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NY Police Crack Down on Discount Buses; Poor Safety Records Cited

New York police took a half-dozen tour buses off the road for violations as investigators probed the cause of two fatal crashes involving discount coaches and federal officials interviewed the driver involved in a weekend wreck that killed 15 people. Police on Tuesday set up a checkpoint in Chinatown, where the buses...

Death Toll Rises to 15 in Casino Bus Crash

The death toll from the horrific weekend bus crash on a New York highway rose to 15 today after a 70-year-old man died from his injuries, according to news reports. The man, who was not identified, died at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, where he had been taken after Saturday's crash in "very serious condition," The...

Officials: 13 Dead in NYC Tour Bus Accident

NEW YORK - Thirteen people died Saturday when a bus returning to New York City from a casino overturned on a highway and was sliced in half by the support pole for a large sign. The driver, who survived, told police he lost control while trying to evade a swerving tractor trailer. Police began a hunt for the truck, which...

Kool Herc Hospitalized: 5 Facts on a Hip-Hop Founding Father [VIDEO]

Pioneering hip-hop artist Kool Herc has been hospitalized because of a serious illness, friends say, and lacks health insurance to cover his medical bills. The 55-year-old Herc (born Clive Campbell) is "very sick," according to Sirius XM's DJ Premier, though specifics about his condition have not been released. On his...

Mystery Surrounds Death of Harlem Teen Found in the Snow

NEW YORK -- Sha-Sha Price didn't think she had to worry about her son Gregory. Price says the 17-year-old was a "happy, loving kid" who walked his little brother to school every day, always called to let her know where he was and never got into trouble with the law, or anyone else. And she says her son was a "mama's boy"...

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Funeral Held For Seven Bronx Zoo Crash Victims

Seven hearses â one for each of the victims â pulled up to an old brick church in the Bronx on Friday for the funeral for seven family members who died in a horrific highway accident that sent their SUV hurling over a guardrail and into a ravine.

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Nigerian Collaboration Sparkles with the Bronx Museum's smARTpower Initiative

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05/25/12 Acquitted in Bronx Of Running Down Officer, Felon... Source: The Chief Leader - New York NY The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association last week praised Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown for obtaining the conviction of a man who stole a car he later used to run over a police officer.
05/25/12 Bronx Notes: Free Screening of âGun Hill Roadâ Source: Norwood News - Bronx NY The Bronx Museum of the Arts is screening the Bronx-based film "Gun Hill Road" tonight.
05/25/12 Bronx car wash workers file lawsuits against employer Source: New York Daily News - New York NY Immigrant workers at a Bronx car wash are suing their employer for unpaid wages and overtime.
05/24/12 Dedicated Bronx foster mom gets treated to makeover,... Source: New York Daily News - New York NY Valerie Gibbs was taking in foster children long before the city Administration for Children's Services recognized her open door and big heart.
05/24/12 Bronx public housing developments threaten to sue... Source: New York Daily News - New York NY Residents of two public housing developments in the Bronx are threatening to sue the Bloomberg administration for repairs they claim are long overdue.

Background on Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated.

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