NEWARK — The violence that broke out on St. James Place here on Friday morning had a familiar ring.

New Jersey — Seven people were shot, three of them fatally, in an explosion of violence in Newark on Thursday evening. The bloodshed was part of a spate of shootings and violent carjackings — including the carjacking of a state official — in the city over the last month. The latest eruption began about 4:30 […]