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NY House Candidate’s
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odeling Past Shockingly Resurfaces
A Long Island congressional candidate has a surprising past: modeling BDSM gear for a fetish sex shop. Chris Gallant, a 37-year-old Democrat, appeared in multiple photos for “Mr S Leather,” a San Francisco-based company selling a variety of products on its XXX-rated website, the New York Post reported Sunday, Sept. 13. Gallant’s attorney confirmed to the Post that he’d appeared in the pics. Pictures of Gallant were wiped from the internet — at his request, according to his lawyer’s comments to the Post — but are still visible on archived versions of the site. They can be found from 2011 to…
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More US Measles Deaths Of 2026 Reported
All of the measles deaths reported in the United States so far this year have occurred in Pennsylvania, where a third resident has died amid the nation’s largest outbreak, officials said. A 40-year-old Jefferson County woman died Saturday, Sept. 12, from complications associated with measles, Coroner Greg Furlong announced. Her name was not released, and the coroner did not disclose her vaccination status. “This is a heartbreaking loss for the family and an unfortunate reminder that measles can be a serious and potentially life-threatening disease,” Furlong said. The death is Jefferson Co…
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Motorcyclist Killed In Late-Night Bridge Crash Over Connecticut River: State Police
A motorcyclist was killed in a late-night crash on a Connecticut highway, police said. Troop H in Hartford was notified of the crash on the outbound side of the Founders Bridge in East Hartford around 11:56 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, according to state police. The motorcycle operator initially was reported to have suffered serious injuries, and EMS was dispatched to the scene, police said. Shortly afterward, authorities determined the rider had died. The victim's identity was not released, though police said next of kin had been notified. The Connecticut State Police Collision Analysis and Re…
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Firefighter Struck By Fleeing Driver At East Hampton Crash Scene: Officials
A firefighter was struck by a fleeing driver who sped through an active crash scene in a Connecticut town on Sunday, Sept. 13, officials said. The East Hampton Fire Department and East Hampton Police Department were working at a two-car crash when police attempted to stop a vehicle before it reached the scene, Fire Chief Robb Rainville said. The driver fled, passing the emergency scene at a high rate of speed, Rainville said. About five minutes later, the same vehicle returned from the opposite direction, drove around a fire truck and struck traffic cones before hitting a firefighter w…
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Missing Newlywed Dominick Bianchi Found Dead In Wooded NY Area, Police Say
A New York newlywed who disappeared from his home has been found dead, police announced. Dominick Bianchi, 35, of East Greenbush, was found dead in a wooded area, the East Greenbush Police Department said late Sunday, Sept. 13, nearly five days after he had been reported missing. Police did not say where or when Bianchi was found or release details about his death. His wife, Julianna Zyra, told ABC affiliate WTEN during the search that Bianchi had Type 1 diabetes and she was unsure whether he could monitor his blood sugar because his continuous glucose monitor was paired to the phone h…
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4 CT Men Arrested, Race Car Impounded After Long Island Street Takeover: Police
Four Connecticut men were arrested, and a truck, trailer, and race car were impounded after police broke up an early-morning street takeover on Long Island, Suffolk County Police said. A 911 caller reported a large gathering of vehicles on Express Drive North, west of Sills Road in Yaphank, around 1:10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, Suffolk County Police said. Officers assigned to the Street Takeover Task Force arrived and saw vehicles racing before the group dispersed, according to police. Police stopped a truck towing a trailer carrying a race car and arrested four people. Christian Vargas Hern…
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Pedestrian Seriously Injured In CT Crash, Road Closed For Hours
A pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in a Connecticut town Saturday night, Sept. 12, authorities said. Suffield police began receiving reports of a possible vehicle-pedestrian crash near 142 North Main St. around 7:32 p.m., according to the department. Police, Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association members and firefighters responded and found a person lying off the roadway with injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle, authorities said. The vehicle involved and its driver were also at the scene. The pedestrian was given medical attention and taken …
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Man Posted Bizarre 9/11 Rant Before Storming Yankee Stadium Field With Palestinian Flag
Kelly Marcucci didn't exactly make it difficult for authorities to identify him after storming the field with a Palestinian flag at Yankee Stadium on Friday, Sept. 11, during the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Marcucci, 38, whose Facebook page says he's from Riverhead, NY, was wearing a jersey with his own name emblazoned across the back when he ran onto the field during the seventh inning of the Yankees-Mets Subway Series game, according to video from the stands and the NYPD. It didn't take security long to tackle Marcucci and take him into custody. The NY Post says the incident happened e…
