This City Was Forced to Overhaul Its Police Department. Crime Plummeted.

A federal judge said she was prepared to release Newark from a 2016 consent decree imposed after investigators found the city’s police routinely used excessive force and conducted unconstitutional stops and searches.

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Newark Airport Crisis Has Eased but Tech and Staffing Issues Persist

United Airlines said it had a very good summer at Newark airport. But air traffic control equipment issues and staffing shortages remained unresolved.

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Trump-Driven Chaos Comes to U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Waves

In Manhattan, Brooklyn, Albany and Newark, confusion has reigned as prosecutors are fired or walk out, and U.S. attorneys serve in limbo while awaiting confirmation.

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Trump Nominates Alina Habba as New Jersey’s Permanent U.S. Attorney

Ms. Habba, the president’s former spokeswoman and personal lawyer, has been serving in an interim capacity. She had no prosecutorial experience when she was appointed.

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Rep. LaMonica McIver Pleads Not Guilty to Assault at Migrant Detention Center

Representative LaMonica McIver was caught up in an onrush outside a troubled Newark immigration facility where, weeks later, four detainees escaped.

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How People Are Coping With the East Coast Heat Spike

A brutally hot day across the Eastern United States left residents struggling to find relief.

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Mahmoud Khalil Returns to New York After Months in Detention

The Trump administration remains committed to deporting Mr. Khalil, a Columbia graduate and leading figure in the pro-Palestinian protest movement.

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Equipment Outages Vexed Newark Airport Controllers for Years

Records show that air traffic controllers handling Newark Liberty International Airport flights have grappled with equipment outages since at least 2023, an anxiety-causing situation they call “plug and pray.”

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2 of 4 Men Who Escaped From Immigration Detention Center Are Caught

The men had been on the lam for three days after breaking out of the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark.

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What Led to 4 Detainees Escaping a Migrant Facility in Newark?

Conditions had been deteriorating at Delaney Hall in Newark for days. Detainees complained about erratic meals and crowded conditions. Then their frustrations boiled over.

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