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by Jennie Matthew Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A fire tore through a Bronx apartment building on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including a toddler, and leaving four others fighting for their lives in New York’s deadliest blaze in decades. The fire broke out around 6:51pm (2351 GMT) in a 25-apartment building near the Bronx Zoo, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the US financial capital. A one-year-old […]
(Eagle News) — Iglesia Ni Cristo members from Bronx, New York arranging goodie bags to be distributed for the “Lingap sa Mamamayan” or “Aid for Humanity” that would be simultaneously held worldwide. (Photos and videos courtesy of Sister Abigael Mayao)
by Thomas Urbain / Catherine Triomphe Agence France Presse A man opened fire in a busy New York hospital on Friday afternoon, killing a female doctor and wounding six other people before turning his weapon on himself, according to officials. The shooter was himself a doctor and former employee of the hospital, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio and police chief James O’Neill, who ruled out a connection to terrorism. He entered the building in […]
In South Bronx, the developers of the Bronx Commons, which is a 305-unit affordable-housing project, has added a concert hall, called the Bronx Music Hall, to their plans. The location for the hall is in Melrose Commons by Brook Avenue and East 163rd Street. The hall will take up 14,000 square feet and will include a performance space, a permanent exhibit on the history and influences of Bronx music, classroom and rehearsal space, and more. […]
Two New York police officers were shot on Thursday (February 4) at a public housing project and are in a stable condition, and one suspect is dead, authorities said. Three Housing Authority officers were patrolling stairwells at the Melrose Houses in the Bronx when they ran into two men. One of them pulled out a gun and opened fire, officials said at a news conference. One of the officers was grazed in the head and […]
