The Associated Press

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is ordering the deployment of additional state troopers in Camden to help fight rising crime as the city's shrunken police force struggles to keep a lid on violence.

The sponsor of a bill to end five- and six-figure sick-leave payouts for retiring public employees in New Jersey is calling on Governor Chris Christie to sign compromise legislation.

A 22-year veteran police officer responding to a break-in Monday morning was shot in the face and killed by one of the suspects hiding inside the Brooklyn apartment when officers arrived, police officials said.

Police at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have racked up $41.4 million in overtime this year, including a rank-and-file patrolman at the George Washington Bridge who has made $221,000.

Virginia Tech officials said a police officer and another person were shot and killed on the school's campus Thursday and the university locked down the campus, where 33 people died in 2007 in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

The parents of a Rutgers University student whose roommate allegedly used a webcam to spy on his intimate encounter with a man, say their son told them he was gay about three weeks before his suicide.

Jon Corzine told a congressional panel Thursday that he never intended to break rules requiring failed securities firm MF Global to safeguard client funds. He also said he doesn't know what happened to an estimated $1.2 billion that went missing.

Lawyers for New York City say they will appeal a judge's decision ordering Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration to release emails between his office and former schools chancellor Cathie Black.

Citigroup Inc. is eliminating 4,500 jobs in its latest effort to cut costs. The bank will take a $400 million charge in the fourth quarter as a result.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked President Barack Obama's nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, partly as payback for the Democrats' past opposition to Republican nominees.

Bank of America agreed to pay $315 million to settle claims by investors that they were misled about mortgage-backed investments sold by its Merrill Lynch unit.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an evangelical church's plea to overturn New York City's ban on after-hours religious worship services at public schools.

The lawyer for a Manahattan man accused of assembling a homemade bomb said she and prosecutors have agreed to delay having a grand jury weigh in on the case.

Key permits have been approved for the building of a 16-mile natural gas pipeline across portions of northern New Jersey and into New York City, state environmental officials announced late Friday.

Police say they have arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting on a bus in New York City and in the death of a man at a nearby residence.

A Congressional panel has subpoenaed former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine to testify next week after he failed to respond to an informal request.

The commander of New Jersey's National Guard is resigning after being caught having a physical relationship with a woman who worked for him, state officials said.

An appeals court has denied the long-shot bid by a hedge fund founder to remain free pending the appeals of his conviction and 11-year prison sentence.

The money broker charged with unwittingly providing $7,000 to Times Square bomb plotter Faisal Shahzad has been sentenced to three years' probation.

City health officials said Thursday they are recommending that any person living with HIV be offered AIDS drugs as soon as they are diagnosed with the virus, an aggressive move that has been shown to prolong life and stem the spread of the disease.