Newark News

Campaigns are heating up early for Newark mayoral candidates, Ras Baraka, Darrin Sharif, Shavar Jeffries and Anibal Ramos.

Khary Orr, a lifelong Newark resident, was gunned down nearly six years ago and his killer has not yet been found.

The Essex County courthouse is shown in this file photo. Advocates say it's become harder to help all the low-income families who run into legal problems due to budget cuts and rising poverty.

A man who tried to rob an off-duty Newark cop outside the Linden High School Academy of Arts and Sciences on Tuesday afternoon was caught on surveillance camera fleeing after the cop pulled his own gun, authorities say.

In this Friday, March 24, 2006 file photo, then Councilman Luis Quintana, left, then Newark mayoral candidate Cory Booker, center and Councilwoman Mildred Crump attend an event for mayoral ballot drawing in Newark, N.J. When Quintana was sworn in as Newark's interim mayor, he was expected to keep a steady hand on government.

When City Councilor Luis Quintana was sworn in as Newark's interim mayor in November, he was expected to keep a steady hand on government.

Pope Francis is creating a special commission to deal with the clergy sexual abuse crisis on a global scale, a step that comes amid growing criticism that the pontiff had not given sufficient attention to the scandal.

New Jersey Department of Transportation officials are trying to get motorists ready for next year's planned closing of the Pulaski Skyway's northbound lanes.

A file photo of William Reilly during a Mass in the Spanish language at Most Holy Name Church in Garfield.

A 17-year-old from Newark was arrested Thursday after South Orange detectives determined the teen was involved in an "unprovoked assault" of a pedestrian on Saturday, Nov. 16, police said.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is notifying 839,711 members that two company laptops containing personal information were stolen from its corporate headquarters in Newark just over a month ago.

Hillside police today arrested a man for a fatal drunk-driving accident on Route 22 in which a Newark man was killed.

A man was arrested in Pennsylvania on Thursday and charged with the July murder of a 21-year-old Newark man, according to Anthony Ambrose, the Essex County prosecutor's chief of detectives.

Jose Echevarria, 31, of Belleville was arrested at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on Clifton Avenue in Newark following a motor vehicle stop for an unspecified equipment violation, according to Capt.

The New Jersey Department of Education on Thursday released its annual Violence, Vandalism and Substance Abuse in the Schools Report for 2012-2013.

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo will launch his campaign for a fourth term during an event Monday at Essex County College in Newark, the campaign announced Thursday.

Attorney Mark Tabakin was tapped by the Montclair Board of Education to conduct a probe into the online leak of student tests.

TV personality Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino arrives at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 13, 2011.

Officer of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Tom O'Donnell and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announce the December 2011 arrests of more than a dozen New Jersey doctors and a nurse practitioner in a cash-for-test-referral kickback scheme.

NEWARK - Two men are facing drug charges after they were arrested in two separate incidents in Newark on Wednesday night, officials announced today.