Newark NJ

The City of Jersey City is announcing their 4th of July Festival and Fireworks celebration, which includes over 60 vendors, three DJ stages, and two beer gardens. “Each year, Jersey City’s Fourth of July Festival brings people together from throughout the tri-state area to celebrate our country’s independence in one...

A 26-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle early Tuesday morning in Belleville, authorities said. A southbound vehicle driven by a 19-year-old man hit Eliana N. Ambrosino at 12:15 a.m. on Franklin Avenue near the intersection with Belleville Avenue, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said....

Authorities say a violent street gang ran its organization in the Bradley Court Housing Complex in Newark.

Brian Kendall was deported to his native Guyana after serving 16 years for the fatal shooting prosecutors now say he didn't commit. Brian Kendall served more than 16 years for the 1988 killing. A judge vacated his conviction Tuesday. [ more › ]

An MTA worker says she was assaulted on the job in Brooklyn over the weekend while trying to help an elderly man who was having trouble in transit.

That’ll be $4.5 million per toe, please. The MTA should pay an arm and a leg to a bike deliveryman who lost all five digits on his left foot in a fall from a chipped Bronx subway platform, a jury said Monday — delivering a whopping $22.75 million verdict in favor of the victim. Bicycle delivery worker Maruf Hossain...

The basics: University Hospital begins campus overhaul July 1 in Newark New admin and clinical facility to open by 2027 at Bergen St. Rutgers to demolish 11 buildings for phased redevelopme...

Newark's Ironbound neighborhood — often affectionately called "Down Neck"— combines global cuisine, rich New Jersey history, and a celebratory spirit, making it a destination you should not leave off the itinerary the next time you're in the Garden State. It spans 4 square miles and is home to approximately 55,000...

At 6 p.m., Newark police responded to 227 Brookdale Avenue after Ziyad Cook and a 17-year-old were shot, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Cook was pronounced dead hours later at University Hospital, authorities said. The condition of the 17-year-old is unknown. Prosecutors declined to release the names of...

Prosecutors say that on August 17, 2023, Bynum and Headen opened fire on a stolen white 2022 Lexus SUV involved in a robbery spree, a crash and a shootout in Newark