Newark News

NEWARK, N.J. - Native Americans from across the Americas will gather in New Jersey this weekend to celebrate their rich cultural traditions with the public.

Authorities were investigating a one-car crash early today that claimed the life of a pregnant woman.

NEWARK, N.J. - For the second year in a row, NJ Transit says it won't increase fares.

Jury deliberations are scheduled to begin today in the cases of two men accused of carrying out a shooting attack two and a half years ago left two teenagers dead near a city housing project, according to prosecutors.

A Newark woman was fatally shot early today, authorities said, and a 25-year-old city man was arrested hours later.

LEDGER STAFF The Star-Ledger When authorities finally caught up with the 21-year-old Union County jail inmate who escaped last week during a work detail, they found him hiding in the basement of a Newark home, having traded in his prison uniform for a T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, police said.

NEWARK - New Jersey's Supreme Court is expected to rule today on whether bail can prevent illegal immigrants facing deportation from escaping justice.

The alleged passenger of a stolen sport-utility-vehicle pleaded not guilty today to charges connected to a collision at a Newark intersection last week that killed a 42-year-old woman.

A northern New Jersey man has been sentenced to 13 years in state prison for fatally stabbing his best friend during an argument fueled by excessive drinking.

Originally published July 6, 2009 at 4:35 p.m., updated July 6, 2009 at 5:38 p.m. NEWARK, N.J. a ' A federal court says a former manager of 1950s doo-wop group The Drifters could be entitled to millions of dollars from concert promoters who've infringed on the band's trademark.

Three people suffered non-life-threatening injuries after an electrical transformer caught on fire and exploded, shutting power to a section of downtown, officials said.

Authorities in northern New Jersey say they have captured a prisoner who escaped from a jail work detail a week ago.Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow says 21-year-old Phillip Ruddy of Rahway was found Monday hiding in the basement of a Newark house.

Some of New Jersey's most troubled youths are getting a boost when it comes to re-entering the work force.

A Hoboken man fleeing police died yesterday, authorities said, after he was shot in the head by a Belleville officer he had just hit with his car.

Last year, three Rutgers graduates stood at the center of an abandoned lot in Newark's West Ward.

Share + Jul 5, 2009 7:15 pm US/Eastern IRVINGTON, N.J. A young girl sitting on her porch with family members was wounded Sunday afternoon when shots rang out on a street in northern New Jersey.

Newark's Military Park, home to famed Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum's "Wars of America," was to get a cash infusion to begin a transformation of "extremely underutilized" acreage into a destination in the heart of New Jersey's largest city.

Reading Eagle A box truck stolen in Bethel Township this week has been recovered in Newark, N.J., minus $9,500 worth of truck wheels and tires the thieves had loaded into it, township police reported Friday.

Habitat for Humanity Newark honored Rahway resident Allan Martin at its second annual Raising Roofs Gala held on Thursday, May 28 at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in West Orange.

In this January 1977 file photo,Yoko Ono, center, and John Lennon, right, are shown with Allen Klein, president of ABKCO Industries Inc., and former Beatles manager.