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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka briefly returned Tuesday to the gates of the federal immigration detention center where he was arrested last week on trespassing charges. Baraka, a Democrat running for governor in the June 10 primary, was turned away from Delaney Hall, the facility where he was arrested Friday. He departed and stayed about a half ...

A man who was accused of killing and dismembering his roommate in Groton and leaving part of her body in a suitcase near a cemetery by their apartment has died. Donald Coffel, 68, of Groton, died on Friday at the Corrigan Correctional Center, according to the Connecticut Department of Correction. They said his death is not considered suspicious and...

NJ Transit and an engineers’ union appear to be steaming ahead to the first major rail strike in decades starting early Friday, even as both sides convene in Washington, D.C., where they pledged to continue negotiations. Representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers were called to the capital by federal arbitrator...

President Donald Trump endorsed Republican Jack Ciattarelli in New Jersey’s GOP primary, saying he’s gone “ALL IN” on the “Make America Great Again” agenda. Trump’s endorsement came Monday in a Truth Social post and gives Ciattarelli’s campaign a boost as he competes against two other Trump supporters and a state senator who...

The Oswaldo Cabrera leg injury came as he made an awkward slide to score the Yankees’ final run against the Mariners last night.

Former President Barack Obama is coming to Connecticut. He will join The Connecticut Forum in June.  It is in partnership with the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Former President Obama will talk about his presidency, his current work with the Obama Foundation and the challenges we face today. “For more than three decades, The Forum has...

Prosecutors have said a 2016 surveillance video showed Combs trying to drag Cassie Ventura back to a hotel room where a “freak off” was occurring. 

Authorities have a 14-year-old person of interest in custody in the shooting that killed a 16-year-old girl as she rode on her scooter near a Bronx school, according to police, according to two law enforcement sources with direct knowledge of the case. He was arrested Tuesday by U.S. Marshals and NYPD Task Officers from the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regi...

The Knicks beat the Celtics in Game 4 to take a 3-1 series lead, putting them one victory away from their first appearance in the conference finals since 2000.

Law enforcement officials in Burlington County have charged Hunter Roy, 26, of Maple Shade, after he, allegedly, filmed himself sexually abusing dogs and shared over 9,000 files of child porn online.

Police say a killer is still on the run following a deadly stabbing aboard an MTA bus in Brooklyn. According to law enforcement, 41-year-old Alvin Francis and a second man got into an argument on a J90 shuttle bus in Cypress Hills. Police said the fight broke out between the two men over a seat on the bus. The incident…

After nearly three weeks, one of the largest wildfires in New Jersey’s history is now completely contained. On Monday, May 12, 2025, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service confirmed the Jones Road Wildfire in Ocean and Lacey townships in Ocean County was 100% contained after burning a total of 15,300 acres. While the fire is contained, officials warn t...

A possible NJ Transit rail strike doesn’t lie! NJ Transit announced it’s canceling train and bus service to MetLife Stadium for the Shakira concerts on Thursday and Friday due to the possibility of NJ Transit engineers calling a strike by the end of the week. The news could impact hundreds if not thousands of attendees to the shows, in....