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New York Native Found Dead Inside Tent In Pennsylvania Identified: Coroner New York Native Found Dead Inside Tent In Pennsylvania Identified: Coroner
New York Native Found Dead Inside Tent In Pennsylvania Identified: Coroner A 28-year-old New York native was found dead inside a tent in Pennsylvania, authorities announced Wednesday, July 15. Diamond Y. Jenkins, was pronounced dead at the scene in the 200 block of West Union Street on Tuesday, July 14, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Jenkins was found deceased inside a tent, and is believed to have been experiencing homelessness, authorities explained. An autopsy was completed Wednesday at the Lehigh County Coroner's Office & Forensic Center, the coroner said. Her cause and manner of death remain pending the results of microscopic and toxic…

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by Jillian Pikora
Weather
Dangerous Haze Spreads Across Northeast: What To Know Dangerous Haze Spreads Across Northeast: What To Know
Dangerous Haze Spreads Across Northeast: What To Know That milky haze spreading across the sky may soon become more than an eerie sight. Click here for a new, updated story - Hazardous Haze: How To Protect Yourself, When Skies Will Clear Smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires is drifting across the Midwest and Northeast, posing a risk of poor air quality in heavily populated areas on Wednesday, July 15. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre listed 835 active fires on Tuesday, July 14. The country had recorded 3,472 fires this year, burning more than 4.7 million acres. The US National Weather Service Eastern Region Headqu…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Missing Child With Autism Found After Intense Search In Hudson Valley Missing Child With Autism Found After Intense Search In Hudson Valley
Missing Child With Autism Found After Intense Search In Hudson Valley A missing autistic child was found safe after a large-scale search involving several law enforcement, fire, EMS, and state agencies in Orange County.   The search began at around 7:35 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15, when officers responded to the area of Howells Turnpike near James Clark Drive in the Town of Wallkill following a report of a missing child, according to the Town of Wallkill Police Department. Police soon launched an intense search involving the department's Patrol Division, Detective Bureau, and Drone Unit. The child was found safe a short time later and was not in…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Lamborghini Driver Rams Police Cars In CVS Parking Lot In Westchester In Failed Escape: Cops Lamborghini Driver Rams Police Cars In CVS Parking Lot In Westchester In Failed Escape: Cops
Lamborghini Driver Rams Police Cars In CVS Parking Lot In Westchester In Failed Escape: Cops A Lamborghini driver was taken into custody after allegedly ramming police vehicles in a CVS parking lot in Westchester County in a failed escape attempt, authorities said.   The incident happened on Monday afternoon, July 13, when officers received an alert for a Lamborghini that had fled from police, Yonkers Police told Daily Voice. Officers found the vehicle in the parking lot of the CVS Pharmacy at 132 Bronx River Rd., where they boxed it in and deployed stop sticks to prevent another escape, according to police. Authorities said the driver then rammed multiple Yonkers Police…

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by Ben Crnic
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NJ Family Dead In NY Plane Crash: State Police NJ Family Dead In NY Plane Crash: State Police
NJ Family Dead In NY Plane Crash: State Police A 2-year-old New Jersey girl, her mother, and her grandfather pilot were killed in a small plane crash just after taking off from the Adirondack Regional Airport in New York this week. Guiliana Hillgrube, her 33-year-old mother Gabriella, and her 70-year-old grandfather Gabriele Jasper, were identified on Wednesday, July 15 as the victims of the crash two days prior, according to New York State Police. Jasper, a Brick Township-based spine doctor and Toms River resident, was piloting the plane, police said. Hillgrube and her daughter, of Forked River, were passengers. Less than two week…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Seriously Hurt After Being Struck By Vehicle In Hudson Valley: Report Pedestrian Seriously Hurt After Being Struck By Vehicle In Hudson Valley: Report
Pedestrian Seriously Hurt After Being Struck By Vehicle In Hudson Valley: Report A pedestrian suffered serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in Rockland County.  The crash happened early Wednesday morning, July 15, on Van Orden Avenue near Dutch Lane in Spring Valley, The Monsey Scoop reported.  The victim was reportedly unconscious at the scene after the collision and was transported by Spring Hill EMS to Westchester Medical Center for treatment, according to the outlet. Police are now investigating the crash.  Click here for more from The Monsey Scoop.  This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Ben Crnic
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Mysterious Giant Planet Emerges From Decade-Old Telescope Data Mysterious Giant Planet Emerges From Decade-Old Telescope Data
Mysterious Giant Planet Emerges From Decade-Old Telescope Data A young star system has surrendered a giant secret that it spent more than a decade hiding in plain sight. Astronomers announced on Wednesday, July 15, that they had discovered Beta Pictoris d, a cold gas giant orbiting a star about 63 light-years from Earth, according to Scientific American. The planet is estimated to have two to four times Jupiter’s mass. It is only slightly larger than Jupiter, despite its far greater mass. Two research teams detected the world independently while studying Beta Pictoris, a young star already known to host two giant planets and a sprawling disk of debris…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Contractor Killed After Falling From Overpass Onto Saw Mill River Parkway In Westchester Contractor Killed After Falling From Overpass Onto Saw Mill River Parkway In Westchester
Contractor Killed After Falling From Overpass Onto Saw Mill River Parkway In Westchester A contractor working on a New York State Department of Transportation construction project died after falling from a Taconic State Parkway overpass in Westchester County, police said.  The incident happened at around 10:10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14, when Westchester County Police received multiple reports that a man had fallen from the Taconic State Parkway overpass onto the southbound lanes of the Saw Mill River Parkway, the department told Daily Voice.  County police officers and EMS crews responded to the scene, where the man was found in cardiac arrest.  Emergency respond…

