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Bus Slams Into Building, Newarkers Charged in Fatal Carjacking Top Local News

Drug raid, 29-year-old fatally shot and historic firehouse reopens also make headlines.

Four men, including three from Newark, were arrested in connection with the fatal carjacking of a Hoboken attorney at the Short Hills Mall. Days earlier, the victim’s Range Rover was found abandoned in the city.

Agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration joined Essex County Sheriff’s officers and raided a drug lab in the North Ward, seizing hundreds of bags of heroin.

Several passengers were hurt after a NJ Transit bus and a taxi collided, sending both vehicles crashing into a building at Market and Washington streets.

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A 29-year-old city man was shot and killed.

The historic, 100-year-old Chestnut Street firehouse officially re-opened following a two-year renovation.

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