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The open casting call is being held by JV8 Inc., a New York City-based casting company known for pairing real people with major Hollywood talent. The company has previously cast projects including "Uncut Gems," "Euphoria," and A24’s "Marty Supreme," according to the release. The series, titled "9/12," is being...

Faced with resident complaints and negative news coverage of its snowstorm response, Jersey City appears to be fighting back against two groups of bad actors. According to Jersey City Communications Director Nathaniel Styer, as of Thursday, the city had issued over 300 summonses to business owners and landlords. By...

A Newark man is accused of impersonating a federal immigration officer to carry out a string of late-night robberies. Newark police allege the suspect targeted two pedestrians during early morning hours, wearing an “ICE” emblem patch and wielding a flashlight. Authorities say he employed impersonation tactics in...

For more than three decades, Paul Rooney showed up faithfully to his job at the Kearny School District, walking the six blocks from his parents’ home to sweep floors, clean bathrooms and tidy up classrooms. Working as a custodian at Schuyler Elementary School gave Rooney purpose, according to his...

It was a plea posted on social media. On missing posters teenage girls put up on telephone poles. A question asked of anyone who might have laid eyes on their friend. It was 2016, and Black girls and women were disappearing from Newark. Their loved ones went to police. One presented officers with a license plate...

Cassandra Simeon and Mitchel Lafortune brought their 2-day-old son home Friday morning after his unusual introduction to the world.

A Southern quick-service restaurant chain backed by Paterson native and former New York Giant Victor Cruz is making its New Jersey debut. The location will also mark Krystal’s first outpost in the ...

NEWARK, N.J. — A former teacher in Union County was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, according to a statement released by Senior Counsel Philip Lamparello of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

State prosecutors allege the defendants targeted a 13-year-old girl for prostitution and sexual abuse, including the production of explicit images, in a case spanning multiple cities.

Kath is mad at Zoh’s tax math. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “tax the rich” refrain is getting on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nerves — with sources saying she views his warnings that the city faces a $12 billion budget hole as an underhanded ploy to push his socialist dreams. Hochul’s circle believes the sky-is-falling fiscal...