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Czech Republic
Princeton, NJ
Obituaries
Princeton Rower Killed In South Africa Helped Lead School To Ivy League Championship
Kerry Grundlingh, a 21-year-old student at Princeton University was killed on Sunday, July 27, after being hit by a car while cycling in her native South Africa, the school announced. Grundlingh, an economics major was an accomplished athlete who was a member of the women's open rowing team at Princeton, and rowed for South Africa in international competitions, the university said. With the heaviest hearts, we mourn the tragic loss of Kerry Grundlingh. To the Grundlingh family and all those who... Posted by Row SA on Sunday, July 27, 2025 This past season, Grundlingh was part of t…
Simsbury, CT
Politics
'Obnoxious Jerk': Trump Hits Back At Bruce Springsteen After Singer's Onstage Attack
Donald Trump fired back at Bruce Springsteen following the singer’s scathing onstage criticism of his administration during the first stop of his international tour. The 75-year-old Springsteen opened the show in Manchester, England, with a powerful statement that was met with roaring applause on Wednesday night, May 14. "In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration," Springsteen said. "Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy an…
Babylon, NY
Politics
Bruce Springsteen Attacks 'Corrupt, Incompetent, Treasonous' Trump Administration At Concert
Iconic singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen unleashed a sharp rebuke of the Trump administration while onstage during a concert. The 75-year-old Springsteen opened the show in Manchester, England, with a powerful statement that was met with roaring applause on Wednesday night, May 14. "In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous administration," Springsteen said. "Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experim…
Yonkers, NY
News
Iran Sent Hitmen To Kill NY Journalist: Two Mobsters Convicted In Foiled Plot
Two Eastern European mobsters were convicted in a chilling plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist on US soil—at the behest of the Iranian government. A Manhattan federal jury found Rafat Amirov, 46, of Iran, and Polad Omarov, 40, of Georgia, guilty on all five counts related to a murder-for-hire scheme targeting journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad on Thursday, March 20. The pair orchestrated the plan under orders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), offering a hitman $500,000 to kill Alinejad outside her Brooklyn home, according to prosecutors. …
Newark, NJ
Sports
Czech It Out: NJ Devils To Play In Prague
Pojďme Devils! The New Jersey Devils announced they'll be playing two games in Prague, Czech Republic next October as part of the NHL's Global Series. The Devils, who usually play at the Prudential Center in Newark, will be playing two games at the O2 Arena in the Czech capital against the Buffalo Sabres on Friday, Oct. 4 and Saturday, Oct. 5. Announce you're going to Prague and everyone knows Czech now...#NJDevils | #NHLGlobalSeries | @NHLcz pic.twitter.com/2vyQdMPtUR — New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) March 12, 2024 Your boys are going global!#NJDevils | #NHLGlobalSeries pic.t…
Middletown, NJ
News
Bruce Springsteen Hits Freehold Diner Twice In One Weekend
So you had a peptic ulcer that forced you to postpone a world tour and where do you go for a bite when you're feeling better? How 'bout a landmark diner in your hometown? Word is Bruce Springsteen digs the pancakes at Roberto’s Freehold Grill enough to shoot the eight miles or so up Dutch Lane Road from his Colts Neck farm every now and then. His stomach was obviously healthy enough for him to head there twice in the same weekend. The Freehold native did the E (Main) Street shuffle on Friday, Nov. 17 and again on Sunday, posing for pics at the former Tony’s Freehold Grill with Chef Robert…
Newark, NJ
Lifestyle
NJ Devil Vítek Vaněček Hands Out Friendship Bracelets To Teammates On TikTok (
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Vítek Vaněček knows the best way to make friends. The Devils goalie decided to hand out friendship bracelets (in Devils colors) to his teammates at training camp, which is being held at the RWJBarnabas Health Hockey House at Prudential Center in Newark. And he documented it all on TikTok. Vaněček's teammates seemed bemused, confused and grateful to be his new friend. "No way, are we friends?" said one teammate. "We are friends," Vaněček said. "Best day ever!" the teammate exclaimed. @njdevils Vitek out here making friends on the first day of school. #njdevils #nhl #hockey #frien…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison
UPDATE: A convicted New Jersey “sleeper agent” for Hezbollah who scoped out potential terrorism targets in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. Alexei Saab, a 45-year-old software developer who lived in Morristown, must serve just about all of the sentence delivered in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, May 23, because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Saab kept up appearances as an ordinary American citizen while working for Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) from 2000 to 2005, federal prosecutors said. Dur…
