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George Floyd’s murder at the hands of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last year fueled a global movement for racial justice.

A Peruvian woman admitted Thursday to smuggling a large amount of cocaine from Peru to Newark concealed within wrapped chocolate candy inside her luggage.

A two-year pilot program is underway in New Jersey’s largest city to provide hundreds of low-income residents with guaranteed income through cash payments. The program kicked off in Newark on Monday for the first 30 residents of the program, with plans to expand to several hundred people by the fall. “Today I’m proud to announce that Newark has taken...

A 2-year-old girl in New Jersey was shot in the hip Monday afternoon in what police have called a “targeted” shooting. Police in Newark responded to the area near 14th Avenue and South 6th Street for reports of shots fired at 2 p.m. Witnesses said that more than half a dozen gunshots were heard. Officers learned the child had been…

When inside the home, the officers found the boy kept in a bedroom, in chains and padlocked to a fan, according to Newark police.

New Jersey firefighters on Thursday rescued a 77-year-old woman who had been trapped in her vehicle for days due to snow.

Police responding to a shooting at a Newark, Delaware, motel were dragged into a chase early Saturday as a car tried to flee the scene when officers arrived. Police responded to the shooting at a Red Roof Inn on the 1100 block of S. College Avenue around 3 a.m. and found the man suffering from a gunshot wound, according to…

Three men from Newark were arrested in connection with a large gathering involving the illegal serving of alcohol and gambling that took place over the weekend. Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose announced that José DaSilva, 53, Victor Pereira, 61, and Byron Barraza, 31, were arrested following the bust Saturday. According to Newark officials, at about 10 p.m., members…

Two women in New Jersey have been charged with illegally serving alcohol at two large parties over the weekend at a warehouse that had nearly 200 people inside at one point. Newark’s Department of Public Safety on Sunday announced that 23-year-old Rosa Mainato and 27-year-old Fanny Camas of Irvington allegedly served alcohol without a liquor license to people on Saturday…

Two women who served alcohol to over 200 people at an illegal “makeshift bar” in New Jersey were arrested over the weekend, according to authorities. Newark’s Department of Public Safety on Sunday said 26-year-old Denisse Tinizaray and 28-year-old Katherine Tinizaray were unable to provide paperwork that proved they had a license to sell alcohol at a warehouse on Libella Court…

New Jersey became the latest state to impose COVID testing mandates for flights originating in the U.K., Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday, as holiday travel compounds concerns that a more virulent strain will make its way to the tri-state. But just hours later, the CDC took what had been a regional requirement and made it national — all air travelers…

Hundreds of people in Newark, Delaware waited in line for a coronavirus test before the holidays so they can spend time with family and friends. NBC10 Delaware reporter Tim Furlong reports.

Students, parents and teachers in Newark waiting for in-person instruction will have to wait a bit longer — until late January, at the earliest. Newark Schools initially said students will undergo remote learning until at least the end of the first marking period — which would have been around early November. That will no longer be the case. Christopher Davis…

A Delaware teenage girl who went missing on Friday was beaten to death by her ex-boyfriend, police said. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has the story.

One of Delaware’s most popular parks might eventually charge people from out of state or even from out of town to use the parking lot. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has the details.

When Newark, N.J.-based filmmaker Ayana Stafford-Morris decided to start a pop-up drive-in movie theater, she realized that only a tiny number of the movies available for drive-in venues featured Black directors or casts. So she decided to change that.

An arsonist torched a Jewish center at the University of Delaware, investigators revealed Wednesday.

A fire at a Jewish center in Newark, Delaware, was ruled an arson. No one was hurt during the incident.

Police in Newark, Delaware, are cracking down on large gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. NBC10’s Tim Furlong has the details.

Tropical Storm Isaias knocked down trees, tractor trailers and sheds as it tore through the region Tuesday with multiple confirmed tornadoes