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Newark, NJ
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Loved Ones Mourn Women Killed When Tractor-Trailer Toppled Onto Car On Route 78
Loved ones are mourning two Newark women killed when a tractor-trailer overturned onto their car on Interstate 78. Ayesha Wright, 42, and her passenger, Kendra Rouse, 25, were killed in the crash on the eastbound local lanes at milepost 56.8 on Tuesday, Aug. 25, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. The tractor-trailer overturned onto Wright's stopped Chevrolet during an evasive maneuver, killing Wright and Rouse and leaving the truck driver with minor injuries, police said. Video shared by Jersey Talks showed a passenger car wedged beneath the overturned tractor-trailer al…
Bethlehem, PA
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Mom Of 2 'Tink' Killed In PA Double Shooting; Family Hopes To Bring Her Home To NJ
A young mother of two known to her family as "Tink" was shot to death inside a Pennsylvania home, and now her loved ones are raising money to bring her home to New Jersey. Atirah Nitay Steed, 27, of Newark, NJ, died from multiple gunshot wounds following the Saturday, Aug. 22 shooting, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. Her death was ruled a homicide following an autopsy. Steed left behind two daughters — one 5 years old and another who is about to turn 1 — according to a GoFundMe launched by her aunt, Shavonne Bacote. "Tink was a loving mother to her two beautiful daught…
Paramus, NJ
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Family Secret Exposed: NJ Sex Shop Owner On 'Survivor 51'
Linnea Capobianco's family secret is out. The 25-year-old Jersey City resident was named a castaway for Season 51 of CBS' "Survivor," and in her interview with the network revealed that she owns a lingerie and adult sex toy shop with her brother. It's a secret that her family has tried their best to keep under wraps, the Kearny native said, but a spot on national television has already made that nearly impossible. That business, Afterglow, has a location at 300 Route 17 in Paramus, along with shops in Chelsea, Williamsburg, and Manhattan's Upper East Side. Her parents aren't the biggest f…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Woman Escapes Bus Sex Assault After Spotting Cop On Route 17: PD
A woman riding a bus from the Albany area was sexually assaulted by a stranger sitting next to her before she spotted a police officer and got off the bus for help in Bergen County, authorities said. Officer Gregory Lehman was conducting a traffic stop on Route 17 South in Mahwah at approximately 11 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, when the woman got off a bus that had stopped nearby and told him she had just been sexually assaulted, Mahwah Police Capt. Michael Blondin said. Police identified and detained Surrune Jones, 44, of Wilmington, DE, who did not know the woman but had been seated next to h…
Arlington, VA
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‘Forever My Daughter’: Dad Mourns Virginia Teen Serene Tayari After Drowning Accident
A Saturday night along the Potomac became every Virginia parent's nightmare. Serene Tayari, a 15-year-old from Arlington, died after slipping into the river near the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Washington, DC, on Saturday, Aug. 22, according to reports. Tayari had been sitting on a ledge overlooking the Potomac when she slipped and fell into the water, WUSA9 reported. Someone nearby saw what happened and tried to pull her out, but failed. She was later found by members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Harbor Unit. Tayari was rushed to an area hospital, but could not b…
East Lyme-Niantic, CT
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CT I-95 Worker Dies Days After Being Trapped By Concrete Barriers: Family
A Connecticut construction worker has died after concrete barriers trapped him at an Interstate 95 work zone, officials said. Darnell Parker, 54, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, his family said. Parker suffered critical injuries Thursday, Aug. 20, near the southbound Exit 74 off-ramp and New Frontage Road in East Lyme. Emergency crews reached the site around 10:11 a.m. They treated Parker before taking him to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. Doctors performed emergency surgery to stop internal bleeding, according to a GoFundMe created by Parker’s friends. He was later moved to Yale New Haven Hospital…
Newark, NJ
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Former NJ Wrestling Coach Sexually Assaulted 15-Year-Old: Prosecutor
A former New Jersey high school wrestling coach sexually assaulted a 15-year-old in a hospital parking lot, authorities allege. John Kane, 39, of Sparta, was charged with four counts of sexual assault and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Kane's arrest comes nearly one week after news broke that prominent North Jersey wrestling coach David Cordoba was under investigation for sexual misconduct at his Fairfield gym. Kane is accused of transporting the 15-year-old to the parking lot at St. Ba…
Montgomery, NJ
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NJ College Student Killed By Teen Drunk Driver In SC Mourned: Remembering Kat Trent
Kalina "Kat" Trent, a Montgomery native, was set to begin her senior year of college until she was struck and killed by a drunk driver in South Carolina, according to a GoFundMe established to support her family. Trent was attending Coastal Carolina University and was crossing the street at 12:15 a.m. when she was hit by a car on Sunday, Aug. 16. She sustained severe head trauma and spent more than week in intensive care unit on life support until she was pronounced dead on Saturday, Aug. 22, according to the fundraiser. An organ donor, Trent's organs were donated to those in need. "She …
