Community Street Team, De-Escalation Training Credited For Newark's Decreasing Homicide, Violent Crime Rates
The city says its homicide rate in 2019 was the lowest it's been since 1961, and since last year, violent crime and arrests are also down.
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The city says its homicide rate in 2019 was the lowest it's been since 1961, and since last year, violent crime and arrests are also down.
With thunderstorms in the forecast Saturday, the City of Newark is warning people to avoid streets prone to flooding.
During a confrontation in front of Nutley's Christopher Columbus statue, the situation got so intense police physically separated the two groups with barriers and their bodies.
Parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Newark reopened today for public Sunday mass. Coronavirus restrictions remain in place to follow state guidelines.
There is a record number of arrests in a housing scheme connected to CBS2's award-winning investigation that uncovered New York City paying bad landlords in New Jersey to take in homeless families, CBS2's Lisa Rozner reported Thursday.
It's been over 50 years since the 1967 Newark riots. Local authorities and public officials are working to make sure the city learns from the past with the current riots against racism and police brutality.
Among the poets was Newark's mayor, Ras Baraka.
Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at a three-story residential building at 105 Magazine Street around 11 p.m. on Friday.
Meet two women who held a driving passion for helping all of their children.
All ten schools will continue with remote learning lessons through the end of the academic year.
The federal government has shipped 1.5 million cloth masks to New York State, which will be distributed to the public.
Finkel, known as "The Fink," made his debut at Madison Square Garden in 1977 when WWE was known as WWWF.
Hoboken's mayor and police chief say the move is necessary after officers responded to more than 100 calls in a six-hour period Sunday night – mostly at bars.
As the threat of coronavirus grows in New Jersey, local communities such as those in Bergen County hit hard by the pandemic are stepping up public controls to limit exposure to COVID-19.
CBS2's John Elliott talks with University Hospital Newark Director of EMS John Grembowiec and his crew about their response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
The weekend is a time people go to holy centers to be surrounded by their religious community, but this weekend in New Jersey, many are being asked to do the opposite in an attempt to keep the coronavirus from spreading.
The flames broke out around 11 p.m. Sunday at Elizabeth Truck Center on North Avenue East.
The director and CEO of the Newark Museum of Art is part of a rare class. She is one of only a handful of African-American's leading a major art museum.
Prosecutors say 34-year-old Fayola Howard ignored the victim's screams for help and witnesses' pleas to stay on the scene.
Darius Brown has made it his mission to helping animals up for adoption put their best paw forward with a little bow tie magic.
Prosecutors say despite the victim's pleas, the bus driver allegedly drove off and left the scene.
Over the years the City of Newark stopped investing in the historic institution, but all that has begun to change.
Tactical teams would be sent to so-called sanctuary cities that do not cooperate in handing over immigrants to be deported by the federal government.
The family admits the car was parked with the engine turned off and the baby girl inside in a car seat.
Prosecutors say they've linked the narcotics the men were pushing to 76 overdoses. Of those 76 overdoses, 29 were fatal.
