Newark News

Newark, New Jersey industrial act Panic Lift have released the music video for their new single "Awake".

Michael Yun, who represents Ward D on the nine-member City Council, is floating a plan that would boost each council member's pay from roughly $35,000 to $75,000, while their aides' pay would nearly triple -- from $15,000 to $40,000.

Acting Attorney General John Hoffman, seen here in a file photo, announced the deployment of dozens of State Troopers as part of a new anti-violence program in Newark today.

State officials are taking aim at gun violence in New Jersey's largest city. Acting Attorney General John Hoffman on Wednesday announced a strategy that will target Newark's most violent neighborhoods.

One of the culprits circled overhead, the great expanse of its white wing span catching the updraft.

With the Pulaski Skyway closed for two years northbound toward New York, bus and train alternatives are taking on increased significance.

UNION - Charles Johnson was convicted in 2005 of felony murder and robbery and sentenced to 52 years in prison for the fatal shooting an employee of a township hotel.

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Carl Sharif, Newark mayoral candidate Shavar Jeffries campaign manager, owns this Irvington building with two others.

In this Feb. 15, 2012, file photo, Ismael el-Shikh stands in a prayer room at the Islamic Culture Center in Newark, N.J. Americans in New Jersey's largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department's effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray.

Music blossomed in Newark when the Brick City Jazz Orchestra made its premiere under blue skies.

Members of the NJ Schools Development Authority, including CEO Charles McKenna, center, at a public meeting in February in Trenton.

The New Jersey Department of Transportation says traffic is moving smoothly during tonight's evening commute on the first workday since the closure of northbound traffic on the Pulaski Skyway.

The controversial conviction of an email hacker has been vacated by a federal appeals court, not because of issues with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act but because Andrew Auernheimer was tried and convicted in the wrong venue.

An assault was reported on April 8 at 11:04 p.m. at 501 Washington Ave. The victim said he had come in contact with a young male in a store who was yelling obscenities at customers.

Bill Stepien's lawyer, Kevin Marino told reporters the case he is arguing in court for his client's fifth amendment rights is much more significant that what has become known as Bridgegate.

Mark Zuckerberg, pictured here in 2010 with then Newark Mayor Cory Booker, donated $100 million to Newark schools.

When it came to her attire for the "Make a Difference Day" awards luncheon in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Savannah Guthrie was less than prepared.

UNION TWP. - Police were unable to catch two people who crashed a pair of stolen motorcycles on the Garden State Parkway late Sunday, then fled, authorities said today.

Officer Ryan Schwartz arrested Shareef Brown, 35, of Newark at 2:50 a.m. on April 5 for driving while intoxicated and for possession of marijuana on Bloomfield Avenue.