Sayville, NY
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Drunk Boater Rescued From Sinking Ship Off Long Island, Then Arrested: Police
A drunk boater off the coast of Long Island crashed his vessel, leading to a rescue and his ensuing arrest, police said. Christopher Carlson, 48, of Patchogue, was piloting his 2004 30-foot Grady-White boat in the Great South Bay near Sayville around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, the Suffolk County Police Department said. Carlson struck an object in the water and called 911 to report his boat was sinking, authorities said. SCPD’s Marine Bureau arrived on scene and removed Carlson from the boat, cops said. No one else was on board. But investigators quickly determined Carlson was drunk, and h…
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
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Rockland Mom Dies After 12-Year Cancer Battle, Leaving Husband, 2 Children
A Rockland County community is rallying around a family after a well-known mother of two died following a more than 12-year battle with cancer. Orangetown resident Jamie O'Connell died on Tuesday, Aug. 25, after battling cancer for 12 and a half years, according to her loved ones. O'Connell was remembered as a devoted mother to her two children, Kensie and Kellan, and a loving wife to her husband, Kevin. "Her love for her family was immeasurable and was at the very center of everything she did," wrote Emily Heim, who started a GoFundMe page to raise money for h…
Poughkeepsie, NY
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NY Judge Should Be Removed Over Retaliatory Lawsuit After Mask Policy Argument: Commission
A Dutchess County city judge should be removed from the bench after retaliating against a woman who filed a judicial misconduct complaint against him following his refusal to put a mask on at a doctor's office, a state commission has determined. The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct ordered the removal of Poughkeepsie City Court Judge Frank M. Mora in a determination dated Friday, Aug. 21. Mora, an attorney since 1997 who has served on the court since 2011, has a term that runs through the end of 2030. The Commission said the case stemmed from a December 2021 …
Somers, NY
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'M*A*S*H' Star Mike Farrell Breaks Silence After Wife, Actress Shelley Fabares Dies
Mike Farrell is sharing a deeply personal tribute after losing his wife and partner of more than four decades. The 87-year-old “M*A*S*H” star spoke out following the death of actress and singer Shelley Fabares, who died Saturday, Aug. 22, in Los Angeles at age 82. She was surrounded by loved ones. Farrell joined Fabares’ family in announcing her death Monday, Aug. 24, while remembering the woman whose television and film career spanned decades. “We are heartbroken by her loss, yet profoundly grateful for the years we shared with her and for the joy, compassion, and love she brought to so m…
Avon, CT
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Target Pulls 'Offensive' Halloween Costume: 'We Got This Wrong'
A Halloween item aimed at children has disappeared from a major retailer’s shelves after a wave of criticism prompted an unusually blunt corporate apology. Target acknowledged Monday, Aug. 24, that it had removed a children’s clown costume after critics said its appearance evoked racist minstrel-show imagery. “As a company, we know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry," Target said in a statement. "The costume is offensive and should never have been part of our assortment. It is no longer available for sale. "We know this is especially hurtful for our Black guests, team members…
Amherst, MA
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Cause Of Death Revealed For American Legend, Worldwide Superstar Dolly Parton
New details have emerged about what claimed the life of one of America’s most beloved entertainment figures. Dolly Parton died Tuesday, Aug. 25, after a brief battle with cancer, her representatives confirmed, according to People. The country music legend was 80. Parton died peacefully in Nashville, Tennessee, surrounded by loved ones. Her nephew Bryan Seaver had announced her death earlier Tuesday in a video posted to Parton’s Instagram account, but the initial announcement did not identify a cause. View this post on Instagram Parton had dea…
New Rochelle, NY
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Motorcyclist, 27, Killed After Hitting Metal Bollard In Westchester
A 27-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle crashed into a metal bollard in Westchester County, police said. The crash happened on Pinebrook Boulevard near Beechmont Drive in New Rochelle around midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 25, according to the New Rochelle Police Department. Officers responding to the scene found that a motorcycle traveling north on Pinebrook Boulevard had left the roadway and struck a metal bollard surrounding an electrical utility box, police said. The driver, a 27-year-old New Rochelle resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not re…
Wallingford, CT
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Journalist's Viral Courtroom Wink Cost Her VF Credentials At Lindsay Clancy Trial: Report
