New Jersey lawmakers are considering a bill to let out-of-state nurses and other health care professionals work without final license approval for a year. “Everywhere is structured a little different ...

Prosecutors in Ocean County have charged 19-year-old Joseph Kling with aggravated arson, a second-degree offense, and arson, a third-degree offense. Kling is being held at the Ocean County Jail.

Authorities arrested the 19-year-old from Waretown, New Jersey, and charged him with arson and aggravated arson in the fire that’s still burning in southern New Jersey that they described as started ...

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey ... the fire service said. Shelters were open at two high schools, according to the Barnegat Police Department.

"This is still a very active fire," said Department of Environmental Protection ... Associated Press writer Mike Catalini in Trenton, New Jersey, contributed to this report.

Authorities say a man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, sparking a ...