Newark

The Buzz: Mass Shootings Take Place Over Mother’s Day Weekend at least Nine Reported. Phoenix An overnight shooting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel left one man dead and at least seven others wounded, Woodlawn, Maryland Right here locally three people are dead and another was injured during a shooting at a town home Saturday morning California At […]

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 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, […]

Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) called Democratic party leaders this morning to inform them of his plans to a run for a senate seat in 2014. Booker wrote in his op-ed: “These are the hard won lessons I have learned in Newark: if you can bring people together around common ideals, if you can  inspire people […]

According to reports, Whitney Houston’s death caused a ripple affect across the world and even caused some of the street’s most dangerous criminals to pause and reflect on life. Former high-ranking street gang member, Hykine Johnson posted a message on Facebook calling for citywide peace in honor of the super star on the day of her […]