Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid outrage
NEW YORK (AP) - A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City 'ghetto' has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighborhood...
Ramarley Graham and the wailing cry of injustice
OPINION - The sound of a mother’s wailing cry is an alert that a great injustice has occurred. I have experienced that cry many times throughout my career in the social justice movement...
Man stole $500 from tot in liquor store
NBC New York - New York police are looking for a man seen on surveillance cameras snatching $500 from a 3-year-old boy's hand at a liquor store in the Bronx.
Bronx student shot after dispute over school suspension
NBC New York - A student at Bronxwood Preparatory Academy plans to sue the Department of Education after being shot while on the street, following a dispute with a secretary over bathroom privileges, the I-Team has learned.
3 released from prison after wrongful convictions in '95 murders
VIDEO - Three men walked out of jail into the arms of family members Wednesday night, after 18 years in prison on wrongful murder convictions...
NY judge issues anti-'stop and frisk' ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Police Department likely turned a blind eye to violations of the constitutional rights of thousands of individuals detained at private residential buildings in the Bronx in a stop-and-frisk program that's under assault in the courts, a federal judge said Tuesday...
Court date in NY hotel maid's suit vs Strauss-Kahn
NEW YORK (AP- A court date has been set for next week to discuss a New York City hotel maid's sexual assault lawsuit against former International Monetary Fund leader...
2 freed after 17 years in prison for murder
NBC New York - Cathy Watkins and Eric Glisson are enjoying their first night of freedom in 17 years. Ever since their convictions for the murder of a Bronx livery cab driver, they've insisted they were innocent.
NY court considers: Is gang member a terrorist?
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - In August 2002, a New York City street gang crashed a christening party, shouted out their superiority, confronted a rival and started a fight that left a 10-year-old girl dead and someone else paralyzed...
Farrakhan to Harlem crowd: 'You can’t keep blaming the white man'
theGRIO REPORT - Peace and personal responsibility was the keynote message of Minister Louis Farrakhan on Tuesday when he addressed a crowd of over 300 people in Harlem...
