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A 17-year-old girl was either lured or pushed by a male student into a boy’s bathroom at P.S. 165 in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Monday morning where six other boys were waiting.

If found guilty, Officer Gwendolyn Bishop could lose up to 30 vacation days and also faces a year of probation.

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Because of an assistant principal from Brownsville, Brooklyn, a young girl whose family is homeless will hopefully have the money to pay for surgery she requires as a result of a cancer diagnosis.

Comedian, actor, writer, and producer Tony Rock came into the “Get Up!” studio to visit Erica Campbell and GRIFF. He tells a funny story about going to the premiere of the movie “Hitch,” with his whole family, only to find out his scenes got cut. He also shares his powerful testimony, saying “I’m walking, talking […]

Plus, petition launched to get Clarence Thomas included into the National Museum of African-American History and thousands of Seattle teachers wear Black Lives Matter t-shirts.

According to a 2015 report on hate crimes in New York, conducted by the Division of Criminal Justice Services, more than half—51.4 percent—of all incidents involved an anti-religious bias, with 287 incidents reported. In the crimes against persons category, Muslims came in second, making up 6.2 percent with 16 incidents reported.

A wheelchair bound middle school student delivers an inspirational speech at graduation. The 14-year-old girl who was paralyzed by a gang member's stray bullet said, "I won today."

Venus Palmer, the victim's estranged wife, told authorities that he choked her moments before the stabbing. The victim suffered stab wounds to the chest and neck.

The man in question, Vernon Primus, 29, was always a person of interest, according to investigators. Primus and Chanel met at her interview on that fateful day in June.

On April 6, 2014, Dockery set fire to a mattress in his Coney Island apartment to pass the time while he waited for family who lived in the building. He was 16 at the time of the crime.