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Mass Firefighter, 35, Dies While Serving Walpole Community, Leaving Behind Wife, Family
A Massachusetts firefighter and paramedic who spent her career helping others has died at just 35 years old while on active duty, leaving behind a grieving wife, family, and fire department.
Elizabeth Marie Hunt, of Abington, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to her obituary. She had served with the Walpole Fire Department since April 11, 2022.
Walpole Firefighters IAFF Local 2464 announced Hunt's death in a Facebook post.
"It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that Walpole Firefighters Local 2464 announces the active-duty passing of Firefighter/Paramedic Elizabeth Hunt," the union sa…
Emaciated, Infected Dog Rescued From New York Home, Officials Say
An emaciated and infected dog has been rescued from a Long Island home, authorities announced Friday, Nov. 6.
The suffering dog was discovered at residence in Islip on Sunday, Oct. 25, the Suffolk County SPCA said.
It was “suffering from severe emaciation, a severe chronic skin infection, and serious infections in both ears,” the SPCA said. Rescuers immediately transported the dog to a veterinarian for emergency care, according to the group.
The SPCA will provide additional details about the rescue operation and the dog’s condition at a press conference Monday, Nov. 9, the organization sai…
Comcast Cofounder Who Helped Build Cable Giant Dead Weeks After $20M Gift
A Philadelphia cable television pioneer who helped build Comcast and recently joined his wife in giving $20 million to the city’s art museum has died, the company announced Friday, Nov. 6.
Julian A. Brodsky died Thursday, Nov. 5, at 93, according to Comcast’s announcement.
“Julian was an extraordinary leader, a brilliant financial mind, and one of the architects of cable television,” Comcast Chairman Brian L. Roberts said.
Brodsky and Daniel Aaron helped Ralph Roberts build the company following the 1963 purchase of American Cable Systems, a cable operation serving 1,200 subscribers in Tup…
Mass Wife Recalls Final Desperate Call With Husband Before Drowning In FL Flooding: Report
A Massachusetts native is mourning her husband after a deadly Florida flood trapped the father of four inside his vehicle as he pleaded for help during a final FaceTime call with his wife.
Stacy Petit Bennett, a Walpole native, lost her husband, 34-year-old Joshua Bennett, on Monday, Nov. 2, when fast-moving floodwaters submerged his vehicle in Palm Bay, Florida.
Joshua had gone out for coffee when rising water surrounded his vehicle
"He called me on FaceTime, and he was just crying like, 'I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do.' And he said he's in the middle of a ri…
Mugshot Shows Philly Foster Mom Charged With Girl's Heinous Murder
A 10-year-old Philadelphia girl who vanished from her foster home more than a week ago was found dead inside the trunk of a car in South Jersey, with bruising and scars suggesting a history of abuse, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 5.
Malayshia Alford's foster mother, Caprice Williams, 36, has been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse, and several other related offenses, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced during a Thursday evening news conference.
The child's remains were discovered by Philadelphia police in Linwood, located in Atlantic County, following an invest…
Retired Nypd Cop Recounts 14-Minute Call Before Daughter's Murder-Suicide: Report
A retired NYPD officer from Dutchess County said he spent 14 minutes on the phone with his daughter as her boyfriend held a gun to her head, desperately pleading for her life before hearing the shot that killed her.
Rudy Cantarini, of Poughkeepsie, described the horrifying final moments of his daughter, Andrea Cantarini, 37, who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide inside her Bronx apartment on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, the New York Post reported.
Andrea, a Brooklyn native and nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, was allegedly shot in the head by her boyfriend, Juan Cornelio D…
Mom's Topless NYC Marathon Run Was About Much More Than Turning Heads
A New Jersey mother who survived two types of breast cancer is going viral for running the New York City Marathon topless, proudly displaying the scars left behind by the disease she fought to overcome.
Lauren Spiezia, 33, completed the 26.2-mile race Sunday, Nov. 1, in 4 hours, 54 minutes, and 5 seconds, according to official marathon results.
Diagnosed with breast cancer at 31, Spiezia underwent chemotherapy, a bilateral mastectomy, and reconstruction. Rather than cover the scars left behind, she made them part of her message: "Today, I’m running the NYC Marathon with my scars uncove…
Mom Reveals What Led Up To Parking Garage Murder-Suicide That Left Her Husband, 2 Children Dead
A mother whose husband killed their two children and himself is revealing the struggles he faced before the murder-suicide — and the help he had agreed to seek.
