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Within the last six months in West Orange, there’s been at least 10 types of incidents where a home or car got broken into.

Voters in Essex County cast their votes Tuesday in the 2023 primary elections for state, county and local seats. Check back here for the unofficial county and local results, which will be updated as they become available. Vote totals will be listed for all races. Winning candidates will have an X in front of their names.

Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Department of Health and Community Wellness Director Ketlen Baptiste Alsbrook are urging city residents to take precautions during the air quality alert issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), which is expected to remain in effect until further notice. “Due to heavy...

In court documents obtained by Action News, authorities detail the mother's last moments alive before her gruesome death.

Cornelius and Relona Crews, both 46, were arrested following a three-month investigation after police said they executed a search warrant at their home on the 900 block of Walnut Street. The Crews' are charged with first-degree operating a controlled dangerous substance production facility, along with additional charges related to the...

In a heartbreaking incident that unfolded in Jersey City on June 5, 2023, the life of a 15-year-old boy named Tyshawn Smith was tragically cut short. The local authorities, including the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department, have launched an investigation to uncover the circumstances surrounding this devastating event.

The haze drifting south from Canadian wildfires is posing hazards to persons with heart or lung disease, older adults, children and teens across the Northeast and northern New Jersey, according to AirNow.gov, a partnership of federal environmental agencies. Morristown’s air quality on Tuesday evening was categorized as “unhealthy,” and it’s...

As an orange haze of wildfire smoke from Canada smothers parts of the eastern US, officials are warning residents in both countries of unhealthy or hazardous air Wednesday.

EAST ORANGE, NJ — The mother and sister of a 39-year-old former Newark man, shot dead behind the wheel of his car on June 1, say his killing “makes no sense” as he had “worked hard to leave his past behind him.” Essex County homicide detectives and East Orange police continue to seek a gunman on a scooter who sprayed a parked car with bullets on Thursday, June 1, killing Omar Johnson-Pilgrim, 39, a Newark man and convicted felon who was living here with relatives while on parole. Police officers found Johnson-Pilgrim seriously wounded in his parked car on Steuben Street, near...

Dangerous smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to shroud New York City in an acrid, hazy blanket — prompting yet another air quality alert on Wednesday. Public schools across the Five Boroughs cancelled all outdoor activities on June 7, and Mayor Eric Adams warned those with respiratory conditions and others vulnerable to the smoke — including children and seniors — to stay inside as air quality levels hovered into “unhealthy” levels.

By Tuesday evening, New York City had the most polluted air in the world with an air quality index rating of 196. On Saturday, the city's AQI rating was 15. Smoke from hundreds of wildfires throughout Canada drifted into the United States on Tuesday triggering air quality concerns across the East Coast.

A view of the Manhattan skyline from the Hoboken waterfront on Tuesday evening. As air quality warnings continue, an environmental health professor from NYU offers simple tips for protecting one’s health from wildfire smoke. [ more › ]

Police say they have made an arrest in a fatal stabbing in Riverside. Police responded to Nugent Drive Tuesday afternoon after receiving a call about a man stabbed. The victim, whose name has not yet been released, was rushed to the hospital where he died. Police arrested 20-year-old Gelber Lopez-Perez...

ABC7NY's Air Quality Tracker provides real-time updates on the latest air quality data available from government monitors across the city and the region.

A New Jersey man was sentenced this week for embezzling more than $300,000 from a his former employer, a national hotel chain, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Marco Alvarez, 47, of Bloomfield, was handed down a 15-month prison term after pleading guilty to a single count of wire fraud in April 2022. As part of his sentence, he will also be subject to three years of supervised release and is required to pay $317,582 in restitution, prosecutors said.

An out-of-control drunk driver was charged with manslaughter Tuesday after crashing his car and striking a car, killing two people in Queens, police said.  Tamir Khan, 22, was driving a 2013 Audi A4 northbound on 117th Street in South Ozone Park Monday around 4:25 a.m. when he smashed into a Toyota Camry traveling westbound on 111th Avenue. The Camry was sent flying into a wooden pole.  The driver of the Camry, John Inderdeo, 64, was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center where he died. The front seat passenger, 71-year-old Charles Harris, succumbed to his injuries Tuesday morning, cops said.  After the fatal crash, Khan continued...

Smoke hangs over New York City for another day, as winds have blown smoke from unchecked Canadian wildfires into the region. FOX 5 NY's Robert Moses has the story.

NEW YORK CITY, NY – The New York City Police Department continues its ongoing investigation into a series of robberies within the 34th Precinct, with two arrests recently made and one individual still sought. The two arrested individuals are Osriel Lewis, 23, from the Bronx, NY, who was taken into custody on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, and Angel Pimentel, 29, also from the Bronx, arrested on Thursday, May 5, 2022. The department is still seeking information on the location of two unidentified males believed to be involved in two incidents that occurred on Monday, April 25, 2022. The post Suspects charged for multiple robberies in the Bronx appeared first on Shore News Network.

The Hamptons real-estate agent killed alongside her toddler in a “ghost plane’’ crash was adopted at age 40 by notable Trump donors — who said she reminded them of their daughter who had died in a tragic scuba diving accident almost 30 years ago. Adina Azarian, a top longtime New York realtor, and her 2-year-old daughter, Aria, were two of four people killed when a private jet crashed in rural Virginia on Sunday, said her adoptive father, John Rumpel. Rumpel, a Florida business magnate and GOP donor who gave $250,000 to then-President Donald Trump’s failed 2020 re-election campaign, said Azarian, 49,...

SUMMIT, NJ - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an 'Air Quality Action Day' for Union, Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex counties until midnight EDT Wednesday night (June 7). Sensitive individuals including those with heart or lung disease, the elderly, and the young should limit strenuous activities and the amount of time active outdoors. Levels of fine particulates will rise into unhealthy for sensitive groups category statewide today and Wednesday and likely last into the evening hours both days due to wildfire smoke transport from eastern Canadian wildfires. For additional information, visit njaqinow.net. The City of Summit Police and Fire Departments are advising that the wildfires are causing a smoke odor and hazy conditions locally. Those notice large volumes of smoke that are not consistent with haze please dial 911 immediately.