TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Delays and cancellations were two words that tried the patience of commuters in New Jersey as the state’s mass transit systems wrestled with a series of challenges in 2018.

Gamblers could risk their fortunes legally betting on sports after the state won a U.S. Supreme ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The other heel has dropped at the Miss America Organization, which had endured a revolt by dozens of states this summer against the national leadership of the pageant headed by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson.

The crowning of the latest Miss America took ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the Miss America pageant (all times local):

12:30 a.m.

The newly crowned Miss America says she’s glad she didn’t have to wear a swimsuit in order to win the crown and a $50,000 scholarship.

Nia Franklin, Miss New York, says she’s happy ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A contestant in the Miss America pageant says President Trump “has caused a lot of division” in the nation.

Madeline Collins, Miss West Virginia, was asked an onstage question Friday night about what she feels is the most serious issue facing the ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the third and final night of preliminary competition in the Miss America competition (all times local):

9:20 p.m.

Contestants from Massachusetts and Indiana have won titles in the third and final night of preliminary competition in the Miss ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the second night of preliminary competition in the Miss America pageant (all times local):

9 p.m.

Contestants from Virginia and Louisiana have won titles in the second night of preliminary competition in the Miss America ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Contestants from Florida and Wisconsin scored the first preliminary wins in the post-swimsuit era of the Miss America pageant Wednesday night, and proclaimed a new day had arrived for a piece of Americana that’s trying to reboot itself in a rapidly changing ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — When the Miss America pageant started in 1921, having young women parade around in bathing suits seemed like a great way to get tourists to come to the Atlantic City Boardwalk after Labor Day.

But how America views women has changed drastically since then, and ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the Miss America Organization eliminating its swimsuit competition (all times local):

9:50 a.m.

The Miss America pageant says it is dropping the swimsuit competition in favor of an interactive session between judges and contestants.

The ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Asked about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during her onstage interview at last year’s Miss America pageant, Savvy Shields turned heads on the judge’s panel and across the country by offering some advice to both political parties: Stop arguing and ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — When the new year arrives in Atlantic City, the eyes of the nation will be elsewhere.

An anticipated big-name concert at Boardwalk Hall that was to be featured in ABC’s national New Year’s Eve broadcast won’t happen.

The Casino Reinvestment Development ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the 2017 Miss America pageant (all times local):

11 p.m.

Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields is the new Miss America.

Shields topped a field of 52 contestants to win the crown and the title of Miss America 2017 Sunday night in Atlantic ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the 2017 Miss America pageant (all times local):

9:35 p.m.

The first openly gay contestant in the Miss America pageant has been eliminated from the competition.

Miss Missouri Erin O’Flaherty was not chosen as one of the top 15 finalists ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Michigan and Ohio loom large in the presidential election, but they also brought some swing-state magic to the Miss America pageant Thursday night in Atlantic City.

Miss Michigan Arianna Quan and Miss Ohio Alice Magoto won preliminary contests on the third and ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Miss Maryland and Miss Arkansas won preliminary contests Wednesday in the second night of the Miss America pageant.

Miss Maryland Hannah Brewer won the swimsuit competition, while Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields won the talent portion by jazz dancing to “They Just ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — After competing in pageants for generations in the closet or working behind the scenes, gays and lesbians finally get to see one of their own take one of pageantry’s biggest stages.

Miss Missouri, Erin O’ Flaherty, will compete for the Miss America crown this ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A former Miss America pageant winner has scored another honor.

The Miss America Foundation announced Monday that Katie Harman Ebner has been named the inaugural recipient of its new Former Miss America Discretionary Scholarship.

The scholarship was ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Many of the 52 contestants in this year’s Miss America pageant want to cure diseases, end bullying, succeed in business or launch careers that will make them famous.

But the secret wish of one is to own a pet monkey, another’s career goal is to work with penguins ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — NBA team owner and businessman Mark Cuban, actress Sara Foster, singer-songwriter Cole Swindell and former Miss America Sharlene Wells Hawkes will serve as celebrity judges for the 2017 Miss America competition.

Cuban owns the Dallas Mavericks and several ...