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In the midst of Pride week celebrations, Lucky Cheng's, the self-proclaimed "Drag Capital of the World," is closing its doors.

Funeral services were held Friday for the two 13-year-old cousins pulled from the Bronx River the previous Friday.

A frantic search for a missing 3-year old boy turned out to be caused by what appears to be a misunderstanding.

The annual Pride March is set to step off on Fifth Avenue Sunday, and on Friday, Cheryl Wills sat down with David Studinski, the march's director, to talk about the LGBT community's big weekend, as well as the strides it's taken in the past year.

City and state officials say they've busted a drug ring they say was flooding the city with a dangerous amphetamine-like substance called khat.

David Lewis, WNYC Radio's metro editor, joined Inside City Hall to discuss his new documentary, "The Pleasures of Being Out Of Step," about the career of legendary journalist Nat Hentoff.

The four members of Inside City Hall's Reporters Roundtable - Beth Fouhy, a senior editor for MSNBC.com; Nick Powell, the City Hall bureau chief for City and State; Annie Karni, a political reporter for the Daily News; and Juan Manuel Benitez, the host of Pura Politica on NY1 Noticias - recapped the week in politics, including Charles Rangel's successful re-election bid.

State Senate Democratic Conference leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins joined Inside City Hall to discuss a deal between state Senate Democrats and leaders of the senate Independent Democratic Conference to bring the party back together.

State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa, who represents parts of Inwood and Washington Heights, pleaded guilty Friday to two charges of making false statements and resigned her seat as a result.

When the latest New Yorker of the Week moved to Brooklyn years ago, he realized not all our city's children get the same opportunity to learn tennis, the sport that played a huge role for him growing up, so he's trying to make it something any student can enjoy.

The five men wrongly convicted in the 1989 rape and attack of a female jogger gathered with officials on the steps of City Hall Friday to discuss the $40 million settlement which they say is a type of justice but cannot make up for the years the men spent in jail.

The state has reached a deal with Forest City Ratner to build 2,250 affordable housing units by 2025 in the Atlantic Yards development.

Sen. Charles Schumer joined forces Friday with Cardinal Timothy Dolan to urge the passage of national immigration reform.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says he would love to push a ban on large sugary drinks through the City Council, but he does not sound convinced that can happen.

Brooklyn community leaders are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo and other state officials to halt the sale of Long Island College Hospital and investigate the process that led to the deal.

Rep. Charles Rangel won Tuesday's District 13 congressional primary by outpointing challenger Adriano Espaillat in Manhattan despite Espaillat's dominance in the Bronx, election data shows.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday appointed former NYPD Chief of Department Joseph Esposito as the newest head of the Office of Emergency Management.

The opening number of London's Southwark Playhouse's production of "In The Heights," featuring Sam Mackay as Usnavi and Victoria Hamilton Barritt as Daniela.

Tim Rogers and Gemma Sutton rehearse a number from "Carousel," which is currently playing at the Arcola Theatre in London. Rogers stars as Billy Bigelow and Sutton stars as Julie Jordan.

State Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa, who represents parts of Inwood and Washington Heights, pleaded guilty Friday to two charges of making false statements and will resign her seat as a result.