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NYC TikToker Once Accused Of Faking Cancer Dead At 26
Sydney Towle, a New England-born TikToker who has been documenting her battle with a rare cancer for three years, has died. She was 26 years old.
Towle, who was raised in New Hampshire and graduated from Dartmouth, was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive bile duct cancer, in 2023. The New York Times featured her story last year after she became the target of online critics who accused her of faking her diagnosis or using her illness for financial gain.
Her death was announced Thursday morning, Aug. 6, two days after her brother, Austin, announced she'd entered hospice c…
Man Who Slashed Ex's Face With Knife, Left Her Scarred In Westchester Attack Gets Prison
A man who was convicted of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's Westchester County apartment and slashing her across the face with a kitchen knife, leaving her permanently scarred, will spend over a decade behind bars.
Mount Vernon resident Ajany Waite, 33, was sentenced by Westchester County Court Judge Anne Bianchi to 18 years in state prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision, in connection with the 2025 attack, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Aug. 5.
The sentence follows Waite's conviction on June 17, when a jury found him guilty o…