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4 Fully Vaccinated PA Residents Get Measles As Outbreak Reaches 676 Cases, Highest In US
Four fully vaccinated Pennsylvanians have tested positive for measles — the first breakthrough cases identified during the state’s ongoing outbreak, health officials said Friday, Sept. 12. The patients include three adults and one child from Centre, Jefferson, Lancaster, and Lycoming counties, Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen said during a live update. None was hospitalized. The cases are rare and account for less than 1 percent of Pennsylvania’s 676 confirmed measles infections this year, Bogen said. The statewide total now spans 37 counties and includes 124 hospitalizations …
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Porsche Crash On I-91 In CT Ends With Drug Bust, 2 Arrests, and Search For Passenger
A rollover crash on Interstate 91 led to two arrests and the discovery of drugs and large amounts of cash, police said. Hector Samuel De Sousa Villata, 27, and Nelchar Garcia-Sanchez, 21, were arrested after the crash Sunday, Sept. 6, in the southbound lanes near Exit 22, Connecticut State Police said. Troopers spotted Villata's 2006 Porsche Cayenne moving in and out of lanes to pass traffic before it struck a 2021 Honda Touring. The impact caused the sedan to roll over. The driver suffered minor injuries, authorities said. The Porsche skidded to a stop near the tree line, and all three pe…
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Billy Joel Reveals The Procedure That Improved His Health — And How He Almost Passed On It
Billy Joel has shared details of his brain surgery process as he works to battle the disorder that forced him to cancel numerous shows. The 77-year-old “Piano Man” said Wednesday, Sept. 9 on his SiriusXM channel that he initially didn’t want to have the surgery to implant a brain shunt but eventually changed his mind. “I said, ‘Well what does that entail?’” Joel explained. “Well, we drill a hole through your skull and we stick a shunt inside your brain. I said, ‘Nah, I think I’ll pass on that.’” But after learning more about the procedure and the shunt — a clear tube that drains fluid on t…
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Tiny Spots On Boy's Face Led Police To Disturbing Child Abuse Discovery In Connecticut
Connecticut's Department of Children and Families (DCF) suspected child abuse involving a 5-year-old boy. An investigation by police confirmed those concerns, authorities announced Friday, Sept. 11. Matthew Wezniak, 40, and Jessica Abelin, 33, both of Enfield, were arrested on warrants Monday, Sept. 8, following an investigation that began at the Enfield Street School, local police said. Enfield police detectives responded to the school with Connecticut Department of Children and Families personnel on Monday, June 1, after DCF received a report of suspected abuse involving a 5-year-old male…
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Bradley Airport Opens Expanded TSA Checkpoint As $250M Overhaul Nearly Complete
Bradley International Airport has opened a larger main security checkpoint, giving travelers more room and two additional screening lanes. The Connecticut Airport Authority announced this week that the checkpoint is operational. The opening follows more than three years of construction at the Windsor Locks airport. The upgrade aims to ease passenger backups as Bradley nears the end of a $250 million terminal overhaul. Travelers now have more space to line up before screening as they move toward the expanded security lanes at the terminal, the CAA said. Work crews made room by permane…
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Pilot's Final Facebook Post May Have Revealed Couple's Destination Hours Before Deadly Crash
Hours before a training aircraft crashed in a wooded area in Massachusetts, killing both people aboard, one of the victims shared where he was headed that morning. Kenneth R. Moore, 66, of Pembroke, posted on Facebook at 9:39 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, that he was flying to Northampton for the Three County Fair. Moore and Marcy Asbury, 62, of East Falmouth, were later identified as the victims on board the plane. Asbury's Facebook profile shows the two were dating. Both were killed in the crash. Final post by Ken Moore Ken Moore Facebook About 12 hours after the post, the Piper P…
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Middletown Podcast Host, Musician Who Made Fans Around The World Dies Suddenly At 41
Sal "Peezy" Pugliares was a born entertainer, his loved ones said, and the Connecticut native proved it by building a popular podcast and radio show that attracted fans from around the globe. But just as his audience and career were growing, Pugliares died suddenly earlier this month. The Middletown man died suddenly Sept. 5 at age 41, leaving behind his devoted wife and two young sons. In the days after his death, friends, fans and strangers around the world donated to a GoFundMe campaign benefiting the family he worked tirelessly to support. The fundraiser had collected $…
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CT Father’s 911 Call Revealed After 1-Year-Old Dies In Hot Car: Report
