Marques Brownlee, a Maplewood native and Stevens Institute of Technology grad, apologized for “inexcusable” behavior.

Massachusetts is facing an outsize fire threat due to a confluence of conditions this ... That's what's happening down in New ...

New Jersey’s governor has issued a drought warning and said water restrictions could come if conditions worsen. The dry spell ...

Discarded cigarette butts and piles of burning yard waste are two of the most common culprits of human-caused wildfires.

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka named his fourth public safety director in eight years, choosing a longtime city police officer and chief to replace an outsider who resigned last week two years after being ...

Wildfires have erupted across the Northeast US, fueled by an unusually long dry spell and elevated drought conditions. As ...

A wildfire that's consumed thousands of acres is about 20% contained. Forecasters are warning of an increased risk of spread ...

The Jennings Creek fire is currently burning across 3,500 acres, officials said, and is expected to grow to over 5,000 acres.

A brush fire is burning in Englewood Cliffs with the smoke from it visible across the Hudson River in Manhattan. The fire is burning in the area of the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Bergen County, ...