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From pizza joints to steakhouses, here are the chain restaurants saying goodbye to locations in 2026.

Breaking News: If you want to catch an actual mermaid, the best place to do that is probably Cape May, New Jersey.

New Jersey beachgoers have spoken. Here are the behaviors they don't mind — and the ones that can make your beach neighbors absolutely crazy.

Karen Velasquez-Ochoa, 34, of North Bergen, was killed in a four-vehicle crash near Tonnelle Avenue. A 21-year-old driver is now in custody.

From the highest natural point on the Atlantic seaboard south of Maine, you can see Sandy Hook, the bay, and the New York skyline all at once.

An alarming number of people don't know how to escape a sinking car, according to a Kids and Car Safety survey.

Not everyone at a Jackson Township condo complex shares the same faith, but the pool schedule is built around one.

Stretch Armstrong, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, and a wall full of stuffed animals. The Toy Cellar in Historic Smithville is bringing back some serious childhood memories.

A single truck stop in New Jersey led to the largest methamphetamine seizure in state history, and the street value of what was found is staggering.

A three-year-old. A family member. And a phone that someone picked up one February morning — what they found on it changed everything.

Four bills in Trenton want to change where registered sex offenders can live — especially near schools and playgrounds. Eight months in, not one has moved forward.

If you're not visiting these National Parks in the fall, you're really missing out.

Three New Jersey bars just made USA TODAY's list of the best in the country — all with their own rich history and loyal customers.

The FBI tracked him to a Galloway hotel last August. What investigators found on his phone afterward made this one of the more disturbing child exploitation cases to move through South Jersey courts in recent memory.

A Toms River woman just pleaded guilty in a crash that killed her 18-year-old passenger and the details of that early morning on Lacey Road are hard to shake.