Former President Barack Obama is headlining rallies for Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey.

The message of affordability also propelled Zohran Mamdani, a little-known New York assemblyman who has vowed to freeze the rent for rent-controlled apartments in New York City, to the Democratic nomination and helped make him the favorite in Tuesday’s mayoral race.

The Republican is in a heated race with Democrat Mikie Sherrill to take over for term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy.

Other recent surveys show similarly tight margins: Suffolk puts Sherrill ahead by 4 points (46 percent to 42 percent), Quantus Insights gives her a 3-point advantage (49 percent to 46 percent), and co/efficient has the Democrat up by just a single point (48 percent to 47 percent).

A rapid moving house fire claimed the lives of five people Friday night in Paterson, New Jersey, according to fire officials.

A police officer was allegedly hit in the back of the head with a chair while arresting two people at a Domino's Pizza in Glassboro, New Jersey, police said.

Barack Obama spoke at rallies in Virginia and New Jersey in support of Democratic governor candidates, Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill.

Two decades after resigning as New Jersey’s governor in scandal and stunning the political world as he declared “I am a gay American,” Jim McGreevey is back on the campaign trail for the first time.

The New Jersey Devils face the Los Angeles Kings in a regular season NHL game on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Federal agents detained 46 undocumented workers, 22% of a warehouse workforce, at a New Jersey freight facility in a major DHS immigration raid.