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Family Of Gabby Petito Files Notice Of $50M Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Police
The family of Gabby Petito has filed a notice of a $50 million lawsuit against a police department in Utah, accusing it of negligence in the 22-year-old Long Island native's death.
Petito, age 22, of Blue Point in Suffolk County, was strangled and beaten to death last year in Wyoming by her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, also from Blue Point, but who relocated to North Port, Florida.
Laundrie, labeled a person of interest in the case by the FBI, later took his own life.
When his remains were found in a remote Florida nature reserve, a notebook was also discovered in which he confessed to t…
More To Come? Research Scientists Spell Out Possible Reasons For Increase In Shark Attacks
As the number of shark sightings and attacks increase in waters up and down the Atlantic Coast, research scientists say to expect more and point to climate change, and the rebounding of the shark population as the reasons.
Researchers say shark populations, which declined as much as 90 percent from the 1970s to the 1990s, are now rebounding as the ecosystem resettles, Robert Hueter, the chief scientist of Ocearch, told The New York Times.
But, Hueter also points to climate change at work, saying sharks have moved up the coast to the New York Bight, a wedge formed by the shorelines of Long I…
These NY Counties Among Healthiest In Nation, New Report Says
When it comes to the healthiest locales in the United States, several counties in New York are faring quite well, according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report.
The outlet analyzed nearly 3,000 US counties on metrics it said shape and show the health of a community, like public safety, access to healthcare, educational equity, income, housing affordability, food availability, and nutrition.
Analysts then used that data to rank the 500 healthiest communities in the country across 10 categories on a scale of zero to 100.
In New York, Saratoga County was ranked healthiest overal…
