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8-Year-Old New Jersey Girl Who Killed Herself Saw a Story Online About Another Child’s Suicide, Sources Say

It is still not clear why an 8-year-old New Jersey girl decided to take her own life over the weekend, but sources close to the investigation report that she had seen a story on Facebook about another little girl killing herself in a similar manner. According to NBC 4 New York, Essex County, N.J., prosecutors…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

December 13, 2017
Newark, NJ, Files Suit Against Opioid Manufacturers

I have an uncle who will tell anyone willing to listen about his history of drug use. He will unabashedly talk about using cocaine in every form. He lists barbiturates, hallucinogens and every imaginable mind-altering concoction in a history of drug use that dates to the ’70s. “But those Percs and Oxies,” he told me,…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

October 6, 2017
How a Family Tragedy for Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka Inspired a Haven for Domestic Violence Survivors

On a balmy summer night in 2003, 31-year-old Shani Baraka and her partner, Rayshon Holmes, 30, went to Baraka’s older sister’s house to retrieve some of her belongings. Her sister, Wanda Pasha, was separating from her increasingly violent and erratic husband, who lay in wait at her Piscataway, N.J., home. He shot and killed Baraka…

By

Angela Helm

Published

August 30, 2017
White Man Attacked With Hammer at Gas Station Being Investigated as Possible Hate Crime

Police are looking for a New Jersey woman after she allegedly attacked a white man at a Virginia gas pump and called his wife—who is white—“racial slurs,” leading to the incident being investigated as a possible hate crime. According to WTVR, the incident occurred over the weekend at a Carmel Church Exxon gas station off…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

April 5, 2017
Entertainment

I’m Not Sure What’s Going On, but I Think Actress Mindy Kaling and Sen. Cory Booker Are Going on a Date?

I’m really confused right now, but I’m just going with it and writing this piece anyway. As it turns out, actress Mindy Kaling and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) may have a dinner date coming up after a strangely flirtatious Twitter exchange about the actress’s show. In a recent episode of The Mindy Project, Kaling’s character…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

March 27, 2017
Police Track Down NJ Man Wanted in Connection With Newark Stabbing That Left 3 Dead

Authorities have tracked down a New Jersey man who was wanted in connection with a weekend knife attack in Newark, N.J., that left three dead, including two children, CBS News reports. Officials confirmed late Sunday night that they had found and were questioning Jeremy Arrington, 26, who had been identified as a “person of interest”…

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Breanna Edwards

Published

November 7, 2016
Police Searching for NJ Principal Reported Missing

Police are enlisting the public’s help in the search for a New Jersey principal who was last seen Wednesday at the Newark school where she works, NJ.com reports. Bertha S. Dyer, 68, was reported missing Wednesday by her sister, who told authorities that Dyer was last seen around 3 p.m. Tuesday at Newark’s Mount Vernon Elementary School, where…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

September 2, 2016
Politics

Newark, NJ, Police Chased 10-Year-Old Boy With Guns Drawn in Case of Mistaken Identity

A Newark, N.J., 10-year-old was left in tears after he was chased down an alley by officers who had their guns drawn after they allegedly mistook him for a suspect in an armed robbery, WABC reports. “Some police started coming this way with guns pointed at me, and then I ran into the backyard,” Legend…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

August 23, 2016