Essex County

A man who admitted killing his wife-to-be and her dog because he was ashamed to tell the woman he'd lost his job was sentenced to more than three decades in New Jersey State Prison on Thursday.

Although people in these communities doggedly researched the novel coronavirus and readily adopted mandated health guidelines, many still felt a sense of distrust about the approved shots.

State Health officials are reviewing the CDC recommendations and Murphy was not ready to commit to a course of action.

An accused bank robber could literally be a marked man after a brightly colored dye pack exploded as he ran from a Newark bank Saturday morning, as seen on video.

A State Police trooper was injured in a crash on the Garden State Parkway Friday afternoon.

Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said Officer Elijah Melvin was part of the response to a report of "family trouble" at a home in the South Ward around 5PM Wednesday.

The state Attorney General offered a formal apology Tuesday for decades of systemic targeting of establishments that welcomed LGBTQ patrons, up to a landmark court ruling.

During a fight, police said the woman also bit a man in the arm who tried to intervene and pulled another woman's hair and hit her face.

A week after it was erected, the George Floyd statue in front of Newark City Hall was discovered to be vandalized on Thursday morning.

Rep. Donald Payne's desk was covered with a bed sheet that could be seen by participants in the hearing that started at 8:30 a.m.