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Video posted to social media shows people screaming and running as police officers wrangled with members of the baby-faced mob outside the mall, with some appearing to resist and fight the cops. Other youngsters - who had the day off from school for Presidents' Day - were spotted whipping out their cellphones to film the chaos.

Police said the shooting erupted at 1061 Home St., the site of the El Palenque nightclub, in Longwood just before 2 a.m. on Feb. 14. Officers from the 42nd Precinct responded to the location after receiving calls about gunfire. When they arrived, they located two victims: a 36-year-old man shot in the stomach, and a 38-year-old man who was shot once in both legs.

Association founders Matt Kluger and Cary London said a major part of their drive to start a new group for Jewish lawyers who practice in the city's northernmost borough was their frustration with major legal organizations' responses to the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel and with they see as a lack of unity among Jewish lawyers. To combat antisemitism that's a main goal, said Kluger, who now serves as the Bronx County Jewish Bar Association's first president.

Bronx residents are more likely to experience systemic challenges that impact pregnancy, from living below the poverty line to limited access to healthy food and prenatal education. Yet the most preventable cause of maternal deaths is discrimination during hospital care. The maternal mortality rate is twice as high if the mother is Black, when compared to white moms. Over 71% of mothers who died during childbirth in the Bronx, were Black and Hispanic, according to the 2021 Health Department report.

Police are investigating after a woman was found dead inside her Bronx apartment on Saturday morning. According to authorities, cops from the 46th precinct were called to an apartment located at 38 Featherbed Lane at around 9:39 a.m. on Jan. 17 after family members of a 50-year-old woman asked for a wellness check. Upon arrival, cops discovered Susan Longton face up in her bedroom.

Bronx detectives are investigating the death of a four-year-old girl on Friday morning. Officers from the 49th Precinct responded to a location near Barnes and Adee Avenues in Williamsbridge at about 9:17 a.m. on Dec. 26 after receiving a 911 call for a female in need of assistance. Upon arriving at the scene, the officers found the four-year-old girl, who was unconscious and unresponsive.

Law enforcement sources the bloody incident unfolded at 2:25 p.m. on Dec. 9 on board a Bx38 MTA bus approaching Bartow and Gunther Avenues in Baychester. Sources familiar with the case said the two suspects approached the 15-year-old boy and began arguing with him because they didn't like the way he was looking at them. Seconds later, cops said, one of the attackers punched and kicked the boy, and the other perpetrator stabbed him in the chest multiple times with a sharp object.

The City University of New York (CUNY) released in November its second annual who's who of its massive alumni network with its 50 Under 50 list, and the Bronx was well represented, with honorees from the borough, educated at Bronx CUNY schools or with strong ties to the Boogie Down all making their mark on the world culturally, socially and economically. The Bronx Times caught up with a few of the list's esteemed honorees to get their reactions on being recognized, reflections on their journeys so far and their love story with the borough of the Bronx.

Cops say both Martinez and Lopez Castillo allegedly attempted to rob 26-year-old Ronell Marte just before 3 a.m. inside Starlight Park on Sept. 3. The pair allegedly approached Marte, a special needs adult, and held him up at gunpoint, demanding his cellphone. Things turned deadly when Martinez allegedly opened fire, shooting Marte in the chest. EMA rushed Marte to Saint Barnabas Hospital, but he could not be saved and was pronounced dead.

It's powerful to see a space being created to preserve that history and to educate and inspire the next generation. Being able to contribute alongside Resorts World to help bring this vision to life is an honor. This museum stands as a reminder of where we came from, and a celebration of everything Hip Hop continues to be.

a baby boy was briefly left alone in a stroller inside a Dunkin' Donuts in the Bronx on Tuesday morning, police said. The child, believed to be 3 to 4 months old, was found at 8:05 a.m. at 1791 Westchester Ave. in Soundview and remained unattended for about 20 minutes before officers from the 43rd Precinct responded to a 911 call about the abandoned child.

A 46-year-old BMW driver died early Sunday after he slammed into a support pillar underneath elevated subway tracks in the Bronx, police said. The driver was zipping south on Jerome Ave. in Fordham Heights when he sideswiped an I-beam supporting the overhead No. 4 train tracks near E. 181st St. just before 4:30 a.m., cops said. He then veered away, over-corrected and crashed his 2022 BMW 330i into another I-beam head-on, cops said.

The Bronx has always been the birthplace of movements-hip-hop, street art, sneaker culture, and now, the next chapter in New York's cannabis evolution. It's a borough that doesn't follow trends; it makes them. The people here don't need validation. They already set the tone. And when it comes to weed, that same Bronx authenticity shines through. The community isn't looking for weak or watered-down products-they're looking for fire weed that delivers on quality, consistency, and culture.