Newark Metro News

NEWARK -- Prosecutors say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was stolen nearly 34 years ago in Rhode Island has surfaced in central New Jersey.

A man identifying himself as a "reverend" in New Jersey tried to purchase awnings from a Panama City business for a school in Africa using stolen credit cards, according to a police report.

NEWARK -- Sen. Frank Lautenberg's re-election campaign has dropped its request to get the operator of Giants Stadium to give it discounted Bruce Springsteen tickets for a fundraiser event this weekend.

Officials at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey are considering up to 300 layoffs in an effort to close a near $50 million hole in next year's budget.

An unknown substance wafted through an Newark apartment building in Newark, sending at least 29 people to the hospital.

A 25-year-old Newark man stopped by police for walking along the southbound shoulder of Route 287 allegedly damaged two state police cruisers, using his head to shatter the window of one, the attorney general's ...

Ted Kucowski and his son Brandon, 8, compete in the New York City Triathlon. Ted pulled, towed and pushed his son, who is considered a quadriplegic in the competition.

In this April 7, 2008, file photo, Shalga Hightower looks at a memorial garden dedicated to three slain college students in Newark, N.J. Hightower lost her daughter, Iofemi Hightower in the attack which also ...

The hot weather continues in New Jersey, with much of the Garden State expecting to have temperatures in the 90s today.

A 25-year-old Newark man who collapsed after shattering a police cruiser window with his head on Interstate 287 in Hanover remained in critical condition on Friday at Morristown Memorial Hospital, a hospital ...

TRENTON -- The 2001 unsuccessful campaign of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bret Schundler Tuesday asked state campaign-finance regulators to let it forget $180,000 in debts it owes vendors.

West Chester, Pa. -- Sherman 'Jocko' Maxwell, the pioneering black sportscaster who chronicled Negro league baseball players before the racial barrier fell, has died.

A Roman Catholic priest from Poland has been indicted on charges he fondled a 16-year-old girl while aboard a flight to New Jersey.

NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey woman is suing the call girl linked to the downfall of New York Gov.

NEWARK -- New Jersey is more than a half-year into a mild recession that should end in early 2010, according to a Rutgers University economic forecast released Wednesday.

In this Aug. 24, 2007 file photo, Newark Director of Police Garry F. McCarthy speaks in his office in Newark, N.J. about the murder of three college students in Newark.

Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. AP Photo. By DAVID PORTER Associated Press Writer NEWARK, N.J. New York Red Bulls midfielder Claudio Reyna is retiring.

The maker of recalled heart drug Digitek faces at least nine federal lawsuits in New Jersey, including one where a patient died, alleging the drug was dangerous and defective.

NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey towns cannot ban sex offenders from living near parks and other places where children gather, a state appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue the city of Newark over an ordinance that regulates protests and other free speech activities.