A New York City journalist who says she grew up with Lindsay Clancy is going viral after cameras caught her smiling and winking from the courtroom during the Massachusetts mother's triple-murder trial. Brittany Romano, a Wallingford, CT, native, was seated in the courtroom gallery wearing a green dress and Vanity Fair media credentials on Monday, Aug. 24, when a live Court TV camera panned toward her. The moment quickly spread across social media, drawing backlash from viewers. Romano later said she was laughing because of her personal connection to Clancy and that the two had looked at eac…
Somers, NY
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Man Made Teens Fight To Settle Dispute At Shopping Center In Westchester: State Police
Two adult men are accused of escalating a dispute between teenage boys in Westchester County by making them fight to settle it, police said. The incident unfolded at Somers Commons at 80 Route 6 in Somers on Wednesday, Aug. 19, following an ongoing dispute between two Mahopac boys, ages 14 and 15, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 25. The dispute had started with a verbal argument between the teens at the shopping center a day earlier, on Tuesday, Aug. 18, police said. When the boys returned to Somers Commons the following day, the dispute escalated int…
Amherst, MA
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Dolly Parton Dies: Entertainment Icon Touched Millions Over Decades With Her Songs, Spirit
One of America’s most recognizable and beloved entertainers, whose songs, humor, and generosity crossed generations, has died. Click here for a new, updated story: Cause Of Death Revealed For Entertainment Icon, American Legend Dolly Parton Country music legend Dolly Parton died Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 80, her nephew Brian Seaver announced in a video posted to Parton’s Instagram account. She died peacefully surrounded by loved ones, according to the family. Parton’s death came after a period of health problems that had forced her to step back from several …
Weehawken, NJ
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'Happy Wheelchair Birthday:' Disabled Woman Speaks Out After NJ Restaurant's Viral Blunder
A disabled musician and activist whose birthday celebration went viral for all the wrong reasons is turning an upsetting restaurant blunder into something bigger. Antonia Sinibaldi was celebrating her birthday at Blu on the Hudson in Weehawken on Saturday, June 20 when a dessert plate arrived with the message, "Happy Wheelchair Birthday." "Not to complain about a fairly new restaurant in my town but why would you make my dessert say this? My family members dessert was entertaining. What was written on my plate probably set my employee off more than me. I would never expect that in my town,"…
Central Islip, NY
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LI Jail Guard Who Forced Prisoner Into Sex Act In Camera Blind Spot Headed Behind Bars: DA
A Long Island jail guard who forced an inmate to perform oral sex on him was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 25, authorities said. Jason Middleton, 37, of Central Islip, got 18 months in prison for third-degree criminal sex act, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said. The sentence was part of a plea deal Middleton took back in June. Between June 5, 2023, and Aug. 14, 2023, Middleton escorted an inmate into a utility walkway between jail cells that he knew to be a blind spot in security camera coverage at Suffolk County jail in Riverhead, then forced the prisoner to perform oral sex on h…
Wappingers Falls, NY
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4 Adults, 4 Children Killed In Mass Shooting, Fire At Montana Home: Update
A family disturbance turned into a horrific scene after gunfire erupted and a home was quickly consumed by flames, leaving eight dead. Four adults and four children were killed Sunday, Aug. 23, at a home on White Star Circle in Billings, Montana, according to authorities. Billings Police confirmed the eight fatalities late Tuesday afternoon after earlier not reporting an exact number during the immediate hours after the incident. Police received a 911 call at about 6 p.m., and gunshots could be heard in the background, authorities said. Officers arriving minutes later heard more gunfire fr…
Smithtown, NY
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LI Lacrosse Player, 19, Was Among 2 Killed In Head-On Ulster County Crash
A 19-year-old Long Island lacrosse player is being remembered for his outgoing personality, positive spirit, and love of cars after his death in a head-on crash in Ulster County. Smithtown resident Peter B. Bonenfant, 19, died in a two-vehicle crash on Route 28 in the Town of Olive in Ulster County on Sunday morning, Aug. 23, as Daily Voice previously reported. The crash happened around 6:47 a.m., when a 2024 Chevrolet driven west by Bonenfant crossed into the eastbound lane for an unknown reason and struck a 2021 Mercedes-Benz head-on, according to New York State Police. Bonen…
Teaneck, NJ
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$9.8K Vanishes From Bergen County Man's Bank Accounts, Neptune Man Charged: Cops
A months-long investigation into nearly $10,000 stolen from a Bergen County man's bank accounts led to the arrest of a 34-year-old Jersey Shore man, authorities said. Benjamin Grinley, of Neptune City, was arrested after New Jersey State Police troopers discovered an outstanding Teaneck warrant during a traffic stop on Tuesday, Aug. 18, Teaneck Deputy Police Chief Seth B. Kriegel said. The investigation began after a Teaneck resident reported his bank accounts had been compromised on Dec. 10, 2025, police said. Approximately $9,850 had been fraudulently withdrawn from a bank in Flemington. …
Newark, NJ
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2 Women Killed, Car Wedged Under Tractor-Trailer On Route 78: Police
