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As overdose deaths climb in NYC, East Harlem residents say a safe space for users is hurting their neighborhood

NEW YORK — As the death toll from opioids skyrockets in New York, the role of supervised drug injection centers in reducing fatalities has been a key focus of attention.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2023

Drake and 21 Savage pause Apollo concert after fan falls from mezzanine

Drake and 21 Savage were forced to halt their Sunday concert at the Apollo Theater in New York after a concertgoer fell from the historic Harlem venue’s balcony section.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 23, 2023

Man charged with killing a doctor, fatally slashing stranger’s throat, attacking bar patrons in NYC spree

NEW YORK — A man stopped by police in a stolen Mercedes-Benz in the Bronx has been charged with randomly stabbing to death of a doctor in a Harlem park, fatally slashing a stranger’s neck on a Lower East Side sidewalk, and stabbing two customers inside an East Harlem bar…

Tribune News Service · Dec 27, 2022

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Princess Diana's impromptu act in New York changed Kate Middleton's royal role

Diana, Princess of Wales visited New York several times over the years and had one of her most famous encounters during a visit to Harlem Hospital in February 1989

Irish Mirror · Dec 19, 2022

Subway rider stabbed during unprovoked attack in Harlem station, NYPD says

NEW YORK — A rider was stabbed in the back during an unprovoked attack at a Harlem subway station early Friday, police said.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022

Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73

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The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2022

Who is Tito Puente? Google Doodle celebrates American ‘Nuyorican’ musician

The Puerto Rican artist, who grew up in Spanish Harlem, is being celebrated by Google for Hispanic Heritage Month in the US

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022

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Blues for an Alabama Sky review – Harlem renaissance drama is a tale for our times

A group of friends in 1930s New York pursue diverging dreams in a transfixing production of Pearl Cleage’s play directed by Lynette Linton

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022

British artists recreate ‘A Great Day in Harlem’ photo for Black History Month

Project marks 40th anniversary of British black arts movement and features emerging black talent

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2022

‘Today’ show’s Al Roker getting his own ice cream flavor at local Harlem shop

Here’s the scoop about Al Roker. Harlem’s Sugar Hill Creamery plans to roll out a flavor dedicated to the popular “Today” show weatherman.

Tribune News Service · Sep 26, 2022

NYPD union may sue teen punched out by cop in caught-on-camera clash

NEW YORK — An NYPD union may sue the 19-year-old woman who tried to interfere with her boyfriend’s arrest for attempted-murder in Harlem — and was slugged by a city cop as a result.

Tribune News Service · Sep 1, 2022

Review: 'Stories From the Tenants Downstairs,' by Sidik Fofana

FICTION: Eight linked stories about resourceful neighbors in a Harlem apartment building.

Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022

Would New York’s crack cocaine epidemic spread to London? The Observer investigates in 1987

Our reporters took to the streets of Harlem to assess the dangers of the lethal drug. By Michael Segalov

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

Race, police and politics: 1964 and now

America's first year of urban "riots" (or "uprisings") changed our politics forever — and not in a good way

Salon · Jul 21, 2022

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The Guardian - US · Jul 18, 2022

Live From Emmet’s Place: inside New York’s most exclusive jazz concert

Early in the pandemic, jazz pianist Emmet Cohen started a weekly gig in his apartment. It only has eight attendees but online fans all over the world

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2022

Suspected NYC serial stabber arrested in attacks on sleeping homeless victims

NEW YORK — The knife-wielding attacker suspected of stabbing three sleeping homeless men in Manhattan, killing one, was arrested Wednesday morning after a passer-by spotted him at a Harlem bus stop, a police source said.

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2022

Family defends man killed while apparently attacking Harlem bodega worker: ‘He’s not a monster’

‘Everyone is judging him on a clip of video’

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

College basketball player killed in NYC shooting; 8 wounded

A college basketball player was killed and eight other people were wounded Monday in an early-morning shooting at a gathering in Harlem, New York City police said

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Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

Nine people shot, 1 fatally at Harlem barbecue

NEW YORK — Nine people were shot in Harlem early Monday, one fatally, police said.

WEKU · Jun 14, 2022

'1619 Project' journalist lays bare why Black Americans 'live sicker and die quicker'

Linda Villarosa says bias in the health care system and the "weathering" affect of living in a racist society are taking a serious toll on African Americans. Her new book is Under the Skin.

Tribune News Service · Jun 11, 2022

3 murders kick off violent start to the weekend in NYC

NEW YORK — Two fatal shootings and the stabbing murder of a Harlem woman kicked off a bloody weekend across the city as cops begin to gain some ground on the war to reduce gun violence, NYPD officials said Saturday.

Reason · May 21, 2022

Afro-Cuban Discriminated Against for Being Hispanic, Not Black

Here's a curious case described in the Washington Post in 1980, one that didn't make it into my forthcoming book on racial classifications: Miguel Sandoval arrived in Harlem in 1959 from Havana, where he'd been an outspoken advocate of better civil rights for black Cubans. Sandoval was Cuban, but he…

Chicago Sun-Times · May 19, 2022

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcome their first baby

The couple, who first revealed her pregnancy with a belly-baring Harlem photo shoot in January, became parents of a baby boy on May 13 in Los Angeles.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 18, 2022

DJ Kay Slay, hip-hop pioneer, dies of COVID-19 at 55

Grayson grew up in Harlem, immersed in New York City’s early hip hop scene. He got his start as a teenage graffiti artist and was featured in the 1983 hip hop documentary “Style Wars.”

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2022

Attacker dons latex gloves before attempted rape of woman in Harlem

A 43-year-old woman was repeatedly kicked in the head and body

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