Bronx (New York City)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A mother's attempt to give her two-year-old son a better view of endangered wild African dogs turned into a "horrific" tragedy at the Pittsburgh Zoo after the boy fell into the exhibit and was killed by a pack of the animals as...

NEW YORK (AP) — Before his now-infamous tangle with a Bronx Zoo tiger, David Villalobos adorned his Facebook page with New Age odes to Mother Earth and affirmations like, "Be love and fearless." Police said Saturday that Villalobos had told...

BEVERLY SHORES, Ind. (AP) — Authorities are looking for the body of a New York City man who disappeared off Lake Michigan's Indiana shore while in a small inflatable boat on a gusty day. An Indiana conservation officer says two boats and a personal...

NEW YORK (AP) — Patients at a New York City hospital are getting billed for tens of millions of dollars because of a computer error. Unemployed doorman Alexis Rodriguez says he almost became ill when he received a $44.8 million bill from the Bronx-...

NEW YORK (AP) — Family members and a witness say a New York City fourth grader choked on meatballs during lunch while school cafeteria workers stood by. The boy later died. The New York Post (http://nyp.st/td2pmw ) reported Saturday that 9-year-old...

DETROIT (AP) — Frustration over her physically impaired daughter's medical care led Maryanne Godboldo to lash out at what she considered state interference and into a 12-hour standoff when Detroit police came to take the girl away. When it ended,...

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — The founder of a Massachusetts special-needs school agreed to resign Wednesday, settling charges that he interfered with the investigation of shock therapy administered to two teenagers on the orders of a prank caller posing...

NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Mike DeStefano, who finished among the top five finalists last season in NBC's "Last Comic Standing," has died. His representative at 3 Arts Entertainment confirmed DeStefano died Sunday in New York City. The...