Two Newark women were killed when a tractor-trailer overturned onto their car on Interstate 78 in Newark Tuesday morning, Aug. 25, authorities said. Ayesha Wright, 42, and her passenger, Kendra Rouse, 25, were killed in the crash on the eastbound local lanes at milepost 56.8, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. At 9:08 a.m., a Mack tractor hauling a utility trailer was heading east approached a Chevrolet sedan stopped in traffic in the left lane, according to a preliminary investigation. The Mack driver attempted an evasive steering maneuver and the tractor-trailer o…
Wallkill-Plattekill, NY
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NY Firefighters Condemn Past Chief After Wife's Death In Murder-Suicide At Upstate Home
Two Hudson Valley fire departments are condemning a past member and longtime former firefighter who authorities said shot and killed his wife before taking his own life in Ulster County. Both the City of Poughkeepsie and Plattekill fire departments have addressed a Plattekill murder-suicide that left both former firefighter James "Jimmy" Brugger and his wife, Melinda "Mindy" Brugger, dead. As Daily Voice previously reported, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office determined that James Brugger, 66, shot Mindy, 54, multiple times inside their Milton Turnpike home in Platteki…
Lancaster, PA
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First US Measles Deaths Of 2026 Reported
The first measles deaths reported in the US this year have been confirmed, officials announced Tuesday, Aug. 25. Both people who died were unvaccinated Lancaster County residents, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. They are the state's first measles-associated deaths since 1991. Officials declined to release their ages, sexes, or other identifying details, citing confidentiality. "We hope and we pray that those deaths will be the last," Gov. Josh Shapiro said during a Tuesday afternoon press conference at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health. The Commonwealth is battli…
Pottstown, PA
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NJ College Baseball Player Killed By Cops After Drunkenly Ending Up At Wrong Home: Report
A 22-year-old catcher set to begin playing for a New Jersey college this semester was shot and killed by police after his family says he mistakenly went to the wrong Pennsylvania home while drinking with friends. Glenwood Earl Pysher IV was identified as the victim of the officer-involved shooting, according to a statement from the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office sent to Daily Voice on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Pysher, affectionately known as "Bubba", had been celebrating a friend's birthday at a local bar before the festivities moved to a friend's house in Upper Pottsgrove Towns…
Saratoga Springs, NY
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FDA Issues Highest Risk Level After Major Recall Of Dips, Salsas
A popular supermarket chain is warning shoppers to check their refrigerators after a recall involving prepared foods was elevated to the highest possible risk level. The Food and Drug Administration upgraded a Whole Foods Market recall of prepared dips and salsas to a Class I classification, meaning there is a reasonable probability that consuming the affected products could cause serious health consequences or death. The recall involves nearly 13,000 units of dips and salsas that may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the FDA warning. The products were sold at Whole Foods Market…
Rutherford, NJ
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Man Sexually Assaulted 2 Kids At American Dream's Ninja Kidz:
Njsp
A Jersey City man has been charged with sexually assaulting two children at an attraction inside the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, authorities said. New Jersey State Police responded to a report of harassment at Ninja Kidz at the Bergen County mall on Sunday, Aug. 2, according to NJSP Detective Sgt. Caitlin Brennan. Troopers met with the parents of the juvenile victims and determined Oscar A. Cerna-Borja, 44, had engaged in unwanted touching of two separate children, Brennan said. Cerna-Borja was arrested and charged with third-degree endangering the welfare of a child and tw…
New Rochelle, NY
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Gambling Room Found In Sports Bar In Westchester, Owner Arrested, Police Say
An illegal gambling room containing four slot machines was found inside a Westchester County sports bar during a police raid, authorities said. The discovery was made at the Union Avenue Sports Bar at 142 Union Ave. in New Rochelle around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, when officers executed a search warrant, New Rochelle Police announced on Monday, Aug. 24. During the search, investigators found a private room in the rear of the bar where police said illicit gambling activity was taking place. Officers seized four video-style slot machines from the room. A photo released …
Woodstock-Phoenicia, NY
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Teen, CEO Killed In Head-On Crash On Route 28 In Ulster County
Two drivers, including a teenager from Long Island and a healthcare business executive, were killed in a head-on crash on Route 28 in Ulster County after one vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic, police said. The crash happened on Route 28 in Olive around 6:47 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, according to New York State Police. A 2024 Chevrolet driven by Suffolk County resident Peter B. Bonenfant, 19, of Smithtown, was traveling west when, for an unknown reason, it crossed into the eastbound lane and collided head-on with a 2021 Mercedes-Benz driven by Philip F. Jacobus, 72…
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