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1,465. The 1967 Newark riots were an episode of violent, armed conflict in the streets of Newark, New Jersey. Taking place over a four-day period (between July 12 and July 17, 1967), the Newark riots resulted in at least 26 deaths and hundreds more serious injuries. Serious property damage, including shattered storefronts and fires caused by ...
April 5, 2024 at 1:16 PM. NEWARK, NJ - Emergency responders are assessing the damage in the aftermath of a 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Tri-State area Friday morning. There were reports of ...
January 3, 2024 at 8:19 PM. Police are searching for a gunman who fatally shot an imam outside his mosque in Newark, New Jersey, on Wednesday, an incident that heightened fears in the Muslim ...
The paper dropped Newark from its masthead sometime in the 1970s, but is still popularly called the Newark Star-Ledger by many residents of New Jersey. During the 1960s The Star-Ledger ' s chief competitor was the Newark Evening News, once the most popular newspaper in New Jersey.
A member of the Democratic Party, Booker is the first African-American U.S. senator from New Jersey. He was the 38th mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013, and served on the Municipal Council of Newark for the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002. Booker was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Harrington Park, New Jersey.
December 14, 2023 at 4:09 PM. New Jersey Transit via AP. A bull ran through the train tracks in Newark Penn Station on Thursday morning, causing delays across several of New Jersey's transit lines ...
On June 8, about 70 protesters marched in Franklin Township, Gloucester County past a group of counter-protesters with All Lives Matter and Trump signs who mockingly re-enacted George Floyd's murder, with one man kneeling on the neck of another. The mayor and police chief of Franklin Township condemned the display.
The Newark Police Department is the largest municipal police force in New Jersey. In 2011 the size of the police department was reduced by 13% (167 officers) as the result of budget cuts. [14] [15] In November 2013, the NPD re-hired five officers who had been laid off, and another four who had previously worked in Camden . [16]