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Barnard College fired pregnant woman to avoid paying her maternity leave, union claims
Barnard College is accused of laying off a custodian who is eight months pregnant to avoid paying her maternity leave, in violation of her union contract, her union leaders said on Wednesday. Bronx woman Shakira Zahiruddin, 32, had been working at the all-women’s institution on Manhattan’s Upper West Side until August 26 when she was…
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Fast-spreading blaze brings down 3 Bronx homes, leaving 13 firefighters injured
The New York Fire Department has revealed that 13 team members were injured with one in critical...
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4-year-old found alive in apartment with bodies of mom and brother, who had been dead for 2 weeks
A four-year-old child was discovered in an apartment with the bodies of her mother and brother,...
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After 3 years, NYC man who fatally shot pregnant ex-girlfriend in front of her kids gets 40 years
A Bronx man, Justin Soriano, 44, has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for the fatal...
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Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman is helping Bronx teens pay for college with $25k scholarships
Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman is stepping up for two Bronx teens by awarding $25,000 scholarships to help kickstart their college journeys. The recipients are Elani Wyatt, who graduated from Equality...
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Suspect in horrific Bronx rape case turned in by his mom
Beverly Parks, the mother of the man suspected of lassoing a woman around the neck with a belt, pulling her unconscious, and raping her, assisted in his arrest. The 56-year-old told the New York Post,...
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That experiment by legendary DJ Kool Herc that gave birth to Hip Hop 49 years ago
The street name 1520 Sedgwick Avenue and the date August 11, 1973, have become synonymous with the roots of the biggest music genre, hip hop. What started exactly 49 years ago as art by Jamaican-born DJ...
