New Jersey officials say they want to shine a light on sports gambling by legalizing it, arguing in a U.S. appeals court that betting on games can't be eliminated but can be controlled.
A new report says pollution prompted more than 1,800 beach closings or advisories along the Atlantic and Great Lakes coasts in New York and New Jersey last summer.
The Coast Guard came to the aid of two elderly cruise ship passengers who needed emergency medical assistance while the vessel was off the southern New Jersey coast.
The U.S. Army is slashing the number of combat brigades from 45 to 33, and shifting thousands of soldiers out of bases around the county as it moves forward with the long-planned move to cut the size of the service by 80,000.
The White House says Russia has a "clear legal basis" to expel National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and is asking them to do so without delay.
Gov. Chris Christie has not made an endorsement in the Republican primary for a special U.S. Senate election. But other GOP officials are starting to line up behind former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan.