Newark News

A man being held without bail after pleading not guilty to attempted murder and other charges in a Vermont shooting is accused of writing a letter in jail to a co-defendant in the case.

Despite Jersey City's burgeoning arts community and rapid growth in recent years, one website says it is one of the worst cities for recreation in the country.

Governor Chris Christie kicked off his pension reform tour with a town hall talk in Long Beach Township.

Following a month-long investigation, authorities have arrested a Newark couple in the June 12 slaying of a Hackensack livery-cab driver who apparently had been targeted after an argument at a Belleville nightclub.

Through a 10-day period, the Montclair Police Department arrested three alleged shoplifters at Urban Outfitters, 20 South Park St. This past Saturday, July 12, officers responded to a report of a shoplifter in custody.

NEWARK - With the victim's family and friends looking on in the courtroom, six men pleaded not guilty today to charges in the September 2013 robbery and fatal shooting of a Newark pizza deliveryman.

Even as U.S. carriers suspended service to Israel Tuesday because of ongoing warfare, El Al Israel Airlines continued to fly between the New York City area and Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport.

NEWARK - A 26-year-old Pennsylvania woman who admitted she was in possession of drugs was arrested following a traffic stop Monday night in Newark, authorities said.

Darrel Tolbert, 27, formerly of Newark, was sentenced today to five years in prison for attacking his father in the area of Newark Penn Station last year and ultimately killing him.

The Newark Police and Essex County Prosecutor's Office are investigating a Monday night homicide in the South Ward.

Newark's police department will undergo independent monitoring after a three-year federal investigation released Tuesday found what it called "a pattern of unconstitutional policing" that included excessive use... Newark's police department will undergo independent monitoring after a three-year federal investigation released Tuesday found what it ... (more)

JULY 1: Communications clerk Angel Castro monitors a remote surveillance camera view in the newly-opened Surveillance Operations Center of the Newark, New Jersey Police Department before a press conference in Newark, July 1, 2008.

The U.S. Justice Department is set to announce its findings in a three-year investigation into alleged misconduct in Newark's police department.

Emmett Gourdine and his wife,Patricia Williams, stand near a fence near that is buckled because it runs over a sinkhole.

Need a good laugh? While you're in town, between going to the places you need to go and seeing the people you need to see, go visit Hollywood's own Comedy Store that offers free tickets inside its comedy club with a two drink, per person minimum.

An Essex County man pleaded guilty Monday to trying to obtain about $45,000 from an insurance company by falsely reporting the vehicle had been stolen, the Attorney General's Office said.

On July 12 at 10:29 a.m., headquarters received a report of a van stolen from Essex Street.

The sole aircraft of LaCompagnie, a new business-only airline with service between Newark and Paris, is leased from Icelandair but features the new carrier's own bold light and dark blue color scheme.

Federal prosecutors say a Newark man has admitted his role in a series of 11 robberies at businesses and other sites in northern New Jersey.

A 23-year-old Newark man admitted today his role in a series of 11 armed robberies in Newark, Harrison and Jersey City between September 2012 and April 2013, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.