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Celebrity Chef To Open Restaurant In Westchester Celebrity Chef To Open Restaurant In Westchester
Celebrity Chef To Open Restaurant In Westchester Celebrity chef David Burke, known for his award-winning restaurants and stints on TV's "Top Chef," is opening his first Westchester County restaurant. Burke is planning to open the second Red Horse restaurant, with the first being in Rumson, New Jersey, early next year in the Opus Westchester in White Plains, the chef said. The 7,900-foot restaurant will seat 200 in the space that once housed BLT steakhouse. The modern steakhouse with an Asian flair offering sushi and other Asian-inspired items is named after a painting he purchased of a red horse at the beginning of the pandemic. Burke a…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Who Drank It? State Department Investigating Missing $5,800 Bottle Of Whiskey Who Drank It? State Department Investigating Missing $5,800 Bottle Of Whiskey
Who Drank It? State Department Investigating Missing $5,800 Bottle Of Whiskey The US State Department has a real “whodunnit” on its hands as it attempts to locate a costly bottle of whiskey that was gifted to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo by the Japanese government during the Trump Administration. In a notice posted to the Federal Register, the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of whiskey gifted by the government of Japan in 2019 is listed as “pending,” though it is unclear if Pompeo ever took possession of the gift. According to a New York Times report, Pompeo, age 57, was in Saudi Arabia the day the gift is said to have been given to him, though he traveled to…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
COVID-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey COVID-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey
Covid-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey Based on a survey of 20,000 worldwide conducted by the World Economic Forum, about three-quarters of people say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if one was available.  Among that 74 percent, 37 percent "strongly agree" that they will get a vaccine, while 37 percent somewhat agree.  In the United States, 67 percent of those polled would get an inoculation against COVID-19 if one were available. The most common concern amongst those who had trepidations about a vaccine were possible side effects.  Except for the U.S., all of the countries most willing to take a vaccine are t…

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by Christina Coulter
News
Personal Assistant Charged In Connection To Murder Of Tech Entrepreneur From Hudson Valley Personal Assistant Charged In Connection To Murder Of Tech Entrepreneur From Hudson Valley
Personal Assistant Charged In Connection To Murder Of Tech Entrepreneur From Hudson Valley Click here for an updated story: Assistant Tried To Make Grisly Murder Of Hudson Valley Tech CEO Look Like A Hit, Report Says A personal assistant for the Hudson Valley tech entrepreneur who was found dismembered in his Manhattan apartment this week has been arrested for his murder. Long Island native Tyrese Devon Hapsil, 21, an employee of longtime Dutchess County resident Fahim Saleh, is expected to be charged with his murder on Friday, July 17 after Saleh was found dismembered in his Lower East Side apartment on Tuesday, July 14. Earlier story - Details Emerge After Tech Entrepre…

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by Zak Failla
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Details Emerge After Tech Entrepreneur From Hudson Valley Found Dismembered Details Emerge After Tech Entrepreneur From Hudson Valley Found Dismembered
Details Emerge After Tech Entrepreneur From Hudson Valley Found Dismembered New details have been released after a tech mogul from the Hudson Valley was found dismembered with his body stuffed in garbage bags in his Manhattan apartment. Fahim Saleh, 33, a longtime Dutchess County resident who started his career while living in Hopewell Junction, was found murdered and dismembered by someone “dressed as a ninja” in all black, investigators said. Saleh, who was born in Saudi Arabia, moved with his parents to the Poughkeepsie area in his early teens. Police said that it is believed Saleh was attacked when he got off the elevator to his seventh-floor apartment on the …

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by Zak Failla
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Tech Entrepreneur From Hudson Valley Found Dismembered Inside Luxury NYC Condo Tech Entrepreneur From Hudson Valley Found Dismembered Inside Luxury NYC Condo
Tech Entrepreneur From Hudson Valley Found Dismembered Inside Luxury NYC Condo A well-known tech start-up executive from the Hudson Valley was found dismembered, his body parts stuffed in garbage bags, inside his luxury Manhattan apartment. Longtime Dutchess County resident Fahim Saleh, 33, a 2005 graduate of John Jay High School in East Fishkill, was found by police around 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, inside his residence at 265 East Houston St., according to the NYPD. Saleh, who was born in Saudi Arabia, moved with his parents to the Poughkeepsie area in his early teens. Police said his death has been ruled a homicide but released little other information. Of…

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by Kathy Reakes
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NY, CT Residents Among Hundreds Charged In Takedown Of Largest Darknet Child Porn Website NY, CT Residents Among Hundreds Charged In Takedown Of Largest Darknet Child Porn Website
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…

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by Zak Failla
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Details Emerge, Photos Released After Sisters From Saudi Arabia Found Dead In Hudson River Details Emerge, Photos Released After Sisters From Saudi Arabia Found Dead In Hudson River
Details Emerge, Photos Released After Sisters From Saudi Arabia Found Dead In Hudson River Police say they are "unraveling" what was going on in the lives of the two young sisters from Saudi Arabia who were found bound together last week after their bodies washed up on the shore of Manhattan's Upper West Side have been identified. The two have been identified as Tala Farea, 16, and her sister, Rotana Farea, 22, both of Fairfax, Virginia, the NYPD said. There were no obvious signs of trauma, and the NYPD said it believes the two were living before entering the river. The two were found wearing similar fur-trimmed jackets and black leggings with their waists and feet boun…

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by Joe Lombardi