Gaithersburg, MD
Business
American Dream Goes Up In Smoke For Montgomery County Family; Community Support Swells
Community members are rallying support for a Maryland family whose American Dream went up in flames when an accidental blaze broke out in an area business. In late April, a fast-moving fire caused by wire rack shelving units at the Wheaton Body Shop on Fern Street near University Boulevard West in Montgomery County wreaked havoc on the building and vehicles inside, causing upwards of a million dollars in damage, according to officials. Update (initial dispatch time 730p) 11308 Fern St near Univ Blvd W, Wheaton, commercial building, heavy smoke/fire upon arrival, ~70 @mcfrs FFs on scene…
Yonkers, NY
News
Yonkers Man Plotted To Assassinate Journalist For Criticizing Iranian Government, Feds Say
A New York man is among three people implicated in an alleged plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist on US soil over her criticism of the Iranian government, authorities said. Westchester County resident Khalid Mehdiyev, age 24, of Yonkers, is named in a superseding indictment that was unsealed in the Southern District of New York on Friday, Jan. 27, against three people for murder-for-hire and money-laundering charges. Federal prosecutors allege that Mehdiyev is a member of a violent Eastern European criminal organization that has ties to Iran and has engaged in murders, kidna…
Dorchester, MA
Sports
GoFundMe Round Up: Boston Area Athletes That Need An Assist
There are dozens are sports teams in eastern Massachusetts with the talent and ability to perform at the top level. They just need a little help to get there. Here is a round-up of some of the GoFundMe campaigns aimed at helping local sports teams and athletic clubs reach their dreams. Para-Rowers Hope To Be World Champs From Jen Fitz-Roy and Beth Noll (Boston): "In mid-September, we will travel to the Czech Republic to compete in the World Championships for rowing representing the United States. We have put in a lot of hard work for the past three years to reach this goal…
Bronxville, NY
News
Covid-
19: New Variant's 50 Mutations Make It Different From Original Virus, NIH Director Says
Why are scientists so concerned about the new strain of COVID-19? Simply stated, when it comes to Omicron, it's all about the sheer numbers -- as in the number of mutations. "The main thing that has us focused on this and has caused us to be sort of 24-7 on Zoom calls the last four days is that it has so many mutations," Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said Sunday morning, Nov. 28 on CNN. "Omicron has more than 50 variants that make it different from the original virus, including more than 30 that are in the spike protein." The spike proteins …
Pelham, NY
News
Covid-
19: Newly Discovered Strain Could Be Worse Than Delta Variant, Scientists Fear
Updated story - COVID-19: New Variant's 50 Mutations Make It Different From Original Virus, NIH Director Says A new COVID-19 variant that could be worse than the Delta strain is sparking concerns among scientists. The B.1.1.529 strain, now known as Omicron, could become a "variant of concern" as soon as Friday, Nov. 26, when the World Health Organization holds an emergency meeting. It is now spreading rapidly in parts of South Africa after first being detected in neighboring Botswana. The new variant has already shown a large number of mutations, and scientists fear it…
Massapequa, NY
News
NY, CT Residents Among Hundreds Charged In Takedown Of Largest Darknet Child Porn Website
Men from Connecticut and New York are among those charged in the takedown of the largest Darknet child pornography website. Jong Woo Son, 23, a South Korean national, was indicted this week for his operation of Welcome To Video, the largest child exploitation market by volume of content, officials said. Son has also been charged and convicted in South Korea and is currently in custody serving his sentence in South Korea. An additional 337 site users residing in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jers…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds Smash World's Largest Dark Web Child Porn Network By Following Bitcoin Trail
Federal authorities have smashed the world’s largest dark web child porn marketplace, arresting a whopping 337 people around the world – some of them in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut -- all thanks to bitcoin. To sniff out the network, investigators used a unique strategy. "Welcome to Video" was one of the first websites of its kind to monetize exploitation videos of infants, toddlers and other children, "one of the worst forms of evil imaginable," one federal prosecutor said. The network used bitcoin because of the difficulty in tracing it, the Justice Department said in a complaint…
