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For the first time in U.S. history, public schools across America this fall will enroll more minority students than non-Hispanic whites, reported Yahoo News.

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Image from the PBS Documentary, "The Interrupters" Photo: soundonsight.

ATM Scam The Crime Prevention Section has become aware of a church scam that is affecting communities throughout the city.

Classic and tastefully renovated 1.5 bedroom apartment in a sweet pre-war townhouse, located at 840 Herkimer Street . This spacious unit is the perfect blend of original and modern elements.

Meredith Phillips Almeida, executive director of the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership Photo: myrtleavenue.org The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership on Monday announced Meredith Phillips Almeida as the organization's new executive director.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton In the wake of the death of Staten Island father Eric Garner and St. Louis area teen Michael Brown, some are arguing that both of their lives could have been saved had they not resisted arrest or obeyed police orders.

Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in Arizona Photo: fronterasdesk.org Public Advocate Letitia James is calling on New York City lawyers to help represent unaccompanied children in federal immigration cases pro bono, or for free, the Observer reports.

For those of us "mature" enough to remember the early days of Hip Hop-- looong before the birth of the World Wide Web-- there were two movies of the genre that sent Hip Hop culture viral, turning it into a national phenomenon: Breakin' and Beat Stree

After nearly two years of fighting for federal and state dollars to keep its doors open , Interfaith Medical Center seems to be in good health.