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Mayor Ras Baraka Slams Newark ICE Raid: ‘Plain Violation Of The Fourth Amendment’

On Thursday, January 23, 2025, approximately “10 or 12” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents reportedly entered Ocean Seafood Depot in Newark, New Jersey and began requesting documentation of…

Newark To Host UFC 288

Fresh off of UFC 285 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dana White and company have set a date and location for UFC 288. The mixed martial arts event is set to…

Shakur Stevenson

Shakur Stevenson To Defend Super Featherweight Title In September

Shakur Stevenson will take his talents to the Garden State this fall. ESPN and Boxing Scene have reported that the unified super featherweight champion will defend his titles against Robson Conceição on…

Shakur Stevenson Outclasses Oscar Valdez In Dominant Title Unification Performance

April 30, 2022 will be remembered as one of the great nights in recent boxing history. Over in New York, Franchon Crews-Dezurn secured the undisputed super middleweight title. Not long…

Queen Latifah Breaks Ground On Housing Development In Hometown Of Newark

Queen Latifah has returned to her hometown of Newark, New Jersey to break ground on a new housing development called RISE LIVING. Complete with 76 housing units and 1,900 square…

Music

MTV Schedules 2022 Video Music Awards For August In New Jersey

For the first time since 2019, MTV’s Video Music Awards will take place in New Jersey. Over the weekend, the Viacom property announced that this year’s event will be held…

Newark Puts Up 700-Pound George Floyd Statue

City officials in Newark, New Jersey have erected a 700-pound statue of George Floyd. Commissioned by filmmaker Leon Pickney and designed by artist Stanley Watts, the statue will sit in…

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