Anna DeMase Lynch shared those details after her husband, Patrick Lynch, and their children, James, 8, and Caroline, 6, were killed in the Tuesday, Nov. 3 murder-suicide in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, as previously reported by Daily Voice.
“My husband made the irreversible decision to kill our two children and himself this evening,” Anna wrote on Facebook.
Patrick was laid off in August and became depressed shortly afterward, she wr…
Murder-Suicide: Family ID'd After Dad Pushes His Children Off Parking Garage, Then Jumps
A father pushed his two children off a Pennsylvania parking garage before jumping in a murder-suicide that prompted two elementary schools to close, officials said.
Patrick Lynch, 42, and his children, James Lynch, 8, and Caroline Lynch, 6, were identified as the three people found dead in Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny County, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, officials said.
Caroline had Williams syndrome, her mother, Anna DeMase Lynch, shared in a 2024 Facebook fundraiser for the Williams Syndrome Association.
“Our beautiful daughter, Caroline, has Williams syndrome and the WSA nonprofit is our greatest supp…
Democrats Flip Senate: Ddhq
Democrats have won back control of the Senate, Decision Desk HQ projects.
Democrats have already flipped six Senate seats: North Carolina, South Carolina, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, and Texas, Decision Desk HQ projects, with toss-up seats remaining in Alaska and Maine.
In Kansas, Adam Hamilton defeated Sen. Roger Marshall, the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in the Sunflower State in 94 years, while Annie Andrews upset Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina.
In Texas, James Talarico defeated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the first time Democrats won a statewide race in the Lone Star…
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Democrats Flip 3 PA House Seats: Ex-TV Anchor Ousts Perry, Stock-Trading Rep Loses
A former television news anchor, a Scranton mayor, and a retired firefighter are projected to unseat three Republican members of Congress in Pennsylvania as Democrats make major gains in the U.S. House on Election Night, Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Democrats Janelle Stelson, Paige Cognetti, and Bob Brooks are projected to defeat Republican U.S. Reps. Scott Perry, Rob Bresnahan Jr., and Ryan Mackenzie, respectively, flipping three congressional districts, according to NBC News.
A fourth Republican incumbent, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, was trailing Democratic Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie by mo…
Election 2026: Cait Conley Wins Key Race For NY-17 Congressional Seat, Defeats Mike Lawler
Polls are now closed, and a winner has emerged in the closely watched race for New York's 17th District congressional seat.
Democrat Cait Conley has been declared the winner of the hotly contested race after Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler conceded a little after 11 p.m. on Tuesday, ABC7 reported.
The race was between Lawler, who was seeking a third term representing the district, and Democrat Cait Conley, a combat veteran and former national security official.
As of 10:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Conley was leading with 133,219 votes, or 51.78 percent, wh…
Cory Booker Wins Third Full Term In US Senate, AP Says
Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has won reelection in New Jersey, defeating Republican challenger Justin Murphy in the race for a third full term, according to the Associated Press.
The AP called the race shortly after polls closed Tuesday, Nov. 3, with Booker receiving 82.1% of the vote to Murphy's 13.4%, according to results updated at 8:04 p.m.
Booker had received 40,067 votes compared with Murphy's 6,513, with an estimated 2% of votes counted.
Independent Veronica Fernandez had 1,199 votes, or 2.5%, while Socialist Workers Party candidate Joanne Kuniansky had 999 votes, or 2%.
Booker…
Josh Shapiro Projected To Win Second Term As Pennsylvania Governor
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is projected to win a second term, defeating Republican challenger Stacy Garrity in the closely watched battleground state, according to NBC News.
The Democratic incumbent was marked as the projected winner Tuesday night, Nov. 3, with approximately 6.8% of the expected vote counted.
At that point, Shapiro had 294,225 votes, or 81.4%, compared with Garrity’s 64,590 votes, or 17.9%. Ken Krawchuk had 2,826 votes, or 0.8%.
Those early returns do not represent the final margin of victory, with millions of ballots still expected to be counted.
First elected govern…
'I'm Suicidal, Not An Idiot': New Twists Emerge In Great Wolf Lodge Mom's Double Homicide Case
Four developments have emerged in the case against a Pennsylvania mother accused of stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son to death during a family vacation at Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos, including a correction to her chilling statement to investigators.
Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, of Towanda, waived her preliminary hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 3, as prosecutors sought to amend three details in the original affidavit of probable cause concerning the Monday, Oct. 12, killings of her husband, Charles "Chaz" Harrison, 36, and their son, Tristan, at the resort in Scotrun, Monroe County.
The …
