Ras Baraka

New Jersey will officially suggest Newark as home for Amazon's second headquarters. The plan will include $7 billion in state and local tax breaks.

Mayor Ras Baraka said tight gun laws are not stopping weapons from entering Newark.

Close to 30 vehicles were confiscated and more than 10 arrests were made after dirt bikes and all terrain vehicles were seen racing in various parts of the city over the weekend.

The city doesn't hold undocumented inmates in jail at the request of the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The hip hop icon is promoting the city's "24 Hours of Peace," started after 12 people were killed in Newark in a single day.

City officials and other activists staged a motorcade protest Monday to demand more jobs for Newark residents at the main hub of the Port of New York and New Jersey.

New Jersey's largest city and Uber announced a deal in which the company will pay the city $3 million up front as part of a 10-year $10 million agreement.

In an emailed statement, Mayor Ras Baraka said the tentative agreement will keep Uber in Newark while protecting the existing taxi and limousine industry.

Newark's police department will shift to a more community-focused approach to policing, add more training and submit to federal monitoring as part of a consent decree resulting from a Justice Department probe that found that officers routinely used excessive force and made street stops that disproportionately affected minorities.

Gov. Chris Christie continued his push for more charter schools in Newark on Monday and took a jab at Mayor Ras Baraka, accusing him of protecting an "old, failed system."