A man police dubbed the Bicycle Bandit has admitted committing eight bank robberies in southern New Jersey and Delaware. Prosecutors say Brian Layton went on a yearlong spree in which he robbed banks in six New Jersey cities and in Wilmington, Del., and rode ...

Sen. Robert Menendez wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last summer seeking help for a home state bank operated by campaign contributors, specifically asking for approval of an acquisition that would have rescued the institution. Requests on behalf of constituents — even political donors — are not unusual. But such ...

Garden State Equality, New Jersey's largest gay rights advocate, announced Monday it would end donating to political parties. The new policy comes just weeks after the New Jersey Legislature overwhelmingly spurned a gay marriage bill.

The group is one of ...

The Mid-Atlantic U.S. on Sunday began carving a path through the piles of wet, heavy snow in below-freezing temperatures while power crews tried to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and clear streets for work on Monday. The National Weather Service called the storm "historic" and reported a foot of snow in parts of Ohio and 2 ...