Lawmakers joined A Bronx family mourning their father’s death from a single punch to the face, calling for criminal penalties to be enacted.
Posted on 02 October 2014.
Lawmakers joined A Bronx family mourning their father’s death from a single punch to the face, calling for criminal penalties to be enacted.
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Posted on 02 October 2014.
More than 50 people rallied outside the Bronx Supreme Court on Monday morning, demanding changes to New York state law that, they claim, would make the judicial process more just and efficient.
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Posted on 29 September 2014.
Police identified a suspect in the killing of a 14-year-old boy after a fight broke out at a party in the Bronx on Sunday. The suspect is also wanted in the related stabbing of three teens, all of whom survived.
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Posted on 26 September 2014.
Wednesday night, about 75 people in Tremont joined a candlelight vigil to show support for those in addiction recovery and to assert that former addicts can contribute positively to the local community.
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Posted on 26 September 2014.
A 25-year-old mother of two testified against the father of her six-month-old infant in Bronx Supreme Court on Wednesday, as the first witness in his trial on 28 counts of assault, possession of a weapon and attempted murder. The DA showed the jury graphic video of the alleged crime that the witness shot with her iPhone.
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Posted on 25 September 2014.
The parents of a Bronx girl who was sexually assaulted 16 months ago by an NYPD officer grimaced in the gallery yesterday when the judge announced that closure would have to wait at least another month.
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Posted on 24 September 2014.
Bronx advocates joined Manhattan’s largest climate change march Sunday, with a focus on curbing a business deal that would add more truck fumes to the area already plagued by high asthma rates.
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Posted on 24 September 2014.
A Hunts Point art group remembers their murdered friend with a new show that includes the work of young artists from the South Bronx and beyond.
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