The Latest Breaking News from Bronx

Teens in Bronx juvenile holding facility take three staffers hostage

NEW YORK — Using glass shards from a broken window as weapons, a group of teens held three staff members against their will at a Bronx juvenile detention center this week, law enforcement sources told the Daily News.

Tribune News Service · Jan 27, 2022

Gunman shoots patient in hospital sending chaotic emergency room into lockdown

A man at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx, New York, suddenly pulled out a gun and fired four times at a patient who is believed to have been known to him, before running away

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2022

Sen. Schumer, Rep. Torres pledge federal fire safety measures following Bronx inferno

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged on Tuesday to pursue a four-pronged package of federal fire safety measures after this month’s deadly Bronx blaze, saying that he expects bipartisan support.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2022

Review: A generic modern fairy tale in 'The Royal Treatment'

In the new Netflix movie “The Royal Treatment,” Laura Marano plays Izzy, the owner of a rundown hair salon in the Bronx who gets an unexpected client in Prince Thomas of Lavania one day

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

Could publishing graphic photos of mass shooting victims actually lead to gun control?

Some say publishing the upsetting images is important. Mental health experts aren’t so sure.

Mic · Jan 19, 2022

Cardi B, raised in the Bronx, covers funeral costs for victims of apartment fire

Rapper Cardi B, who was born in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood and raised in the Bronx, is covering funeral expenses for victims of an apartment fire that killed 17 people.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 19, 2022

Bronx native Cardi B to cover funeral costs for all 17 victims of deadly borough high-rise blaze

NEW YORK — Grammy-winning Bronx native Cardi B pledged Wednesday to cover the funeral costs of all 17 victims of a high-rise building fire in her home borough.

Tribune News Service · Jan 19, 2022

Cardi B offers to pay funeral costs for Bronx fire victims

‘I knew I needed to do something to help’

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022

Bronx native Cardi B offers to pay fire victim burial costs

Cardi B has offered to pay the burial costs for all 17 people killed in a fire in a New York City high-rise

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022

1 dead, 7 injured in Bronx building collapse after gas explosion

NEW YORK — A 77-year-old woman was killed and two other senior citizens injured in a fiery Bronx gas explosion that leveled their three-story residence Tuesday morning as one lucky survivor fled barefoot through the flames with her little boy, authorities said.

Tribune News Service · Jan 18, 2022