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by Ben Crnic
Business
AT&T Customers To Pay More As Monthly Fee Jumps: Here's Why AT&T Customers To Pay More As Monthly Fee Jumps: Here's Why
AT&T Customers To Pay More As Monthly Fee Jumps: Here's Why AT&T wireless customers are about to pay more in monthly fees. The company will increase its Administrative & Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee from $3.99 to $4.99 per line on Wednesday, Aug. 5, according to its website. AT&T said the fee helps cover expenses associated with exchanging communications with other providers, as well as cell site rent and maintenance costs. The fee also covers some government charges imposed on AT&T. The charge is also related to wireless tower mandates, state consumer privacy laws, public rights-of-way acquisition, and federal privacy requ…

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by Chris Spiker
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Over 40 YG, Grimz Gang Members Get Prison For Shootings, Drug Trafficking In Hudson Valley Over 40 YG, Grimz Gang Members Get Prison For Shootings, Drug Trafficking In Hudson Valley
Over 40 YG, Grimz Gang Members Get Prison For Shootings, Drug Trafficking In Hudson Valley A years-long federal crackdown on two violent Hudson Valley street gangs has ended with prison terms for over 40 members and associates who prosecutors said terrorized communities with shootings, armed robberies, drug trafficking, and fraud across Orange and Dutchess counties.  As of Tuesday, July 14, the final defendant has now been sentenced in the sweeping investigation targeting the Young Gunnaz (YG) and the Double Nine Grim Reapers (Grimz) gangs, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced. The announcement brings to a close a case that began with…

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by Ben Crnic
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Grandfather Breaks Silence After Terrifying Bison Attack: 'He Could Have Gored Me' Grandfather Breaks Silence After Terrifying Bison Attack: 'He Could Have Gored Me'
Grandfather Breaks Silence After Terrifying Bison Attack: 'He Could Have Gored Me' A grandfather who survived a terrifying Yellowstone encounter is describing the split-second choice that put him directly in danger. Carl Isom-McDaniel, 65, discussed the ordeal in an interview with CNN this week. Isom-McDaniel, a Washington state resident and community leader, was walking through Bridge Bay Campground with his 13-year-old grandson when they spotted a bull bison. “We were about a hundred yards away,” McDaniel told CNN. “He was not aggressive; he was not having problems, and we took some pictures and decided to walk on.” The encounter unfolded Friday evening, July 10, near…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Husband's Plea For ICE Help Backfires After Internet Connects The Dots To Jersey Shore Assault Husband's Plea For ICE Help Backfires After Internet Connects The Dots To Jersey Shore Assault
Husband's Plea For ICE Help Backfires After Internet Connects The Dots To Jersey Shore Assault Matthew Geroni turned to TikTok, hoping strangers would help save his wife from ICE custody. Instead, they reminded him why she was there, and with little sympathy. Gerroni, of Brick Township, filmed a TikTok video of himself crying as he drove just after his wife, Kaitlyn Tracey, had been arrested after police said she hit a child in an argument over patriotic sweatpants on the Point Pleasant boardwalk. The sweatpants had the words "ICE" and "Trump" on them, according to NJ Advance Media. In his video, Geroni explained that Tracey, a 33-year-old Canadian national, was being detai…

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by Cecilia Levine