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NJ HS Football Player Fatally Stabbed In Heart By Long Island 19-Year-Old, DA Says NJ HS Football Player Fatally Stabbed In Heart By Long Island 19-Year-Old, DA Says
NJ HS Football Player Fatally Stabbed In Heart By Long Island 19-Year-Old, DA Says A surveillance camera recorded a Long Island man stabbing a 17-year-old New Jersey high school football player dead and slashing his older brother during a fight in downtown Manhattan on Thanksgiving, city authorities revealed. An autopsy revealed that a 6-inch stab wound pierced the heart of Rocco Rodden in front of an ax-throwing bar on Lafayette Street around 1:50 a.m., Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eun Bi Kim said on Saturday, Nov. 25. The accused killer, Gianluca Bordone, 19, of Oyster Bay, was wearing a black sweatshirt with the word "courage" on the back when he was brought …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Third Long Island Family Member Dies Following Drowning Incident Third Long Island Family Member Dies Following Drowning Incident
Third Long Island Family Member Dies Following Drowning Incident A third family member has died following a drowning incident in the region. Nasrin Amin, age 21, died Saturday, Sept. 10 at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, said New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel. Nasrin was with her brother and uncle at a vacation rental home on White Lake in the town of Bethel when the incident took place around 2:15 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 28. A preliminary investigation revealed that the Long Island family from Bellerose in Nassau County began swimming at approximately 10 a.m. that day, Nevel said. See Earlier Story: Second Person Dies After Family Members Pu…

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by Kathy Reakes
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WCBS-TV Reporter Dies After Moped Accident WCBS-TV Reporter Dies After Moped Accident
Wcbs-tv Reporter Dies After Moped Accident A reporter for WCBS-TV in New York has died after a moped accident. Nina Kapur, 26, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital after the accident in New York City on Saturday, July 18, the station said. Kapur was a multimedia journalist at News 12 Connecticut from November 2017 until June 2019 before joining CBS 2. Kapur was "was known for her contagious smile and love for storytelling," WCBS said. "Finding it hard to report today, but pulling myself together because I know @ninakapur1 wouldn’t want me to fall apart," WCBS reporter John Dias wrote on Twitter. "She was a true angel on earth, and…

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: NY Will Ramp Up Testing For Frontline Workers, Allow Pharmacies To Conduct Tests COVID-19: NY Will Ramp Up Testing For Frontline Workers, Allow Pharmacies To Conduct Tests
Covid-19: NY Will Ramp Up Testing For Frontline Workers, Allow Pharmacies To Conduct Tests New York State is expanding testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to include more frontline workers as a result of rapidly increasing diagnostic testing capacity.  The expanded criteria will now allow all first responders, healthcare workers and essential employees to be tested for COVID-19 even if they aren't symptomatic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday, April 25 at his daily news briefing in Albany.  The state will continue to expand testing criteria as testing capacity increases. Cuomo also announced he will issue an executive order allowing more than 5,000 phar…

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: Attack On Asian Woman Could Be Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime, Cuomo Says COVID-19: Attack On Asian Woman Could Be Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime, Cuomo Says
Covid-19: Attack On Asian Woman Could Be Coronavirus-Related Hate Crime, Cuomo Says Police are investigating a case of what might be one of the first hate crimes associated with COVID-19 after a woman of Asian descent was physically assaulted for not wearing a mask. The attack reportedly took place around 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 10, while the woman was walking in Manhattan and was attacked by another woman who was yelling at her for not wearing a mask because she was Asian. "I am disgusted to hear that a woman of Asian descent was physically assaulted in Manhattan on Tuesday - an attack apparently motivated by the bigoted notion that an Asian person is more likely to car…

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by Kathy Reakes
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College Athlete, 19, Dies After Six-Story Fall In NYC College Athlete, 19, Dies After Six-Story Fall In NYC
College Athlete, 19, Dies After Six-Story Fall In NYC A freshman student-athlete at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut has been identified as the person found dead on the ground near The Vessel, a sculpture at Hudson Yards in Manhattan. Peter DeSalvo, 19, a member of Sacred Heart's rugby club, leaped to his death around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, according to a report in the New York Post. Screams broke through a crowd of visitors and tourists and some people began to cry, according to the Post report. DiSalvo was reportedly by himself at the time of the incident.  DiSalvo was pronounced dead at Bellevue H…

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by Joe Lombardi