A search warrant is shedding new light on what a father told 911 after his 1-year-old son was found unresponsive inside a vehicle in East Windsor. Kevin Pell, 47, called 911 around 2:25 p.m. on Aug. 15, according to the warrant obtained by NBC Connecticut. He reported that his son had been left in the vehicle. The child was blue and not breathing. “The heat, I didn't have the AC on,” Pell told the dispatcher, according to the warrant. That statement differs from what Pell reportedly told police. At the scene, Pell told an officer that he had left the air conditioning running, the warrant …
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NY Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops
A Long Island man wanted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 9 outside a hotel in Massachusetts, police said. Brandon William Hampson, 55, stabbed Rachel Frislid, 62, to death inside her home in Sayville, NY, on Thursday, Sept. 3, the Suffolk County (NY) Police Department said Thursday, Sept. 10. Authorities found Hampson Wednesday, Sept. 9 outside the French King Restaurant and Motel in Erving, MA around 9:15 p.m. smoking a cigarette, Worcester County (MA) District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said. Officers ordered Hampson to surrender, but he …
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Yacht Owner, Ex-Navy Commander Accused Of Drugging, Raping Deckhand, 22, In Nantucket Harbor
A yacht owner faces multiple charges after a young employee said he allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted her aboard a vessel in Nantucket Harbor last month, according to a news report. Christian Bradley Williams, 54, of Florida, was arraigned Friday, Sept. 4, in connection with the alleged Aug. 9 attack. The 22-year-old woman had started working as a deckhand aboard his yacht, Chimera, in June. She received housing on the boat in exchange for the work. The US Sun reported that Williams is a former Navy commander of the USS Springfield submarine. The alleged assault happened hours…
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Plane Crash: Police ID 2 Victims Killed In Massachusetts Aviation Disaster
Authorities have identified the two people who were killed when the training aircraft they were on crashed into a wooded area in Massachusetts over the weekend. Kenneth R. Moore, 66, of Pembroke, and Marcy Asbury, 62, of East Falmouth, died in the Saturday, Sept. 5, crash, Hampden District Attorney Anthony D. Gulluni announced on Thursday. The Piper PA-28 Cherokee went down near Center Street around 9:15 p.m. Ludlow police and Massachusetts State Police began searching the area after receiving a report of a missing aircraft. Crews later found the plane off Center Street. …
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Newlywed NY Man Disappears, Faces Medical Trouble As Wife Begs ‘Please Come Home’
A newlywed New York man has disappeared, and his wife believes he could be facing a medical emergency. Dominick Bianchi, 35, was last seen Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. around his home in East Greenbush, the local police department said on Facebook. Bianchi has Type 1 diabetes, and his new bride, Julianna Zyra, told ABC affiliate WTEN she wasn’t sure if he could monitor his blood sugar. The missing man has a continuous glucose monitor, but it’s “paired to his phone that he doesn’t have,” Zyra told WTEN. Zyra told the station Bianchi had been battling mental health issues recently but “nobody…
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Diesel Leaks Into I-91 Storm Drain In CT After Truck Part Pierces Fuel Tank In Crash
A tractor-trailer failure spilled diesel fuel onto Interstate 91 and into a nearby storm drain during a morning rush-hour crash. The crash happened Thursday, Sept 10, around 8:15 a.m. on the northbound side between Exits 36 and 37 in Windsor. At least one other vehicle was involved, authorities said. The tractor-trailer's drive shaft came loose, and large pieces of metal punctured the truck’s diesel saddle tank, causing fuel to pour onto the ground and enter the storm drain, according to Department of Energy and Environmental Protection officials. DEEP crews worked to…
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Police ID Couple Found Dead At CT Home, Reveal What Investigators Discovered
Police have identified two people found dead in a Connecticut home, but investigators do not suspect foul play. Michael Tellier, 47, and Amber Tetreault, 42, were identified by authorities on Wednesday, Sept. 9, one day after another resident apparently found them around 9:10 a.m. at a home in the 100 block of Fox Hill Lane in Enfield. Tellier and Tetreault were found lying on the living room floor, police said. The room had been converted into a bedroom. Investigators found signs of heavy drinking and a large quantity of prescription medication in the room. Neither person showed sig…
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: Shirtless Man Dances On Truck Moving Across GWB Before Arrest
The saxophones only got louder in a now-viral TikTok video that shows a shirtless man dancing on the back of a flatbed truck moving across the George Washington Bridge. The video of the Sept. 3 scene was shared by TikTok user @johnortizzzz24 and had racked up nearly 20,000 views as of Wednesday, Sept. 9. What the clip doesn't show viewers, though, is what happened afterward: the dancer's arrest. Port Authority police identified the man as 28-year-old Arnesia Crawford, and said officers removed him from the back of the truck in Fort Lee, NJ. Crawford was subsequently charged with aggr…
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CT Man Guilty Of Bludgeoning Wife To Death In Guilford As Her Daughter Speaks To Lasting Loss
