Newark NJ

The family of New Jersey pizza icon Al Santillo is asking for support after a serious medical emergency. A statement posted to Facebook on Sunday revealed that Santillo, the beloved owner of Santillo’s Brick Oven Pizza in Elizabeth, was in the hospital after suffering a stroke. The statement asks...

A father of three lost his life during a carjacking turned crash, according to police who are seeking a Newark suspect.

NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — A delivery man died while trying to stop a carjacker from driving off in his vehicle in New Jersey Saturday, authorities said. Police said Jhon Aponte Alarcon, 46, left his car running while delivering packages on Bergen Street in Newark when the suspect hopped into the vehicle at around 12:45 p.m. […]

Attorney and YouTuber Nathaniel “Nate” Broughty is sounding the alarm over a proposal that would push New York City’s minimum wage to $30 an hour by 2030, arguing that the idea may look compassionate in a campaign speech but could create a financial chain reaction that hits everyone from small businesses to city government payrolls.

A knife-wielding maniac was shot and injured by cops after he started terrorizing a New York City grocery store overnight, the NYPD said Monday. The suspect was shot outside the City Fresh Market near 120th Street in Harlem just after 1:30 a.m. when he repeatedly refused to drop the 13-inch kitchen blade, according to cops. The man had been thrown out of the grocery...

NEW York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed an emergency order ahead of the World Cup. Mamdani, 34, is ordering a block on concerts and food festivals in New York parks. Parkland in New York City will not be designated for events throughout the FIFA World Cup. The Parks Department...

A new COVID variant — dubbed Cicada — has been detected in New York. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the variant, formally known as BA.3.2, is a "new lineage" of SARS-CoV-2 . Cicada COVID has seen an uptick in detection, according to a March 19 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) by the agency, and has been found in at least 25 states so...

A New Jersey delivery driver was horrifically crushed to death while trying to stop a thug from stealing his vehicle during a brazen daylight carjacking — with cops now looking for the goon. Jhon Aponte Alarcon, 46, left his vehicle running while dropping off a package in Newark around 12:45 p.m. Saturday when the thief hopped in and took off, Essex County prosecutors said in a release...

Few people could find an excellent haunt, from restaurants to bars, like Anthony Bourdain. Learn more about his favorite NYC bar.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday rolled out City Hall's first-ever governmentwide racial equity blueprint alongside an inaugural "True Cost of Living" measure, and the early numbers land like an alarm bell: affordability is a citywide emergency. The two documents bundle agency targets, metrics and cost estimates that are meant to steer policy and budgeting in the mayor's early months. Officials say the rollout...