Atlantic City

By mid-morning Wednesday, a spot on the Atlantic City Boardwalk where movie stars, athletes and rock stars used to party and a future president honed his instincts for bravado and hype will be reduced to a smoking pile of rubble.

The former Trump Plaza casino was imploded on Wednesday

It wasn’t nearly the $1 million that Atlantic City’s mayor had hoped for, but an auction for VIP viewing of the implosion of a former casino built by former President Donald Trump brought in over $16,000.

An auction house seeking bids to blow up a former casino once owned by President Donald Trump has canceled the effort after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from billionaire Carl Icahn

One of President Donald Trump’s former Atlantic City casinos will be blown up next month, and for the right amount of money, you could be the one to press the button that brings it down.

The implosion of one of President Donald Trump’s former Atlantic City casinos is being delayed by a few weeks.

Jimmy Fallon addresses an upcoming Atlantic City auction granting the highest bidder the right to demolish a former Trump casino.

A “Black Lives Matter” protest that arose amid threats of vandalism and arrest ended in a peaceful joining together Friday of Atlantic City’s mayor and a community activist who had threatened to paint those words on the seaside gambling resort’s historic Boardwalk

For those who haven’t mastered the odds of Belarussian soccer or Russian table tennis, this week’s NFL draft gives U.S. gamblers their first opportunity in weeks to bet on an event about which they actually know something.

Micah Tennant, the 10-year-old boy who was shot during a high school football playoff game at the Jersey Shore city of Pleasantville has died, his family said Wednesday.

Players and spectators ran for cover Friday night after a gunman opened fire on a crowded New Jersey high school football game.

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odúbel Herrera accepted a suspension for the rest of the season under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. The commissioner’s office announced his decision Friday, two days after domestic assault charges against Herrera in Atlantic City, New Jersey, were dismissed. He had been charged with simple assault and knowingly causing bodily injury stemming from an incident on...

Adam Sandler shocked a bunch of Atlantic City kids Friday when he showed up to play some hoops at a basketball court in the South Jersey beach town.

Anthony Bourdain’s home state of New Jersey will honor the chef’s memory a year after his death by establishing a food trail featuring 10 restaurants he visited for his show “Parts Unknown.”

Gretchen Carlson, a former Miss America who helped eliminate the pageant’s swimsuit competition, is stepping down as board chairwoman of the Miss America Organization. She was part of an all-female leadership team that took over the pageant following an email scandal in which male leaders insulted former Miss Americas, denigrating their appearance, intelligence and even their sex lives. Carlson pushed...

Odubel Herrera is on paid administrative leave after police in Atlantic City, New Jersey, charged the Phillies outfielder with assault following a domestic abuse allegation Monday.

Mobile apps might drive the future of sports gambling in the United States, but casinos are still betting big on physical sportsbooks as legal wagering expands to new places.

A firefighter who sued to keep a beard he grew for religious reasons has shaved it off after a judge denied his request.