Jury Selection To Begin In Trial Of Man Charged In 1978 Newark Murders
Lee Evans and and his cousin are accused of luring the boys on Aug. 20, 1978 to an abandoned house, locking them inside and setting the home on fire.
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Lee Evans and and his cousin are accused of luring the boys on Aug. 20, 1978 to an abandoned house, locking them inside and setting the home on fire.
Oliveira was also an 11-year veteran at the Essex County Sheriff's office, working the dangerous Fugitive Squad.
Amtrak, which maintains the tunnel, was forced to divert its own trains and NJ TRANSIT's more numerous ones to the only other tube, which caused the delays.
Head of school Miguel Brito says they got several anonymous gifts totaling $22 million, paying off the mortgage.
Neighbors told 1010 WINS' Sonia Rincon the shooting may have been in retaliation for a shooting that occurred two weeks ago.
New federal grants will add police officers to patrols across New Jersey, where several departments have had deep layoffs because of budget problems.
When Madison Square Garden reopens this fall, the stars of the court and ice will share the arena with the stars of the kitchen.
When the Yankees' minor league team in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre needed a temporary home, Riverfront Stadium in Newark seemed a perfect fit.
Two trains lost power in a Hudson River tunnel, with two other trains held up behind them. Amtrak deployed diesel engines to remove the stalled trains from the tunnel.
The advocacy organization Environment New York says the New York City, Newark, and Bridgeport statistical area no. 5 among the regions in the nation for the most hazardous air days so far this year.
Mayor Cory Booker said Newark will never be able to arrest its way to safer streets and that billions of dollars have been wasted trying to round up violent drug dealers and gang members.
Two Newark men have been killed in separate shootings in the city, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray said.
A co-founder of an acclaimed New Haven charter school and deputy mayor of New Jersey's largest city has been introduced as Connecticut's new education commissioner.
District officials said it is unsafe for students to be inside the Wilson Avenue School in Newark. Flooding, they said, has caused dangerous mold to form inside.
The U.S. has issued a worldwide travel alert ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The alert cautions Americans about the continued threat posed by al-Qaida and other groups.
A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering five teenagers in 1978 in what was one of the state's longest-running cold cases.
"We are seeing some very serious consequences of the storm, including flooding and downed trees and power outages," Bloomberg said Sunday.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is urging residents, especially in flood-prone, low-lying areas of the city, to prepare for a worst-case scenario of high winds, flooding and possible power outages.
Mayor Cory Booker said a shooting near the toy gun exchange event illustrates just how vital such initiatives are to curbing the cycle of violence.
Police in Newark are investigating a series of incidents that left several people dead early Saturday morning.
Authorities said New Jersey State Police were pursuing a 1996 Acura on the Garden State Parkway for speeding. After continuing eastbound on 15th Avenue, the car ran a red light, hitting another car, sending that driver to the hospital.
Police say Debora Ferreira was found shot inside her vehicle on July 31 after an attempted carjacking. She died at the hospital.
Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said the man stabbed the three and then walked to the Harrison police station, where he was arrested.
The shooting, which left the suspect critically wounded, occurred at 6:15 p.m. Monday after police used a security tracking device to locate a Volkswagen SUV a woman had reported stolen.
Sixty-five-year-old Ramesh Advani admitted he reached under a blanket covering the victim and assaulted her in May 2010. She awoke and alerted the flight crew, and Advani was detained when the plane landed.
