Newark News

Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident that occurred Friday night in front of Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville .

CNN has reported on Saturday that Whitney Houston , Mega Singer, Grammy-Award winner, has died at the age of 48 .

According to her official website, Houston, who struggled with addiction problems over the years, sold more than 170 million albums, singles and videos over her career.

Singer Whitney Houston , known as much for her powerful singing as her public battles with drugs, has died Saturday.. The Associated Press first reported her death Saturday evening but did not specify how or what she died of.

Payne e-mailed a statement Friday evening that said he is undergoing treatment and that he will continue to represent New Jersey's 10th Congressional District.

A dusting of snow falls in Newark on Feb. 8. Today might be slightly heavier - but the real winter winds and chill are following the precipitation, says the National Weather Service.

An Ocean County jury has found two Barnegat men guilty of a number of drug offenses after a five week trial, Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford said.

Stanley Fischer, during a break in his trial against Kimberly Ricketts, the former director of Division of Community Affairs.

Yesterday Newark Mayor Cory Booker, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and several private developers and investors - including Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein - converged on a vacant lot in Newark's historic downtown for the groundbreaking of Teachers' Village.

Terri Pascavage, 45, was shot on Stuyvesant Avenue near Harper Street shortly before 12:30 a.m., a release from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said this afternoon.

An argument over a Nicki Minaj CD tossed into the snow was enough to trigger a barrage of bullets and the death of a Newark teen early last year.

The city of Newark has extended the deadline for Occupy Newark protesters to remove their encampment from a downtown park.

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy, responding yesterday to Wednesday's anti-crime rally during the City Council meeting, says crime has dropped "significantly" since he first took office in November 2004.

New Jersey's teacher evaluation pilot has gotten off to a mixed start, by most accounts.

Troy Bradshaw, father of Terrance Aeriel, who was killed in the 2007 Newark schoolyard killings and Natasha Aeriel, who survived has been strong throughout the arduous judicial process.

A light coating of snow covers the top of a car parked on University Avenue in Newark on Wednesday night.

A wanted fugitive in three states and a suspect in burglaries that reportedly occurred in at least four New Jersey counties, as well as Pennsylvania, has been arrested after being investigated in Morris County.

Why is a super wealthy corporation that made $3 Billion in profit last year being given a $250 Million tax credit to build a shiny new corporate office building in Newark? They can afford $3.5 Million for a TV commercial during the Superbowl but not their own office building? They need subsidies from the Taxpayers? Prudential Insurance wants a new ... (more)

A variety of safety measures will sweepA New Jersey Transit A lines within the next year or so, transportation officials announced Wednesday, in an effort to reduce the number of accidental train deaths across the state.

Romance is in the air as Valentine's Day draws near. Many will celebrate over the weekend, while others will attempt to avoid the pressures of couplehood altogether.