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  1. Bronx | Urban, Diversity, Culture | Britannica

    Oct 24, 2025 · Bronx, one of the five boroughs of New York City, southeastern New York, U.S., coextensive with Bronx county, formed in 1912. The Bronx is the northernmost of the city’s …

  2. Lindsay Lohan | Movies, Biography, Family, Husband, Son, & Facts ...

    4 days ago · At the beginning of the year she entered a drug rehab program for the first time, but in July she was charged with possession of cocaine and driving under the influence. She …

  3. New York City - Boroughs, Diversity, Culture | Britannica

    Oct 23, 2025 · As drug and gang wars robbed young people of their future, both the infrastructure and the quality of life for many in the underserved portions of the borough declined rapidly.

  4. Sonia Sotomayor | Supreme Court Justice, First Latina | Britannica

    Oct 24, 2025 · Supreme Court of the United States (2009-), United States supreme court (2009-), United States Role In: Harris v. Quinn McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission Obergefell …

  5. David Berkowitz | Prison, Crimes, Son of Sam, & Facts | Britannica

    Oct 22, 2025 · David Berkowitz is an American serial killer who murdered six people in New York City in 1976–77. His crimes plunged the city into a panic and unleashed one of the largest …

  6. Robert J. Lefkowitz | Nobel Prize Winner, Physician & Biologist ...

    The drugs salmeterol and albuterol, which bind to and activate beta-adrenergic GPCRs, stimulate airway opening in the lungs and thus are used in the treatment of some respiratory conditions, …

  7. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - Encyclopedia Britannica

    The group also tackled drug abuse in “White Lines” (1983). By the mid-1980s the group had disbanded, and later reunions were short-lived. In 2007 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious …

  8. Afrika Bambaataa | Hip-Hop, Breakbeat, South Bronx, & Biography ...

    Although they offered protection to residents, they engaged in drug and prostitution racketeering and waged bloody street battles against one another. Taylor was a member of the Black Spades.

  9. Louis Farrakhan | Biography, Nation of Islam, & Facts | Britannica

    Oct 9, 2025 · Under Farrakhan’s leadership, the Nation of Islam established a clinic for AIDS patients in Washington, D.C., and helped to force drug dealers out of public housing …

  10. Crack epidemic | US History, Causes & Effects | Britannica

    Oct 2, 2025 · The emergence of crack cocaine in the inner cities led to a drastic increase in crime between 1981 and 1986. Federal prison admission for drug offenses soared, and murder and …