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A former Pentecostal bishop has admitted stealing nearly $160,000 by fraudulently soliciting loans from parishioners and religious associates in New Jersey.

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Superior Court Judge Torkwase Sekou, sitting in Newark, imposed a 364-day sentence on Kenyetta O'Bryant, a 38-year-old North Plainfield man who holds a doctorate, worked as an adjunct professor and had worked as a counselor at the Newark school.

One of the artifacts brought out from behind the heavy, six-inch doors of a basement vault in Newark is an oil portrait of Arthur T. Vanderbilt, New Jersey's chief justice from 1948-1957. Still stored there are original letters from the Olmsted Brothers, famed park designers, and even original art-deco door knockers, shaped as human figures and ...

The Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith, Bishop of Newark, N.J., has invited the people of his diocese to participate in an online book discussion during the season of Advent.

Newark Mayor Cory Booker discussing violence in the city at press conference in July 21.

A New Jersey lawyer who represented Queen Latifah, Lil' Kim and other rap artists wants to be removed from solitary confinement.

New Jersey's next governor and the man he'll succeed in January will meet today for the first time since the election.

Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker, Prudential, PSE&G, and Essex Veterans observe Veterans' Day at Military Park Ceremony Added by Matt Rainey on November 11, 2009 at 10:00 AM Newark, NJ Mayor Cory A. Booker, the Municipal Council, G.I. Go Fund, and other dignitaries observe Veterans' Day Wednesday morning during a ceremony at Military Park.

Sixteen people were injured in a collision between an NJ Transit bus and a tanker truck in Newark this afternoon, police said.

The number of homeless veterans around the country declined by 33 percent in the past six years a ' but that means 131,000 people still live on the streets, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Just 10 pages after completing its third full ream of paper, H.R. 3692, the monstrous health care reform bill the House passed last week, reveals on page 1,510 yet another reason to reject Obamacare: an unfunded federal mandate for nutrition labeling at chain restaurants and even on vending machines.

Fourteen cities -- including Newark and Philadelphia -- are being targeted in a new campaign aimed at alerting people about human trafficking, federal immigration officials have announced.

Gunfire has claimed two lives in New Jersey's largest city. Authorities say 26-year-old Lamont Richardson and 30-year-old Aminah Crowder suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and head Monday night near East Alpine Street and Elizabeth Avenue.

The beat-up sports coat and turned over shoes could only mean one thing. Ali Muslim was creeping down West Runyon Street in Newark with guns in his pockets.

Gov.-elect Chris Christie today said Anne Milgram won't stay on as attorney general in his administration.

Customs officials have arrested a man accused of trying to smuggle eight pounds heroin in his luggage on a flight from Guatemala City to Newark Liberty International Airport.

A Superior Court judge today continued the $1 million bail against a man who was arrested for allegedly running a drug sale operation that catered to Newark's North Ward, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said.

Those green M&Ms really are getting greener. A New Jersey candy factory that produces M&M's flipped the switch Monday on a new solar array that provides clean energy.

More than 50 people blocked a Newark intersection this afternoon as they protested the death of a city man shot and killed Thursday by an Essex County sheriff's officer during a drug bust.