Newark and Hot 97 team up for Who’s Next Festival Stage, a free hip-hop showcase of local artists June 20 ahead of Summer Jam.

Golden Globe-winning comedian Ramy Youssef celebrated nearly 3,000 Rutgers-Newark graduates Thursday for accomplishing ...

James, who served as mayor between 1986 and 2006, died Sunday at an elder care facility in West Orange, according to his son ...

New Jersey gubernatorial candidate and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka discusses Rock the Bells taking place at Prudential Center in Newark, Hot 97's Summer Jam ...

Whenever, wherever, Shakira’s fans were going to find a way to get to her sold-out concert in New Jersey Thursday night. Some ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a new federal immigration detention center he has been protesting against and was held in custody for several hours. Baraka was released around 8 p.m ...

being led away from the detention center by a Homeland Security Investigations officer. Newark’s mayor was arrested at a New Jersey ICE facility on Friday afternoon. Amanda Lee / News12 Baraka ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on Friday outside an immigration detention center he’s been protesting this week — and reportedly released hours later. “The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week and held in custody for several hours.Related video above ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested outside Delaney Hall, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Jersey. Photo: Popular Democracy in Action/ Storyful Newark Mayor Ras ...

In February, ICE awarded a 15-year contract to The Geo Group Inc. to run the Newark detention center. Geo valued the contract at $1 billion, in an unusually long and large agreement for ICE.