...

A 16-year-old boy who police said made an announcement at Walmart ordering all black people in a southern New Jersey store to leave was charged with harassment and bias intimidation, authorities said Saturday....

More than 1,000 people in New Jersey and New York, many of them adolescent Orthodox Jews, have been sickened with mumps since August, health authorities said Monday.

A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been accused of child pornography after posting nearly 30 explicit nude pictures of herself on MySpace.com — charges that could force her to register as a sex offender if convicted.