Reward offered for tips in 'senseless' killing of teacher in N.J.
The 29-year-old grade school teacher was not the intended target of a 2011 shooting, investigators say Dawn Reddick (Star-Ledger file photo) NEWARK -- Authorities on Saturday marked five years since...
View ArticleNewark police investigating 2 shootings on Friday night
Police said both shootings are in the early stages of their investigations. NEWARK -- Police are investigating two non-fatal shootings that occurred within an hour of each other on Friday night. The...
View ArticleNewark man badly hurt in Parkway crash in Middletown Sunday morning
Police say the 26-year-old driver was thrown from the vehicle in the Sunday morning crash, which shut down the southbound express lanes for two hours at about 6:30 a.m. State Police say a Newark man...
View ArticleNewark shooting victim mum on who shot him, police say
A 22-year-old man shot multiple times at the violence-plagued Terrell Homes public housing complex refused to cooperate with an investigation into the shooting NEWARK -- Detectives are investigating a...
View ArticleRio 2016: Why N.J. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad should be Team USA flag bearer |...
Ibtihaj Muhammad will become the first Muslim woman to compete in a hijab for Team USA, and choosing her to carry the flag at the Opening Ceremonies would celebrate our country's diversity. Watch...
View ArticleA look at the major fires wiping out N.J. landmarks
There have been at least 14 multiple-alarm fires in in New Jersey over the past year that have damaged or destroyed landmark businesses, buildings, churches and restaurants. Watch video There have...
View ArticleN.J. pets in need: Aug. 1, 2016
Humans are better equipped to handle the heat than dogs and cats because people perspire. There's summer heat, and then there's oppressive summer heat. We've experienced some of the latter recently,...
View ArticleHe tortured and killed 19 cats. Now some fear he's at it again
Notorious cat serial killer Anthony Appolonia spent five years in prison in New Jersey. Now free, he's allegedly adopting cats again. But where are they? Watch video A half hour into his interview...
View ArticleWhere are they now? N.J. alums in pro baseball, mid-summer edition
We had a look in April - what's changed since then?
View ArticleNewark kids are healthier but still living in poverty, new study finds
The annual Newark Kids Count report was released Monday, and showed improvement in several key health areas. Children sit on the edge of the pool as they wait to get the OK to go in the pool at Life...
View ArticleN.J. needle-exchange programs for addicts running out of clean needles,...
The needle exchange programs in Atlantic City, Camden, Jersey City, Newark and Paterson don't have as many clean needles this year to share because the city-run programs can't afford them. TRENTON --...
View ArticleNewark man pleads not guilty to plotting West Orange murder
Zaki Jones, 33, is one of three men charged with conspiracy in the December 2015 killing of 26-year-old Naji Everett of Orange. The other two have also entered not guilty pleas. NEWARK -- A...
View Article28-year-old man shot dead in East Orange, cops say
The shooting took place early Thursday morning, the prosecutor's office said. EAST ORANGE -- Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old Montclair man on Park Street this past...
View ArticleCops allegedly find poolside pot farm in Fairfield
Officers responding to a report of a fight Sunday morning discovered a "grow" operation, the police chief said FAIRFIELD -- A scuffle between two men Sunday led police to a home that had been...
View ArticleHusband of victim in 'Melrose Place' crash: 'Our feelings have been validated'
Former actress facing resentencing in fatal drunk-driving crash. Watch video MONTGOMERY -- The husband of the woman killed by former "Melrose Place" actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer in a 2010...
View ArticleN.J. college student saves suicidal man on Tappan Zee, report says
The 21-year-old was making his way back to New Jersey when he spotted the man trying to jump off the bridge. A college student from South Orange pulled a suicidal man to safety after the man tried to...
View ArticleN.J. man sues Pokemon Go developers to get gamers off his lawn
The class-action lawsuit filed in California seeks damages or monetary relief A New Jersey man fed up with Pokemon Go players catching creatures on his property has filed a class-action lawsuit...
View Article2 men wanted for shooting at each other, police say
Anyone with information urged to call authorities NEWARK -- Authorities are seeking help from the public to locate two Newark men accused of shooting at each other in the city. Braulio Lopez, 19, and...
View ArticleJuly was 9th hottest in N.J. in 121 years
High temperatures didn't crack the 100-degree mark, but last month was still among the hottest Julys ever recorded in the Garden State. Remember all those brutal heat waves in July? The ones that had...
View ArticleDog escapes Newark airport terminal, rescued in nearby marsh after chase
Dart escaped from pet holding area and ran across airport property NEWARK -- A dog that ran off at Newark Liberty International Airport Tuesday morning was rescued after it darted into a marsh,...
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