Convicted Former Newark Mayor Returns To City Hall
City leaders, police, city workers and community activists lined up to shake hands with Sharpe James on Thursday.
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City leaders, police, city workers and community activists lined up to shake hands with Sharpe James on Thursday.
A new government report criticizes attempts to reduce area airport chaos, saying scheduling rules continue to put too many planes in line when weather is the worst.
The first phase of the $100 million makeover of the Newark school system that's being funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is going into effect.
American inspectors were expected in Yemen Monday, where investigators said the plot originated, to examine security practices.
The young Yemeni woman arrested on suspicion of mailing the powerful bombs was released on bail Sunday, and a Yemeni official said authorities no longer believe she shipped the bombs.
Yemeni authorities arrested a woman Saturday and searched for other suspects linked to al-Qaida's Persian Gulf faction in the plot to mail bombs powerful enough to down a cargo plane.
In light of Friday's bomb plot, Kelly revealed the difficulty of the screening cargo entering the U.S. "Some of it is screened, but most of it is not screened," Kelly said.
Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday.
Intelligence on threats from inside Yemen against a Jewish center in Chicago had authorities on high alert Thursday night into Friday when a quick chain of events sent them scrambling.
In Nutley, there's a zero-tolerance policy in effect this year for any pranks this Mischief Night – the evening before Halloween. Since the infamous night falls on a Saturday this year, police are expecting the worst.
Police and firefighter unions in New Jersey's largest city have filed a lawsuit to try to stop Newark Mayor Cory Booker from imposing layoffs in two weeks.
The NBA will hold its 2011 draft in Newark, N.J., while Madison Square Garden undergoes renovations.
After struggling through seasons they would probably prefer to forget, the Detroit Pistons and New Jersey Nets are realistic about their chances in a competitive Eastern Conference.
Some Newark teachers were still waiting for their coverage to be restored.
At least 800 teachers and other school employees were without health coverage for four months in Newark and Paterson, New Jersey because of paperwork problems.
The city plans to lay off 251 sanitation workers in the coming weeks and likely outsource their job to private companies.
The New Jersey Nets are not going to be as bad as last season. It's just impossible. No way they lose their first 18 games, or win just 12 overall.
Israeli police on Friday arrested a U.S. citizen who flew to Israel after allegedly stabbing his parents to death in their Staten Island home earlier this week.
Almost all of the 180 police recruits hired the last three years in Newark stand to lose their jobs.
Parents and teachers said students at Barringer High School in Newark were being deprived of a basic education and were vulnerable to violence.
Until now, the 3-year-old Hall has honored inductees, including Einstein, Sinatra, and Springsteen, but its exhibition space has been restricted to the Web.
Former Perth Amboy Joseph Vas and an aide have been convicted of mail fraud, election finance violations and lying to authorities.
Defense attorneys contended neither defendant agreed to do anything illegal and that no bribes were accepted.
Jurors in the federal corruption trial of Ridgefield Mayor Anthony Suarez and an associate were treated Tuesday to videotapes secretly made by a government informant.
Opening statements are scheduled to begin in the third trial stemming from last year's huge federal corruption sting.
