COVID hospitalizations on the rise again in New York: state officials
COVID cases and hospitalizations have increased throughout New York State and across the country in recent weeks, according to health officials. As of July 3, there were 7.2 COVID hospitalizations per...
View ArticleFather and son charged for improvised explosive that hospitalized NJ man
A New Jersey father and son have been arrested in connection with an amateur explosive device that hospitalized a man at a party in Manville, police announced Monday. Thomas Kaiser, 60, and his son...
View ArticleJoe Bonsall, country-gospel star with the Oak Ridge Boys, dies from ALS at 76
Joe Bonsall, the country music tenor who became a star with the Oak Ridge Boys, died Tuesday at age 76. Bonsall died from complications of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), which he battled for...
View ArticleCT man sentenced to 50 years for 2017 Bridgeport murder, maintains innocence
A Connecticut man was sentenced on Monday to 50 years in prison for fatally shooting another man outside a restaurant in 2017. Shardel Ragin, 36, was handed the lengthy sentence for killing Max Antoine...
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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the sex therapist whose unequivocal manner and unending charm made her a talk show superstar, has died at age 96. Westheimer died Friday at her home in New York City, surrounded by...
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Heat wave scorches New York City with heat index climbing above 100 degrees
More scorching heat settled over New York City on Monday, with temperatures climbing into the mid-90s and the heat index expected to top out at 102 degrees Tuesday. Monday’s expected high was 95...
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Trump shooter never should have had ‘direct line of sight’: DHS head
The man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump should not have had a direct line of sight on the presumptive Republican nominee, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro...
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Nassau County trans sports ban signed into law, AG James immediately sues
A ban on transgender women and girls in women’s sports was signed into law Monday in Nassau County and immediately challenged in court by state Attorney General Letitia James and the New York Civil...
View ArticleChristopher Carini, Hempstead, L.I., councilman and former NYPD cop, dies...
Hempstead, L.I., councilman and former NYPD officer Christopher Carini died suddenly at 49, town officials announced Monday. No cause of death was announced. Carini represented Hempstead’s 5th District...
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Police fatally shoot homeless man outside RNC, victim allegedly had knife
Police officers shot and killed a man outside the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday afternoon. The shooting occurred in a park about 1.2 miles from Fiserv Forum, which is hosting...
View ArticleJames Beard Award-winning Portland chef Naomi Pomeroy drowns in tubing accident
Naomi Pomeroy, a James Beard Award-winning chef who helped make the Portland, Ore., culinary scene a nationally known destination, died in a tubing accident over the weekend in the Willamette River,...
View ArticleSuspect in killing of Queens rapper Chinx pleads guilty 9 years later
One of two men charged with killing Queens rapper Chinx has pleaded guilty nine years after his murder. Quincy Homere, 39, copped to one count of first-degree manslaughter on Monday, WNYW reported. He...
View ArticleConnecticut youth killed girlfriend by hitting her with truck last year: cops
A Connecticut youth killed his girlfriend last year in a drunken, violent night that ended with him hitting her with his truck, according to local authorities. Cooper Ouellette, now 19, turned himself...
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Trump ally Peter Navarro released from prison, headed to RNC
Donald Trump’s former adviser Peter Navarro was released from federal prison in Miami on Wednesday and quickly headed for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Navarro, 75, was convicted of...
View ArticleArmored truck robbed at gunpoint outside Philadelphia
Two men armed with long guns robbed an armored truck outside Philadelphia, authorities said Wednesday. The suspects sported colored visibility vests when they held up the Brinks truck at an AutoZone in...
View ArticleLong Island man gets 50 years to life for fatally stabbing cousin
A Long Island man was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his cousin and trying to kill the man’s girlfriend, authorities announced. Wilson Felipe Andrade-Molina, 38,...
View ArticleNew Yorker and ex-CIA analyst arrested for working as South Korean spy
A New Yorker and former CIA analyst worked as a South Korean spy for nearly a decade, according to court documents released Wednesday. Sue Mi Terry, 54, was a regular at think tanks and other academic...
View ArticleFire caused by lightning displaces 10 N.J. apartment residents
A fire caused by a thunderstorm that rolled across New Jersey displaced four families from an apartment complex in the Philadelphia suburbs, authorities said. Lightning struck near the Heritage Grove...
View ArticleDisgraced Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota released from federal prison
Former Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota has been released from federal prison, less than three years into his five-year sentence. Spota, 82, was sent to a halfway house, where he will...
View ArticleMetro-North found largely to blame for 2015 crash that killed 6
The 2015 Metro-North crash in Valhalla that killed six people was largely the fault of the railroad itself and the train operator, a Westchester County jury determined this week. The jury’s verdict...
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