The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified 12 more counties in New York state where masks should be worn indoors in public settings, according to new guidance prompted by a surge of COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant.The CDC announced last week that people should return to wearing masks indoors in areas with “substantial” and “high” COVID-19 transmission.As ...

With all but one county in Connecticut now at "substantial" risk for the spread of COVID-19, health officials in the state are now strongly recommending that all those over the age of 2 wear masks in indoor public settings,  regardless of vaccination status.Fairfield, Middlesex, Tolland, and Windham became the latest counties in the state with greater than 50 COVID cases per ...

An investigation is underway after a teenager was seriously injured in a Long Island crash.It happened Sunday, Aug. 1 at about 1:25 p.m. in North Patchogue.A 50-year-old East Patchogue man was driving a 2015 Nissan eastbound on Barton Avenue when the vehicle collided with Ryan Kropf, age 14, of Patchogue, who was riding a bicycle northbound at the intersection of ...

An investigation is underway after a car crashed into a deli that recently opened in Westchester.The incident happened just after 3 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 1 at The Horseman Deli on North Broadway in Sleepy Hollow.The deli had just opened for business in late April.Kristina Rolon, the co-owner of the business along with her fiance, Mike, and partner Fredy, said the deli will not be able to ...

The COVID-19 surge fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant is “going to get worse," White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci is now warning.The Delta variant now makes up 83 percent of news cases in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That's up from 50 percent from the beginning of July.Fauci said that he doesn't think ...

A man was arrested after a chaotic brawl between employees and customers caught on video broke out at a New York restaurant.The incident at the Brooklyn eatery, Joe’s Pizza on Bedford Avenue, reportedly started as an argument before turning violent, with one worker using a kitchen utensil as a weapon.A restaurant employee was treated at an area hospital for facial injuries, according ...

A sunny and pleasant weekend will end with scattered showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be strong in parts of the region.Clouds will increase during the day on Sunday, Aug. 1, which will be comfortable, with a high temperature in the mid 70s."A potent short wave of energy will sweep across the Great Lakes to the Northeast on Sunday delivering the threat for damaging storms ...

A Long Island man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on a busy area roadway.It happened just after 11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 31, in Miller Place.Raoul Rasch, age 79, of Rocky Point, was driving a 1934 Ford vintage model eastbound on Route 25A, near Panther Path, when the vehicle crossed into the westbound lane and struck a westbound 2004 Ford pickup, Suffolk County Police ...

An immunized New York State assemblyman from Westchester has tested positive for COVID-19.Nader Sayegh (D-Yonkers) says he is in good spirits while under a seven-day quarantine after he tested positive for COVID-19."I was really shocked," Sayegh said. "Here I am, I am vaccinated, and I got COVID-19," Sayegh said on Saturday, July 31.Sayegh received the Moderna vaccine in February ...

About 321,000 portable generators have been recalled after multiple reports of injuries related to the product.This recall involves 6500-watt and 8000-watt Generac portable generators with unit type numbers XT8000E, XT8000EFI, GP6500, GP6500E, GP8000E, as well as HomeLink 6500E portable generators, and DR models PRO 6500M and PRO 6500E portable generators. The generators have ...