Bail Raised For Babysitter Charged In Death Of Girl, 4, In Newark
Bail was raised to $500,000 Friday for a babysitter charged in the death of a 4-year-old Newark girl who police said was crushed by a bed.
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Bail was raised to $500,000 Friday for a babysitter charged in the death of a 4-year-old Newark girl who police said was crushed by a bed.
On May 13, voters will head to the polls for the first time since their mayor moved on the U.S. Senate, and as the election looms a battle is brewing between the two main candidates.
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A babysitter has been charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the death of a 4-year-old Newark girl.
A child was critically injured in Newark, N.J. Wednesday when a bed crashed down on top of her.
Both sides in Newark's mayoral race lobbed accusations of campaign finance shenanigans Tuesday as the campaign heated up a week before Election Day. A video of candidate Ras Baraka speaking to gang members also became a focus over allegations that it was derogatory toward the city's Latino residents.
Torrential rain left roads flooded and impassable, caused major traffic and transit delays, and even caused a mudslide Wednesday – and the rain was expected to persist to affect the Thursday morning commute.
Officials are advising commuters who use the Pulaski Skyway that last week was the exception, not the norm.
Acting Attorney General John Hoffman on Wednesday announced a strategy that will target Newark's most violent neighborhoods, WCBS 880's Levon Putney reported.
The skyway is scheduled to shut down just after midnight Saturday as part of a 24-month, $1 billion project to repair the 81-year-old span.
A second man has been charged with setting fire to a bus that belonged to the campaign of Newark mayoral candidate Ras Baraka.
Newark's independent baseball franchise is down for the count. And now everything is for sale -- maybe even the kitchen sink.
A man was arrested Friday after a candidate for Newark mayor's campaign bus was torched.
Police said three to four men fired several shots around 3 p.m. Thursday on the 100 block of First Street.
State Sen. Richard Codey and Newark Mayor Luis Quintana made a surprise visit Thursday to a Third Avenue boarding home and found rodents, the smell of urine and prescription pills laying out.
The blaze broke out in Newark and Kearny Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported, but strong winds were hindering efforts to contain the fire, officials said.
One man was killed and another was wounded in a broad-daylight shooting Tuesday in Newark.
A Newark man has been arrested in connection with a Brooklyn fire. Thaddeus Boone, 22, allegedly set fire to a Boerum Hill apartment building on Sunday morning.
Shawn Custis, 43, appeared before a judge at his arraignment in Newark on Tuesday morning. Authorities said Custis broke into the Millburn home on June 21, 2013 and beat a mother of two for nearly 10 minutes.
Investigators spent hours trying to piece together the deadly chain of events that ended in a car crash and the alleged gunman speeding away in a truck.
Under federal guidelines, Joe Giudice faces a potential sentence of 37 to 46 months and Teresa Giudice could get 21 to 27 months.
Police late Monday afternoon were on the scene of a deadly shooting, and a crash involving multiple vehicles, in Newark.
NJ TRANSIT trains are running again with delays after service was suspended between New York City and Newark because Amtrak's Portal Bridge was stuck in the open position.
A barge carrying much-needed road salt has arrived in New Jersey at last, as another winter storm was bearing down.
Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray says the victims were found around 12:20 a.m. Saturday in the area of West Bigelow Street and Milford Avenue. Officers had gone there after receiving reports of an injured person.
