NEW YORK -- During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, PIX11 is highlighting some of the inspirational stories of people from our area who are moving mountains through their work and advocacy. Each year, 685,000 people around the world die from metastatic breast cancer, which is a stage-four cancer that spreads to parts of the body, such as the liver, brain, bones or lungs. Nearly 30% of women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer will develop metastatic disease. New Jersey resident Tami Eagle Bowling turned her cancer diagnosis into a calling, and she’s beating the odds. She’s co-hosting the “#LightUpMBC” live fundraising event to raise money for research on treatments for metastatic breast cancer.

One person died and three others were injured after being hit by a car in Manhattan, according to police.

The music, pumping and the crowd festive at the pride parade in Jackson Heights, Queens, as a sea of rainbow flags lines 37th Avenue.

The latest Spider-Man movie, ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” received an extra special welcome in Brooklyn, where the story takes place.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted a screening of the film on Sunday, which included an outdoor block party filled with face painting and a live DJ.

Future housing initiatives will now be handled by Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, who will also continue overseeing economic and workforce development. On Sunday, Torres-Springer joined PIX on Politics to discuss her new, expanded role. Watch the video player for the full interview.

A special report was issued by the federal monitor overseeing the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City.

Chase Bank says a glitch with its transactions and payments system has now been resolved.

A shooting inside a restaurant in Queens on Saturday left a worker injured and customers shaken up.

Since 2015, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation has held the Tunnel to Towers Tower Climb at the One World Observatory. Hundreds of participants climb 104 stories.

It’s New York’s first official basketball league for the LGBTQIA+ plus community.

A rise in robberies, burglaries and thefts in New York City is straining local business owners.

Advocates, volunteers and protestors gathered Saturday for the same cause: to get illegal guns off the streets and to keep weapons away from the wrong people.

A wave of Haitian flags could be seen on Central Park West.