The son of a Newark imam and another woman were killed, and three others were shot, when a "lone gunman" opened fire on a car in the city's Central Ward on Wednesday morning, police said. (Seth Augenstein/The Star-Ledger)

NEWARK — The oldest son a Newark Imam was one of five people shot when a gunman opened fire on a car outside a city eatery this morning, police said.

Akbar Muhammad, who...

Melissa A. Pereira, 25 of Wayne, and boyfriend Jorge E. Rodriguez, 24 of Garfield, were last seen on Dec. 27 leaving Pereira's home. The couple had reservations at a bed and breakfast in Pennsylvania on Dec. 31 but never checked in. Police in Wayne and Garfield are urging anyone with information regarding their disappearance to contact authorities.James Kleimann/NJ.com

Melissa Pereira and Jorge Rodriguez were last seen on Dec. 27, leaving Pereira's home in Wayne. (1/19/14)

PATERSON — Material that could potentially be used to make homemade explosives and some marijuana plants were found in a northern New Jersey home when police responded there for a reported domestic incident.

Passaic County authorities would not provide specific details about the items found early today in the Paterson residence or release the names of the people who lived in the home. They also did not say if any arrests had been made.

Paterson police went to the home around 3:50 a...

A 39-year-old Ewing man was shot dead yesterday afternoon at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Chambers Street, police said. (Alyssa Mease/ The Times of Trenton)

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TRENTON — The identity of a 39-year-old man who was shot dead yesterday afternoon at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Chambers Street in Trenton has been releas...

Congregation members file into their seats at Temple Beth-El of Jersey City for an annual sabbath service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Former Jersey Journal columnist Earl Morgan spoke at the 29th annual event. Molly J. Smith/The Jersey Journal

Long time Jersey Journal columnist Earl Morgan spoke Friday night at Temple Beth-El of Jersey City’s 29th Annual Sabbath service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and noted a speech by King he attended in a ci...

One man is critically hurt and his juvenile son has serious injuries after a shooting in northwest Wichita last night.

A motive is unknown, but the victims' family members believe it might be gang related. Police are looking for two males in a red SUV, possibly a Tahoe, with tinted windows.

Just before 6 p.m. S...

Exceptional dryness brings the hazy days of winter

A high-pressure zone that has been warding off rain for months has worsened air pollution across California and the Southwest.

A band of sooty brown haze cloaks downtown Los...

Tiny Westmont has highest homicide rate in the county.

A Newark police officer was shot at during a foot pursuit in the Central Ward Thursday night, authorities say.Star-Ledger file photo 

NEWARK — Gang detectives were investigating drug activity in a Central Ward neighborhood when an u...

NEWARK — The third teenager shot on a South Ward street on Christmas night died early this morning in the hospital, authorities said,

Abdul Frazier, 14, was one of the three teenagers shot on Schley Street. He has spent the past three weeks at University Hospital where he died at 4:57 a.m. today, said Thomas Fennelly, the chief assistant Essex County Prosecutor.

The first two victims of the shooting, 13-year-old Zainee Hailey and 15-year-old Kasson Morman, died shortly after the atta...

 -- At least nine people were killed in a shootout between gunmen and inmates at a jail about 120 miles southwest of Mexico City, officials said.

The gunbattle occurred inside the Tuxpan jail in the city of Iguala on Friday in the early morning hours, the Guerrero state attorney general's office said in a news release.

Six gunmen managed to enter the jail by pretending to be public officials bringing a new inmate inside.

Once inside, the gunmen initiated a firefight with inmates and also...