Analilia Mejia’s strategy for winning the Democratic nomination to succeed Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill revolves around ...

Gov. Phil Murphy, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and a builder of film and television production facilities came together on Thursday to announce the start of construction on a $125 million studio in the ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka endorsed former rival Mikie Sherrill at a campaign event Wednesday following a lengthy primary campaign in which they faced off for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Baraka was led away in handcuffs some time after demanding to be let through a security gate at the Delaney Hall ICE facility, where a group ...

In November 2004, Obalaji Baraka was sentenced to a year of probation for a third-degree aggravated assault conviction in a domestic violence incident, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s ...

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 ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday by federal authorities for allegedly trespassing at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in his city. Baraka was led away in ...