Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) called on the city to stop treating his home borough like “a dumping ground” for shelters, ...

After New York Mayor Eric Adams announced plans for a 2,000-bed migrant shelter in the Bronx, Rep. Ritchie Torres slammed the ...

Peter Forrest, 64, was known as P. Fluid when he sang in the original lineup of 24-7 Spyz, a South Bronx-based band that ...

A large new migrant shelter is set to open in the South Bronx as the city moves forward with the closure of 13 additional shelters by June.

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Tesla boss Elon Musk issued a series of attacks on Sir Keir Starmer as the Tories called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs Tech billionaire Elon Musk has stepped up his attacks on Sir ...

Rotherham's dark legacy: Rowling. Musk lead calls for justice over Pakistani grooming gangs. In the past 24 hours, social media platform X has become the battleground for a heated debate on the ...

The Rotherham child sexual exploitation (CSE) scandal, spanning from 1997 to 2013, remains one of the most harrowing examples of systemic failure in safeguarding vulnerable children in the UK.

His comments came after it was revealed that the CPS, under his leadership, had dropped a case against a rape gang despite overwhelming evidence of their guilt. Following the CPS’s decision to ...

The Oldham grooming gang case involves child sex abuse in Oldham, England, where young girls were exploited by predominantly Pakistani men. Exposed in 2012, nine men were convicted of various crimes.