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Gun was seized in "Operation Clean Halls" building in November

A day after a federal judge nixed a key part of the NYPD’s stop-and-fr...

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Sign denoting the “Operation Clean Halls” progam in 631 E. 220th St.

Bronx has fastest growth in public library usage

The New Year was starting off with such bad news: The nation seems eve...

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Michael Pineda shook hands with Curtis Granderson on the field at Yankee Stadium at ceremony honoring the New York Public Library’s most avid readers.

Bronx trauma surgeon pleads for end to gun violence after Newtown massacre

As Jacobi Medical Center’s chief trauma surgeon, Dr. Sheldon Teperman...

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Dr. Sheldon Teperman, director of trauma surgery at Jacobi Medical Center

Bronx defendants wait longest for trial

Nine months after an experimental merger in the Bronx courts was rever...

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The Bronx Hall of Justice

‘Stateside waiver’ program will help

BEGINNING March 4, “immediate relatives” of U.S. citizens needing an “...

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The Statue of Liberty stands tall in New York Bay, a beacon to immigrants worldwide

Cuomo would be wise to back DREAM Act

Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks with the Daily News Editorial Board in the Big Apple Conference Room at the Daily News' offices Thursday. (Craig Warga/New York Daily News)

A coalition of immigrant rights organizations released a letter addressed to Gov. Cuomo on Monday, two days before his annual speech, asking the governor to reaffirm New York’s tradition as a progress...

New York City to shut down 17 failing schools

This the Choir Academy of Harlem located at 2005 Madison Ave. The school is scheduled to be closed.

The city announced plans Monday to shut down 17 schools, many of which have never recovered from years of scandal and turmoil.

Bronx left out of city’s real estate rebound

In Riverdale.....?

Home prices in the borough remain stagnant as Queens and Manhattan see gains.

Bridge and Tunnel officers aid stricken motorists...

Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Sgt. Anthony Tramontana and Bridge and Tunnel Officer

It was all in a day’s work for three Bridge and Tunnel officers who came to the rescue of two New Yorkers in separate incidents on Sunday.

Adam Rivera of the Bronx to run 5K race through Di...

Adam Rivera of Riverdale shows off some of his running medals.

Fourteen-year old Adam Rivera is bound for Disney World - but not to meet Mickey Mouse. The Riverdale teen is headed to Florida this week to take part in the Walt Disney World Marathon Weeken...

Album Review: Ghetto Brothers, 'Power-Fuerza'

The Ghetto Brothers were a legendary band from the Bronx, and they recorded one album only, in the summer of 1971.

Think of street gangs in the ’70s South Bronx and you’re likely to shudder. The Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan have a better reputation for safety.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced new prog...

South Asian immigrants served by Westchester Square Partnership

The city is ramping up efforts to create new cooperative businesses and a Bronx group is one of two sites selected for a special training program.

Bronx students send letters to Sandy Hook Elementa...

A bus traveling from Newtown, Conn., to Monroe stops in front of 26 angels along the roadside on the first day back to classes for Sandy Hook Elementary School last Thursday.

As Sandy Hook Elementary School children made an emotional return to classes in a new building Thursday--three weeks after the massacre--they received some comfort in letters from Bronx students with...

Eating Along the 4 Line: Fordham Road stop

Carmen Alcantara of Flantastic specializes in this Latin dessert, and sells to area restaurants.

The 4 train stop at Fordham Road and Jerome Ave. is one of the Bronx’s more bustling commercial intersections. On weekends especially, its shops are filled with bargain-seekers, searching for affordab...

Wake & funeral for beloved TV producer

Friends, family and fans of late ZYNC TV/New York Linkz founder Eion (Dreadlessras) Saunders will gather today and tomorrow to remember the beloved television producer who died last month.

Bronx Catholic schools make case to Archdiocese

Sister Mary Cleary, principal of Our Lady of Angels, stands with students. They received a $100,000 check to keep the school open.

Bronxites trying frantically to keep eight Catholic schools open have a sympathetic ear in the priest who will decide their fates - but that doesn’t mean their beloved schools will be spared.

Disabled Bronxites say they're trapped in building...

Soundview Houses have no ramps for handicapped tenants. Former tenant association president Mary McGee is an advocate for those tenants. She is with Clarice Faulkner, 90, who cannot leave her building because she cannot get her wheelchair down the stairs. At right is home health aide Yokasta Collado.

Nine months after disabled residents of the Soundview Houses complained of being trapped in buildings without accessible ramps, and NYCHA vowed to fix the problem, they are still trapped.

43rd Precinct had 18 homicides in 2012, most in bo...

This 9-mm Highpoint Rifle was seized in search warrants in the investigation into the Murda Moore Gangstas, one of several violent Bronx gangs broken last year.

The first homicide in the city in 2013 happened in the Bronx on Thursday, when two women were shot, one fatally, on Story Ave. in the 43rd Precinct. The precinct covering Parkchester and Sou...

59-year-old Bronx woman first murder victim of the...

Diamond Dunn and her daughter Madison. Dunn was shot in the face by her boyfriend, who also allegedly killed her mother in a Bronx apartment building.

A young woman in the Bronx was staring death in the face Thursday when her mother jumped in front of her and took a fatal bullet to the chest. Elzina Brown, 59, an NYPD school crossing guard, was gunn...

Borough leaders eye more jobs, less crime in '13

Jobs, jobs and more jobs. That's what community leaders and politicians feel is among the boroughs' most pressing needs.

What are the borough’s most pressing needs? As we kick off 2013, the Daily News asked community leaders to share their views. Economic development, better education and resources for youth, and lower...

Cops hunt for teen suspected of stealing iPod - an...

After the robbery, the suspect used the victim's iPod to take photos of herself. Those photos are attached

Cops are hunting for a teen who robbed another girl at a Bronx bus stop — then used the victim’s stolen iPod to take incriminating pictures of herself.

Man holds daughter hostage

Barricaded Perp: barricaded male perp was barricaded inside an apartment at 592 E 141 in the Bronx early Thursday morning with a 4yr old girl. ESU and HNT arrived at the scene, with air bags, eventually gained entry into the apartment, bagging the barricaded perp, and securing the 4 yr old girl . (Joe Marino for New York Daily News)

A Bronx man was taken into custody early Thursday after holding his 4-year-old daughter hostage in his apartment for two hours, police sources said.

A tribute fit for a ‘King’

The late Puerto Rican guitarist Yomo Toro, known as ‘King of the Cuatro,’ will be honored at a special dance concert at the Copacabana. Photo Courtesy Aurora Flores

The Latin music world will gather next week to celebrate the life and music of legendary guitarist Yomo Toro.

Bronx grandmother jumps from burning building wher...

Granddaughter to one of the victims, Diana Gonsalves, moves through the rubble of blaze that killed three people.

A Bronx grandmother lost everything but her life in a deadly New Year’s Eve fire that killed her husband, sister and grandson in their home, family members said Tuesday.

Three die in Bronx blaze inside Beach Ave. home

Three died in a Bronx fire early Monday.

A massive Bronx blaze Monday morning killed a young boy and two elderly relatives — and sent survivors leaping from upper-story windows.

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