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Ex-Cuomo, Hochul Aide Raked In Millions Acting As Undisclosed Agent Of Chinese Government: Feds Ex-Cuomo, Hochul Aide Raked In Millions Acting As Undisclosed Agent Of Chinese Government: Feds
Ex-Cuomo, Hochul Aide Raked In Millions Acting As Undisclosed Agent Of Chinese Government: Feds This story has been updated. A former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is accused of acting as an agent for the Chinese government. Long Island residents Linda Sun, age 41, and her husband Chris Hu, age 40, were arrested at their Manhasset home on Tuesday morning, Sept. 3, on charges of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, money laundering, and related charges. According to federal prosecutors, Sun – who served as Hochul’s deputy chief of staff before being fired in 2023 – engaged in numerous political activities at the behest of Chinese government …
Westchester High School Senior Discovers Planet During NASA Internship Westchester High School Senior Discovers Planet During NASA Internship
Westchester High School Senior Discovers Planet During NASA Internship Three days into a summer internship at NASA, 17-year-old Scarsdale High School senior Wolf Cukier discovered a brand-new planet 1,300 light-years away. Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, Cukier found a “circumbinary planet,” or a celestial object that orbits two stars. Cukier’s discovery came in June, but it was only brought to light this week by NASA at the 235th American Astronomical Society meeting in Honolulu. “I was looking through the data for everything the volunteers had flagged as an eclipsing binary, a sy…
Joan Crevcoure, Maryknoll Sister For 73 Years, Dies Joan Crevcoure, Maryknoll Sister For 73 Years, Dies
Joan Crevcoure, Maryknoll Sister For 73 Years, Dies Sister Joan Crevcoure, M.M. died on Friday, Oct. 18 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll. She was 93 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 73 years. Joan Crevcoure was born in Green Bay, WI on Oct. 12, 1926 to May B. (Fortier) Crevcoure and J. M. Crevcoure. She had one brother and one sister, both of whom have predeceased her. Joan attended West High School in Green Bay from 1940 through 1944. Following graduation, she attended Rosary College in River Forest, IL from 1944 to 1946. She then entered the Maryknoll Sisters Novitiate in Maryknoll on Oct. 5, 1946 (from Annunciatio…
All-Time High? Here's How Many Americans Are Expected To Travel Over Memorial Day Weekend All-Time High? Here's How Many Americans Are Expected To Travel Over Memorial Day Weekend
All-Time High? Here's How Many Americans Are Expected To Travel Over Memorial Day Weekend Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, and a near record-breaking number of Americans are expected to hit the road to kick it off this year, according to AAA. Nearly 43 million Americans are expected to mark the unofficial start of summer on a high note with a Memorial Day weekend jaunt, making it the second most traveled since AAA began tracking travelers in 2000, only behind 2005. In total, an additional 1.5 million more people are expected to travel this year on roads, rails, and runways, AAA announced, a 3.6 percent increase from last year’s holiday. According to AAA, 37.6…
Sister Joan Toomey, Maryknoll Sister For 66 Years, Dies At 84 Sister Joan Toomey, Maryknoll Sister For 66 Years, Dies At 84
Sister Joan Toomey, Maryknoll Sister For 66 Years, Dies At 84 Sister Joan Toomey died on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll. She was 84 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 66 years. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on Jan. 18, 1934 to Hazel (Warner) Toomey and Joseph J. Toomey. She had one sister, Elaine. Both parents and her sister have predeceased her. In 1952, Joan graduated from Dominican High School in New Orleans. She entered the Maryknoll Sisters Novitiate at the Maryknoll Sisters Center on Sept. 2, 1952, from Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in New Orleans.  At her reception, she received the religious na…
Woodbury Common Among Nation's Most Lucrative Malls Woodbury Common Among Nation's Most Lucrative Malls
Woodbury Common Among Nation's Most Lucrative Malls  A new study by boutique research firm Boenning & Scattergood for CNBC found that Woodbury Common Premium Outlets is the fourth most lucrative in the U.S. The 20 most valuable malls in the country owned by real estate investment trusts bring make nearly $21 billion in retail sales a year, the study says. The Woodbury Common in Central Valley in Orange County comes in at No. 4 on the list, with a total asset value of $3.2 billion and $1,624 sales per square foot. The mall is owned by Simon Property Group (the same company that owns The Shops at Riverside). The most lucrative mall in Ame…