He was 89 years old. James, who served as mayor between 1986 and 2006, died Sunday at an elder care facility in West Orange, according to his son John Sharpe James, a former Newark city councilman.

D, speaks during a rally for U.S. Rep Lamonica Mciver at the Post Office in Newark, New Jersey. McIver pleading not guilty to ...

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assembly member and Democratic socialist, came in first in Tuesday's ranked-choice ...

Mayor John Carney signed the proclamation at Crimson Moon, the only official LGBTQ+ bar in New Castle County. The crosswalk ...

Baraka says the data proves it's time to discuss the program's expansion, as Newark participants saw decreased homelessness ...

Newark mayor denies tres­passing at im­mi­gration detention center following arrest BY Associated Press New Jersey UPDATED 9:35 AM ET May. 11, 2025 ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has sued New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor over his arrest outside a federal immigration detention facility on a trespassing charge, saying the Trump-appointed attorney ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Saturday denied trespassing at a new federal immigration detention center during a confrontation that led to his arrest while the Democrat was at the ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is raising alarms over reported chaos and inhumane treatment of migrants at a private prison in Newark contracted by the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs ...

West Palm Beach Mayor Keith James said he’s personally met with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, on city-produced podcast interview published earlier this month.

If former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is elected mayor, he plans to introduce a system called CitiStat to tackle many of ...