30 Newark Public Schools Shut Down Drinking Water Due To Elevated Lead Levels
The Newark Public Schools system is supplying the schools with alternate water for drinking and for food preparation.
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The Newark Public Schools system is supplying the schools with alternate water for drinking and for food preparation.
Gov. Chris Christie made his first public appearance outside of the statehouse since ending his presidential campaign earlier this month.
Damage to the Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Newark includes shattered glass from a broken window, and a giant hole in the ceiling.
They were both pronounced dead at the scene, on the 300 block of Clinton Place, at 9:49 p.m. Saturday by the Regional Medical Examiner's Office.
Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose called the slayings of the two people, identified only as one male and one female, as "senseless'' and "tragic.''
Saqirah Davis, 36, of Newark is charged with aggravated assault, weapons counts and conspiracy.
Major highways are clear in New Jersey following the massive storm that clobbered the state, but many schools are closed Monday because snow remains a problem on local roads.
Several high school athletes headed to a track and field meet were forced to flee their school bus when it erupted in flames at a high school in Newark.
The mayor's spokeswoman, Marjorie Harris, announced late Saturday afternoon that Baraka had discovered two threatening letters this weekend at his mother's home.
Members and supporters of the Elizabeth-based United Youth Council were heckled by a group of local activists who were against a neighboring city's activists standing in front of City Hall calling for ways to reduce violence
Essex County prosecutors say a Newark man found wounded on a city street has died from his injuries.
It was pickup time at school and an autistic boy could not be found. You can imagine how upsetting it was for his parents.
One New Jersey man spread holiday cheer Monday by giving $100 Toys R' Us gift cards to complete strangers.
A former gang member turned anti-violence activist who was featured in "Brick City,'' a Sundance Channel documentary series set in Newark, has been shot to death, authorities said Tuesday.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired the city's police superintendent Tuesday, a week after the release of a dash-cam video that showed a white officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times.
Gunfire in Newark left a man wounded in the leg and damaged an NJ TRANSIT bus Monday afternoon.
For more than 80,000 people, it was their final resting place. But now the cemetery in which they're buried in is complete disrepair and covered in weeds.
Police in New Jersey were looking for suspects described as armed, dangerous, and children.
An off-duty postal worker was injured in a shooting in Newark early Thursday morning after being pulled over by two men posing as cops.
Police said two men armed and wearing masks tried to rob the Sunoco station at Washington and Court streets.
Harris has a deal with the school to use the field to land his chopper on occasion, but someone must have double-booked the field that day.
Police said the 13-year-old told them he was sitting at his desk doing homework when he heard a loud boom, but did not immediately realize he had been shot.
The search for a missing mother of four ended 10 days after her disappearance with a gruesome discovery just a block from her house in Newark.
Two suspects are in custody Tuesday morning after a police-involved shooting overnight in Newark.
President Barack Obama is visiting a drug treatment center in Newark Monday as he continues to push for overhauling the criminal justice system.
