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Teladoc Expands Early Disease Detection, At-Home Tests For 90M+ Patients With $65M Deal Teladoc Expands Early Disease Detection, At-Home Tests For 90M+ Patients With $65M Deal
Teladoc Expands Early Disease Detection, At-Home Tests For 90M+ Patients With $65M Deal Teladoc Health is expanding its at-home healthcare offerings by purchasing a leading company in virtual preventive care. Teladoc announced on Wednesday, Feb. 5 that it will buy Catapult Health for $65 million. Headquartered in Purchase, New York, Teladoc helps more than 93 million people get virtual medical care and connects patients with doctors, nurses, and therapists. Catapult Health's platform called VirtualCheckup will be integrated into Teladoc's existing system, allowing patients to collect blood samples, check blood pressure, and complete other health screenings …

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by Chris Spiker
Real Estate
Fashion Designer Kenneth Cole Lists Westchester Estate For $22M: Report Fashion Designer Kenneth Cole Lists Westchester Estate For $22M: Report
Fashion Designer Kenneth Cole Lists Westchester Estate For $22M: Report After several decades, famed fashion designer Kenneth Cole has decided to list his more-than-century-old Westchester estate where he raised his children, according to reports.  Cole, who owns the global Kenneth Cole Productions fashion company, has listed his Purchase estate for $22 million with Pat Hirsch at Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty and Leslie McElwreath at Sotheby’s International Realty-Greenwich, according to a new report by Bloomberg.  The almost 12,000-square-foot estate, which dates back to 1912 and is located on Purchase Street, has seven bedrooms, six ba…

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by Ben Crnic
Real Estate
These NY Zip Codes Among Most Expensive In US, According To New Rankings These NY Zip Codes Among Most Expensive In US, According To New Rankings
These NY Zip Codes Among Most Expensive In US, According To New Rankings The Northeast is well-represented in new rankings of the 100 most expensive zip codes in the nation. Two of the top 10 zip codes according to Property Shark Real Estate Reports are in New York, with both on Long Island, in the Hamptons: No. 2 Sagaponack (zip code 11962) with a median home sale price in 2023 of $8,075,000, No. 6 (tie) Water Mill (11976) with a median home sale price in 2023 of $4,500,000. Six of the Top 10 zip codes are in California, including No. 1 Atherton (94027), located near San Francisco, ($8,300,000 median sales price). California has 79 of the 100 p…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Ida: Body Of College Professor Swept Away In Floodwaters Recovered In Westchester Ida: Body Of College Professor Swept Away In Floodwaters Recovered In Westchester
Ida: Body Of College Professor Swept Away In Floodwaters Recovered In Westchester The body of a college professor who was swept away with her husband by floodwaters from Storm Ida has been recovered in Westchester. The two were trying to get home from Iona College in New Rochelle to Rye Brook on Thursday, Sept 2 when they were swept down the Blind Brook Creek from their vehicle following the Wednesday, Sept. 1 storm. A body found in Purchase was later identified as that of Ken Bailie, authorities said. On Monday, Sept. 6, police announced the body of his wife, Fran Bailie, who was the department chair of the computer science department at the college, had been loca…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
Here's Where Cuomo Has Been 'Hiding Out' Since Leaving Office, Report Says Here's Where Cuomo Has Been 'Hiding Out' Since Leaving Office, Report Says
Here's Where Cuomo Has Been 'Hiding Out' Since Leaving Office, Report Says It’s good to have friends in high places. Since leaving the Executive Mansion in Albany, disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has reportedly been holing up in the Hamptons at the Southampton home of longtime ally Dr. Jeffrey A. Sachs on Long Island, according to new reports. Related story - Where's Captain? Speculation Swirls Cuomo Left His Dog Behind When He Exited Executive Mansion Cuomo’s latest living arrangements, first reported in the New York Post, come after U-Haul trucks were spotted bringing his belongings from the Albany mansion to his sister's Westchester home, located in Purchas…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Where's Captain? Speculation Swirls Cuomo Left His Dog Behind When He Exited Executive Mansion Where's Captain? Speculation Swirls Cuomo Left His Dog Behind When He Exited Executive Mansion
Where's Captain? Speculation Swirls Cuomo Left His Dog Behind When He Exited Executive Mansion Following former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's move out of the Executive Mansion, some are speculating about what has become of his dog, Captain, after the Siberian Shepherd Mix was reportedly left behind in Albany. The Times Union previously reported that sources from New York State Police said Cuomo asked staff members at the mansion if they would like the keep Captain. Cuomo moved his belongings to his sister's home in Westchester County, located in Purchase, and is believed to be living there. Related - Moving Trucks Take Cuomo's Stuff To Sister's Westchester Estate: Will He …

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
IDs Released For Husband, Wife Killed In Chain-Reaction Westchester Crash IDs Released For Husband, Wife Killed In Chain-Reaction Westchester Crash
IDs Released For Husband, Wife Killed In Chain-Reaction Westchester Crash The identities have been released of the victims of a double-fatal, chain-reaction crash involving five vehicles in Westchester. It happened around 8:25 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 19 on I-287 eastbound, in the town of Harrison, between Exit 10 (Purchase/Port Chester) and Exit 11 (Port Chester/Rye), state police said.  Initially, state police reported the crash involved a cement mixer and two passenger vehicles.  But a further investigation revealed that a total of five vehicles were involved in the crash that claimed the lives of a husband and wife, state police announced…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
COVID-19: George Stephanopoulos Latest TV Personality Accused Of Improper Social Distancing COVID-19: George Stephanopoulos Latest TV Personality Accused Of Improper Social Distancing
Covid-19: George Stephanopoulos Latest TV Personality Accused Of Improper Social Distancing ABC-TV's Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos has become the latest TV personality testing positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to draw the ire from some for allegedly not adequately social distancing. Days after CNN host Chris Cuomo got into a verbal altercation with a Long Island bicyclist who chided him for not social distancing, Stephanopoulos, who announced this week he tested positive for the virus, has reportedly also been seen out and about in the Hamptons, according to the New York Post's Page Six. Earlier story: COVID-19: Man Says He Was Bullied By Ch…

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by Zak Failla
News
COVID-19: GMA Host George Stephanopoulos Tests Positive Two Weeks After Wife Ali Wentworth COVID-19: GMA Host George Stephanopoulos Tests Positive Two Weeks After Wife Ali Wentworth
Covid-19: GMA Host George Stephanopoulos Tests Positive Two Weeks After Wife Ali Wentworth ABC-TV host George Stephanopoulos revealed he has tested positive for the novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19). Two weeks ago, Stephanopoulos' wife, Ali Wentworth, confirmed her diagnosis for the virus. Stephanopoulos announced his diagnosis remotely on Monday, April 13 on "Good Morning, America," which he co-hosts. Stephanopoulos, 59, also hosts the Sunday morning ABC News program, "This Week With George Stephanopoulos." He said he has been asymptomatic. "I’ve never had a fever, never had chills, never had a headache, never had a cough, never had shortness of breath," h…

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by Joe Lombardi