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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft would be subject to stricter legal requirements under a bill that passed an Assembly committee Thursday.

The annual listing of top auto picks by Consumer Reports is out and Buick is flexing some muscle. Did your car make the cut? Here are the top picks in each category.

OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a 4-year-old boy took the wheel of the family car and crashed into a New Jersey building after his father left him and his younger sister alone.

The fact that electric and hybrid cars often have fake engine noises to help avoid collisions with pedestrians and cyclists is well known, but did you know that more mainstream cars augment and even replace their engine noise?

At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit yesterday, the 2015 North American Car of the Year was named. I'll give you hints.

Kelly Waldron had a story the other day about how ill-prepared your average motorist is for winter weather. Instead of things like warm blankets, flashlights, first-aid kits, we tend to have things we don't need, like a leftover gorilla suit still in our trunk from Halloween.

Bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase "car sick," health officials claim our everyday vehicles, if not handled properly, are acting as Petri dishes of viruses and bacteria.

Nineteen motor oil products have been banned from store shelves across New Jersey after lab testing proved they were deceptively labeled and could end up causing fatal damage in the vehicles that use them.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The ride-sharing service Uber X has won a conditional two-year license to match riders with personal vehicles throughout much of Pennsylvania.

A new measure of the cost of owning and operating a motor vehicle in the United States finds New Jersey's price tag is fifth-highest in the nation.