Skip to main content

Featured

Addressing Diabetes, Heart Health Go Hand-in-Hand for American Heart Month

By Dr. Edleen Sarette-Exama, DNP, MSN RN, Care Coordinator, VNS Health Health Plans  Bronx Voice  February 18, 2025 BRONX - While February is Heart Health Month, given the statistics, heart health should really be a priority all year long.  In New York State alone, almost 18% of adults 65 and older report they have some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and 27% of all deaths are the result of CVD. And here’s another alarming fact: While many factors can increase the chances of cardiovascular disease and stroke, people with diabetes have twice the chance of developing CVD compared to the population as a whole. As a registered nurse and care manager at the home- and community-based health care nonprofit VNS Health, I work with individuals who often suffer from multiple chronic illnesses. Diabetes in particular is  common, especially among people of color. Diabetes is a challenging disease to manage, and it can fee...

Fashionista Steals $1,400 Worth of Makeup from Sephora

Sephora Shoplifter Wanted by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the theft of nearly $1,400 in merch from Sephora. -Photo bt NYPD

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with the theft of nearly $1,400 in merch from Sephora. -Photo bt NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

April 24, 2024


BRONX - He certainly didn’t dress the part but cops say a man in sweats was caught on surveillance stealing $1,400 in merch from upscale makeup shop Sephora in the Bronx. 



At around 6 pm on March 27, cops said a man walked into the Sephora store located in the Bay Plaza Shopping Center. Cops said the suspect loaded up on merchandise and then fled the store without paying. 



Cops said the stolen merchandise is valued at $1,376. The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect taken from inside the store. He is described as a male with a dark complexion, medium build and short black hair. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, a black jacket, gray pants, and gray and white shoes.


 

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.


Explore More


Trump Trial - Ringside Seat to the Circus 



Trump on Trial Amid Protests


MANHATTAN - In what many are calling the ‘trial of the century’, former President Donald J. Trump arrived at Manhattan Criminal Court on Centre Street where he faces 41 felony counts of falsifying business records pertaining to a $130,000 payment to porn star "Stormy" Daniels, days before the 2016 Presidential election.


Read More...





Comments

Popular Posts