Gov. Phil Murphy, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and a builder of film and television production facilities came together on ...

Lionsgate Newark film studio breaks ground, launching a $125M project that will boost NJ’s production industry and create ...

Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to supporters and media after a court appearance in Newark, N.J., Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said federal ...

Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was released from custody Friday night following his arrest while protesting at a private detention facility that is expected to play a key role in U.S.

Anheuser-Busch will close its longtime Newark brewery after selling the site, shifting production and offering employees job ...

Prosecutors say Obalaji Baraka was arrested Thursday for violating a probationary sentence in a domestic assault case. He's the brother of Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and a city employee.

Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka (D) on Tuesday sued interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba in her personal capacity over his arrest last month outside a U.S. Immigration and ...

On Tuesday I wrote that the mayoral election in Newark, New Jersey, was a referendum on “education reform,” aka education privatization. The election results that night had “reform” candidate Shavar ...

On Tuesday, voters in Newark decisively elected Ras Baraka their next mayor. He's a city councilman and a high school principal who beat out a better funded opponent, Shavar Jeffries, after a bitter ...

Almuta Thomas, 31, Furquan Boykin Jr., 19, Quayon Williams-King, 26, and an unnamed juvenile have all been arrested on three ...