Clark

NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Recently surfaced audio recordings capturing Mayor Sal Bonaccorso using profanity and racist language has propelled this small town into a national spotlight. But amid the outcry, Black residents of Clark and the surrounding area say that they aren’t surprised — and that the town’s history of bigotry is now on full display. Bonaccorso, who has been mayor for over...

Clark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso apologized after the recordings, first revealed in legal papers, allegedly captured him using racial slurs to describe Jewish people and Black people. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

The mayor of Clark, New Jersey, offered an apology for “hurtful and insensitive language” he used to describe different groups of people, as well as remarks about female police officers. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

Bonaccorso called his language “hurtful and insensitive…it was wrong. I’m embarrassed and ashamed to have spoken that way about a race of people. I have learned, and I have changed and it will not happen again,” he said in a video posted to YouTube

The mayor of Clark had to face town residents demanding answers after he was recorded allegedly making racist and sexist remarks. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.

Controversy, outrage and calls for resignation were growing in Clark Township on Monday, after Mayor Sal Bonaccorso was accused of repeatedly using the hate-filled and racist language, which can be heard on recordings obtained by NBC New York.

The mayor of Clark, New Jersey, was accused of repeatedly using hate-filled and racist remarks, and NBC New York obtained some of the recordings. Jonathan Dienst reports.

The 20-year-old New Jersey college student who was killed in a crash while acting as a designated driver for friends was mourned in an emotional funeral mass Monday,

A New Jersey restaurant manager appeared to fire a college student after she asked if someone could cover her shift so she could attend a friend’s funeral, according to texts obtained by NBC 4 New York.

A 20-year-old student who was in critical condition after a horrific crash near The College of New Jersey campus in Ewing on Sunday has died, the president of the school said.

Five college students and three others remain hospitalized in critical condition after a horrific crash near The College of New Jersey campus in Ewing early Sunday morning.

The family of a college student who died after choking during a pancake-eating contest at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield has filed a lawsuit against the school.

The brother of an unarmed man fatally shot in his grandmother’s backyard by Sacramento police last month has been arrested for making death threats, according to the department. Stevante Clark, 25, was arrested Thursday on charges of making threats to commit crime resulting in death and calling 911 with intent to annoy or harass, according to police records.

Outspoken Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who built a following among conservatives nationally with his provocative social media presence and strong support of Donald Trump, resigned on Thursday.

A 20-year-old Connecticut college student whose father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks has died after choking during a pancake-eating contest.

A 20-year-old Connecticut college student whose father was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks has died after choking during a pancake-eating contest.

A 20-year-old student at a Connecticut university has died after choking during a pancake-eating contest on campus.