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NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — While Dasher, Prancer, Vixen and Blitzen weren’t popular baby names in New York City last year, the list changed quite a bit for the first time in nearly a decade. As 2026 approaches, the New York City Health Department released the top baby names of 2024 on Monday. Names that […]

Naim Andrews is charged with murder in the first degree in the fatal shooting of Namir Bynum, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda Sr. said. Surveillance video shows Andrews and Osayuwamen Iyamu, a 20-year-old Newark resident, attacking Bynum at the recording...

An Essex County man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a 20-year-old man inside a Newark recording studio on Dec. 10. Naim Andrews, 20, of Newark, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Namir Bynum, of Newark, at Platinum Sound studios on Clinton Avenue.

KEARNY, NJ — Five people have been arrested in connection with a stabbing that occurred during a large fight at a Wawa convenience store in early September, and police are searching for a sixth suspect. The Kearny Police Department Detective Bureau charged six individuals following the incident at the...

This morning, The New York Times provocatively declared “good riddance?” to the MetroCard, New York City’s transit pass that has been in use since 1994. The MTA, NYC’s transit authority, has been rolling out a new system, OMNY, which you can pay with your phone or by tapping a card rather than swiping. No one would...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A 68-year-old man was punched in the face during an unprovoked attack in Brooklyn earlier this month, police said. The assault happened around 11 a.m. on Sunday,…

Six people have been charged in connection with the September stabbing of an 18-year-old man during an altercation at a Kearny Wawa, police said. Five Newark residents, including Lucca Melo, 18; Exequiel Aguilar-Argueta, 19; Junior Urquilla, 18; Marvin Martinez, 18 and Orlando Santana, 18, were arrested and charged...

A car was traveling eastbound on Route 22, being chased by police from several townships.

The two-alarm fire broke out around 6:15 a.m. Monday on Glenwood Avenue at Springdale Avenue.

Timothy Mitchell, 34, of Bloomfield, was arrested in connection with a stolen wallet and credit card case, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti announced Monday morning, Dec. 22. On Saturday, Dec. 20, at approximately 5 p.m., officers assigned to the Paramus Police Department Anti-Crime Unit were patrolling the mall...