A NJ Transit train crosses the 115-year-old Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River in Kearny. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., toured its replacement, the Portal North Bridge, on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico rules in favor of nonbinary rights, allowing gender marker changes on birth certificates, enhancing equality and protection.

Needing a copy of your birth certificate from Tennessee? You'll need a couple of things, a bit of money and some patience.

Discover what info's on the state-issued birth certificate, what kind of information you need to fill out on the form to get the certificate, how to replace it, etc.

A new report card offers dozens of metrics on 49 NJ hospitals. The state has improved in maternal outcomes, but big racial disparities continue.

Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill into law today that will allow people who were adopted prior to the passage of the legislation obtain their original birth certificates in 2017 ...

A woman was apprehended in northern New Jersey this week after allegedly using a forged birth certificate to enroll at a local high school, authorities said. The woman, identified as Hyejeong Shin ...

A 29-year-old New Jersey woman is accused of filing false documents, including a bogus birth certificate, to enroll at a high school last week, authorities said.