New Jersey Senator, Corey Booker introduced a new bill yesterday to legalize marijuana. The Marijuana Justice Act would legalize marijuana on the federal level and allow states to legalize locally. Senator Booker believes that legalizing marijuana would reduce violent crimes, reduce the incarceration of minorities, give police the opportunity to focus on more serious crimes, […]
The Atlantic City Council honored a New Jersey man who broke up a street fight between two African-American teen boys that was documented in a viral video Monday.
No arrests have been made as the Paterson Police Department and the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office continue their investigation.
A New Jersey Transit train crashed at a Hoboken station on Thursday morning, killing at least one person and injuring about 100 others, NBC News reports.
Tracy Morgan is giving back in a big way— proving that what goes around sure does come back around.
Erykah Badu loves the kids— so much so that the songstress made a surprise visit and gave an impromptu performance for students from The Future Project at Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, N.J.
A total of 76 out of the 324 samples taken were above the agency's action level. Five percent of the lead samples were discovered in water fountains or other sources of drinking water. Other tainted samples were from sinks only required for cleaning or washing hands.
In Newark, N.J., officials have closed the water lines for 30 schools in the Public Schools system due to the discovery of lead and discoloration. In a Wednesday announcement, New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection and school district are using water from other sources, the Huffington Post reports.
On March 3, police rescued a 16-year-old runaway, who they say was being sold for sex in Fairfield, N.J.
A case from 2011 where a New Jersey woman tossed her neighbor’s dog into oncoming traffic during an argument came to an end this week. Haniyyah Barnes was sentenced to four years in prison on Wednesday and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution to the neighbor, NJ.com reports. The news outlet shared details of the case, […]
No one noticed that snow was covering the car's tailpipe, pushing carbon monoxide into the vehicle.
Campus police released alerts online via Twitter and Facebook assuring the campus was safe. The tweets, posted by the account @keanuagainstblk, were sent shortly after a peaceful rally against racial bias on college campuses.