A man convicted of brutally murdering his wife at their Connecticut home five years ago will spend decades behind bars, authorities said. Robert Faison, 49, was found guilty on June 26 of murdering Lindsey Hopkins, 42, at their Guilford home, the Office of the State's Attorney said Wednesday, Sept. 9. The panel sentenced him to 55 years in prison. Prosecutors said Faison killed Hopkins around July 22, 2021. Investigators said they found a claw hammer, a screwdriver, and an axe that had DNA from Faison and Hopkins. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Hopkins …
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CT Man Sentenced For Fatally Shooting 2 Friends In Parked Car; Apologizes To Families
A Connecticut man has been sentenced to decades in prison after he admitted to shooting two friends in a parked car in New Haven in 2023, authorities said. Cadell Harris, 43, was given a 45-year prison sentence earlier this month for the murders of Marquis McNeil Sr., 40, and Jonathan Garcia, 27, the State's Attorney's Office said. Harris pleaded guilty on June 22, 2026, to the murders. Both victims lived in New Haven. He also pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a firearm, prosecutors said. The judge imposed 45 years for each murder and 10 years for the gun offe…
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Cape Cod Vice Principal Charged With 3rd OUI After Boston Arrest, Could Face 5 Years In Prison
A Massachusetts middle school vice principal was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated for the third time, authorities said. Holly Burns, vice principal at Dennis-Yarmouth Middle School in Yarmouth on Cape Cod, was arrested by Boston Police on Aug. 9 near South and Beach streets downtown, court records reviewed by the Cape Cod Times reported. Prosecutors charged her with a third-offense OUI. Burns pleaded not guilty during her Aug. 10 arraignment in Boston Municipal Court. A judge released her on personal recognizance. She is expected back in court for a p…
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CT Bank Robbery Suspect Caught 1 Minute After Alleged Heist, Police Say
An alleged Connecticut bank robber didn't make it far with his stolen loot as police caught him less than a minute after the heist was reported, authorities said. Maurice “Archie” Wing Jr., 63, of Willimantic, was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 9, after a robbery was reported around 10 a.m. at Charter Oak Federal Credit Union in the 800 block of Main Street in Willimantic, police said. Officers found Wing nearby after he matched the suspect’s description, Willimantic police said. Wing entered the credit union and told employees that he planned to rob the bank, Clark said. The …
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Tow Truck Driver Killed On CT Roadside Leaves Behind Wife, 2 Young Children
A Connecticut tow truck driver who was killed while working along a roadside leaves behind a wife and two young children, his family said. The crash happened on Tunxis Avenue in Bloomfield just after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, when a vehicle struck him and then flipped onto its roof, police said. The tow truck operator suffered severe head trauma and died at the scene, Bloomfield Police Capt. James Salvatore said. The driver remained at the scene and was taken to an area hospital for evaluation. Police had not publicly identified the operator as of Wednesday afternoon, but his family id…
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Former Wesleyan Coach Reveals Cancer Diagnosis
Rutgers men's basketball coach Steve Pikiell revealed he is battling cancer and will undergo treatment during the season. Pikiell, who has coached at Rutgers since 2016 and led the Scarlet Knights to two NCAA Tournament appearances, said he sought medical care a couple of months ago after he wasn't feeling 100 percent. A series of tests revealed he had cancer. "After a successful surgery, my doctors and I have a kick-ass game plan to finish treatment," Pikiell said. Pikiell said he plans to remain involved with the team as much as possible during treatment, while Associate Head Coach…
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CT Parents Plead Not Guilty After 4-Year-Old Walking Alone Killed In Pre-Dawn Crash
A 4-year-old girl was struck and killed after leaving her Manchester home alone before dawn. Her parents have pleaded not guilty to charges tied to her death, a news report said. Taylor Biron, 28, and Nathael Cortes, 26, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Sept. 9, in Manchester Superior Court. Each faces a charge of risk of injury to a child, according to NBC Connecticut. Their daughter, Akari Cortes, was struck on East Center Street around 4:30 a.m. on June 10. Related: Manchester Police Arrest 3 In Death Of 4-Year-Old Girl Killed In Manchester Crash An arrest warrant says surveil…
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‘Army Intelligence’ Caller Threatens To 'Destroy’ PA, Executing Governor, Residents: Police
A caller claiming to be “reactivated army intelligence” threatened to destroy Pennsylvania and execute its residents in a voicemail left for Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office, state police announced on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The threatening message reached the governor’s main office line at the State Capitol in Harrisburg around 1:48 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Staff members discovered the voicemail and reported it to the PSP Political Violence Threat Unit. In the recording, the caller identified himself as “reactivated army intelligence” and said his mission w…
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