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Congressman Asks Biden For Help In Case Of NY Businessman Being Held In China Congressman Asks Biden For Help In Case Of NY Businessman Being Held In China
Congressman Asks Biden For Help In Case Of NY Businessman Being Held In China New York Congressman Tom Suozzi is urging President Biden to take action in the case of a Long Island businessman who the United Nations says is being wrongfully detained in China. Rep. Suozzi, a Democrat whose district includes most of the North Shore of Long Island, sent a letter to Biden on Wednesday, July 20, asking him to personally intervene on behalf of Kai Li. The 60-year-old Chinese American, who lives in Huntington and emigrated to the US from Shanghai in 1989, was sentenced to 10-years in prison in 2018 on charges of espionage and spying for the FBI. Li was convicted following…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Body Of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean Recovered From Bay, Search Continues For Son, 8 Body Of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean Recovered From Bay, Search Continues For Son, 8
Body Of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean Recovered From Bay, Search Continues For Son, 8 Maryland police on Monday found the body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, the 40-year-old granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, who’d gone missing with her 8-year-old son in Chesapeake Bay late last week. McKean's body was recovered 25 feet of water about 2½ miles south of her mother’s Shady Side residence following a search involving aviation and underwater imaging sonar technology, police and dive crew members, Maryland Natural Resources Police announced late Monday. A search was continuing on Tuesday for young Gideon. The family had been self-quarantining in an empty house to give their …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Politics
Ossining Official Formally Comes Out As Gay Ossining Official Formally Comes Out As Gay
Ossining Official Formally Comes Out As Gay An Ossining official has formally come out as gay after alleging that his sexuality was being leveraged against him. Ossining Trustee Omar Herrera, who was elected three years ago, has come out, and further alleged that members of the public and other officials have made threats against him regarding his sexuality. “It has been said, in this room and throughout the community, that there are things about me that, if revealed, could derail my ability to be elected in the future,” he said. “I never thought that in 2019, I would have people in positions of power attempt to exert power and lever…

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by Zak Failla
News
NY AG Sues Harvey Weinstein, Weinstein Company Over Sexual Misconduct NY AG Sues Harvey Weinstein, Weinstein Company Over Sexual Misconduct
NY AG Sues Harvey Weinstein, Weinstein Company Over Sexual Misconduct Mega Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by numerous women dating back decades, has been hit with a civil rights lawsuit by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who announced the suit on Sunday. The suit, filed against Weinstein, the Manhattan-based Weinstein Company and Weinstein's brother, Robert, cites "egregious violations of New York’s civil rights, human rights, and business laws." The suit, filed in New York County Supreme Court, follows a four-month investigation and includes new and extensive allegations about…

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by Joe Lombardi