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Working out can consist of a mixture of dedication, time, effort — at times, even money. With this in mind, trainer and Brooklyn native Irv “Zeus” Hyppolite took those concepts and poured them right back into the community. “I’ve been personal, strength, and conditioning training with athletes for about ten years. I got my start at Bally’s Total Fitness...

The impact of COVID-19 is felt, including when it comes to the economy. New Yorkers and small businesses in the area, including those in Chinatown, are among those who have experienced the economic fallout brought on by the ongoing pandemic. Due to a decrease in foot traffic and an increase in anti-Asian sentiment, many Chinatown merchants are struggling to stay…

The impact of COVID-19 is felt, including when it comes to the economy. New Yorkers and small businesses in the area, including those in Chinatown, are among those who have experienced the economic fallout brought on by the ongoing pandemic. (Video produced by Shanel Thompson)

A high school senior in California has started his own nonprofit to help other kids learn about science through experiment kits. 17-year-old Ahmed Muhammad stopped by LX News to talk about how he started the youth-led program Kits Cubed.

Lynne Corry knows what it’s like to turn nothing into something, and something into a lot. She is the Founder of Giving Friends, a nonprofit organization that supports and recognizes positive accomplishments of vulnerable New York City families. They strive to create better lives for themselves by celebrating them through give a gift program and annual holiday toy drives. “Life goes on, and...

The American spirit of generosity this holiday season may be no match for nonprofits dealing with the coronavirus

A fridge pantry created to help a community ravaged by the pandemic fight food insecurity among its residents, may soon see its final days. Located on a sidewalk near the intersection of East 141st Street and Saint Anns Avenue, the Mott Haven Fridge was founded by Daniel Zauderer and Charlotte Alvarez, local sixth-grade teachers at the American Dream School in…

Scott Strode is the founder and executive director of The Phoenix, which is a recovery organization that uses fitness to help those suffering from drug and alcohol addiction to find strength and community. He joins LX News to explain how the coronavirus pandemic is making his programs more important than ever.

Ben Higgins is using his fame as a former Bachelor to do good. Higgins created Generous Coffee as a for-profit business that donates 100% of its earnings to non-profit groups that help developing global communities as well as at-risk kids in the U.S. He joined LX News to talk about what he’s learned as he’s built his business, and offered...

The Martha’s Vineyard estate of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is being sold to a pair of nonprofits that plan on turning the property into conservation land open to the public.

Julie Sinaw was on vacation in Puerto Rico when she first became aware of the island’s large population of stray dogs. That’s when the seed was planted to form Animal Lighthouse Rescue, a nonprofit organization that rescues stray dogs in Puerto Rico and brings them to New York for adoption.

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that she has filed a lawsuit to dissolve the National Rifle Association, alleging abuse of its non-profit status and violations of tax law.

A non-profit dedicated to creating murals with young people facing adversity in under-served communities is behind a new 7,000 square-foot mural in Annapolis, Md., that is dedicated to Breonna Taylor. Future History Now co-founders Jeff Huntington and Julia Gibb joined LX News to discuss their organization and the project.

A couple who operated an animal rescue face multiple charges after 120 dogs and a cat were found dead in Missouri and about two dozen more dogs died in Texas.

In Utah, drones are hovering near avalanches to watch roaring snow. In North Carolina, they’re searching for the nests of endangered birds. In Kansas, they could soon be identifying sick cows through heat signatures. Public transportation agencies are using drones in nearly every state, according to a survey obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its release Monday. The report...

The most brazen abuses of standardized testing in the college bribery scandal could be chalked up to security lapses: the ringer hired to take the SAT, the proctors paid to look the other way, the accommodations for extra time obtained through false diagnoses of disabilities. But the scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed their children’s way into top schools...

The cities of Parkland, Paradise and Pittsburgh became synonymous with tragedy in 2018, a year when the nation seemed to careen from one deadly horror to another. Yet in every calamity, there were people who showed their humanity, their selfless strength and their sense of duty amid the suffering

An after-school basketball coach has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars for sexually abusing two 8-year-old girls at an Upper West Side school.

Matt Raible, paralyzed by a mortar round in Vietnam, is working with his third service dog, paired with the veteran through nonprofit group Canine Companions for Independence (CCI). He told CNBC that each dog helped him navigate life after war in new and meaningful ways. The group provides assistance dogs free of charge to adults, children and veterans like Raible,...

An Irvine synagogue was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti overnight Tuesday, just days after the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Employees arriving for work spotted the vandalism about 9 this morning at Beth Jacob Synagogue, 3900 Michelson Drive.