Fire broke out in the third floor of an apartment inside a building on Astor Street in Newark around 1:30 a.m. trapping two children in a room, fire officials told ABC 7 Eyewitness News.
New Jersey health officials are warning that a person with measles visited in late March, possibly exposing many others to the virus including at Newark Airport.
"The message is very clear: If you’re a child, I don’t care. If you shoot a cop, you’re getting tried as an adult. I have no tolerance for violence and we’re gonna clean up New Jersey,” Interim New Jersey US Attorney Alina Habba said.
This is one of the most beautiful displays you will see here in New Jersey and it's only with us for a short time. It's the fabulous cherry blossoms in Newark, New Jersey.
Named for Newark police Sgt. Joseph Azcona, new legislation drafted by the NJ Attorney General would allow prosecutors to charge minors as adults if they're accused of hurting police officers.
A source told the New York Post that the 14-year-old who shot a Newark police officer comes from a "a really, really bad family" and his mother and her twin sister are known drug dealers in the Brick City.