A Horrific Car Crash and Cops Honor Fallen Comrades

A contingent of riders from the Newark Police Department took part in the Police Unity Tour, a bike ride to Washington, DC meant to raise awareness of law-enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. 

Police said a man stabbed his girlfriend and two of her older children during a domestic dispute, then turned the knife on himself. The man and woman were listed in critical condition Thursday.

During a ceremony at city hall, a dog tag was returned to Willie Wilkins, a World War II veteran and South Ward resident. The tag, which Wilkins lost in southern France in 1944, was found by a Frenchwoman digging in her garden nearly 60 years later.

A groundbreaking was held for a new wing at Newark Tech High School. In atendnce was Gov. Chris Christie, whose administration is providing the lion’s share of funding for the expansion. 

Singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in jail after admitting she failed to file tax returns for several years.

Ten people were hurt after the compact car they were travelling in crashed into a fence on Irvine Turner Boulevard. Most of the passengers were young children.