Two people died in a car crash in Newark early Saturday morning, police said. Ken Buffa reports.

Two female passengers died and three other people were injured in a car crash in Newark early Saturday morning, police said.  The black Infinity G35 hit a street cleaning pole and a tree near 15th Avenue and Hunterdon Street just after 3:30 a.m., Newark police said.  Two female passengers, identified by prosecutors on Sunday as Tahtiyana Green, 17, of...

New Jersey’s own rock legend, Jon Bon Jovi, was present Wednesday morning for the opening of his new JBJ Soul Kitchen restaurant at Rutgers University-Newark to make sure students struggling with food security don’t go hungry. This marks the first time his non-profit restaurant chain will be located on a college campus. Bon Jovi, along with his wife, Dorothea,...

Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi is set to open a third location of his Soul Kitchen restaurant at the Newark campus of Rutgers University to make sure college students don’t go hungry. The restaurant will offer diners the option of paying for their meals with money or through volunteer work.

The cop started taking payments in 2011 and continued through November 2016, accepting between $ 40,000 and $ 95,000 overall, prosecutors said

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Although the city says it has replaced more than a quarter of the 18,000 lead service lines into homes, well ahead of schedule, some residents are skeptical everything is being fixed correctly and if the water is even safe yet. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

The three cops are being hailed for keeping calm under pressure as they rolled up on the scene of two men arguing at a gas station. One pulled a gun and tried to hand it off to a female companion, when one of the cops sprang into action and the other two kept their weapons aimed at the suspects. NBC...

NBC 4 New York’s Katherine Creag talked with shoppers who headed out to make some last-minute holiday purchases on Christmas Eve.

For many, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. For others, not so much. It all depends where you celebrate Christmas, according to a recent study. WalletHub looked at a variety of factors to determine which cities are the best to celebrate the Christmas holiday. To determine the ranking, WalletHub compared the 100 biggest cities in the country based…

A man convicted in the shooting of a 5-year-old girl who was struck and injured by a stray bullet while walking home from a Fourth of July fireworks show is now headed to federal prison. Jamar Battle was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison and will also have to serve three years of supervised release once he’s freed….

Chopper 4 showed a heavy emergency response at the scene.

A 15-year-old is dead and an 11-year-old child is hospitalized after both were stabbed in New Jersey’s largest city Tuesday, authorities say. Reports of the stabbings near Highland and Park avenues in Newark came in around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Newark’s public safety director confirmed the teenager died and said the younger victim was expected to survive. No arrests have...

A 16-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday and charged with the murder of a 15-year-old boy and the stabbing his younger brother in New Jersey. Essex County prosecutors say the unnamed teen stabbed Elijah Alvarez and his 11-year-old brother after breaking into their home on Park Avenue in Newark on Tuesday. Alvarez died from his injuries and and said the younger…

The two sides met with a judge for hours on Monday, trying to agree on a new arrangement regarding the SOTA program, which NYC created in an effort to get housing in other cities, Newark in particular, for the city’s homeless population. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

New Jersey’s largest city is taking the Big Apple to court to halt its controversial Special One-Time Assistance program that allegedly relocates homeless individuals from New York City to live in often inhabitable conditions – including dilapidated and vermin-infested residences in Newark.

The president of a Louisiana bible college has been charged with sexually assaulting a student on a flight from Israel to New Jersey.

Another commercial flight has been targeted by a laser.

Residents in New Jersey’s largest city have something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Kelvin Beachum showed up in downtown Newark earlier this week with the greatest gift he could provide.