Tractor-Trailer Carrying Military Explosive Munitions Catches Fire On Newburgh-Beacon Bridge Tractor-Trailer Carrying Military Explosive Munitions Catches Fire On Newburgh-Beacon Bridge
Tractor-Trailer Carrying Military Explosive Munitions Catches Fire On Newburgh-Beacon Bridge A tractor-trailer transporting thousands of pounds of military explosives caught fire on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge early Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, police said. The fire was reported on the bridge near Exit 41 just before 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1, according to New York State Police.  Troopers responded and learned from the driver that the trailer's brakes had caught fire, State Police said, adding that the truck was carrying military explosive material. The Beacon Fire Department said around 30,000 pounds of explosive munitions for the US Department of Defense had been on the t…
PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police
PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police A PNC vice president was killed when his SUV veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike, went down an embankment, and struck a tree early Tuesday, Sept. 1, state police said and public records show. Christopher M. Ruane, 55, of Canonsburg, was driving a 2020 Acura MDX west on Interstate 76 in Fannett Township, Franklin County, around 5:20 a.m. when the crash happened near mile marker 195.9, according to an updated Pennsylvania State Police release. Ruane was traveling "at a high rate of speed" when the Acura veered off the roadway, traveled down an embankment, and struck a tree, police said. He …
Man, 18, Killed After Car Rear-Ends Truck On Route 17 In Hudson Valley Man, 18, Killed After Car Rear-Ends Truck On Route 17 In Hudson Valley
Man, 18, Killed After Car Rear-Ends Truck On Route 17 In Hudson Valley An 18-year-old Westchester County man has been identified as the person killed in a crash that shut down Route 17 in Orange County for several hours on Monday, Aug. 31. Ossining resident Kevin C. Zhagui-Morocho was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 17 westbound near Exit 120 in the Town of Wallkill on Monday, Aug. 31, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 1. The crash happened around 6:55 a.m. as a 2019 Ford was traveling west and a 2025 Mack truck was merging onto the highway from the right shoulder, according to police.  For reasons that police said are still under …
Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE) Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (UPDATE)
Corrections Sergeant, Wife, Kids Killed When Car Plummets Down Embankment (Update) A correctional sergeant, his wife, and their two children were killed when their car plunged about 60 feet down a steep embankment on Saturday, Aug. 29, state police said. Pennsylvania State Troopers were called around 10:16 a.m. to the area of 1365 Rock Mountain Drive in Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, where first responders found the sedan down the embankment. Peter Thatcher, 45, and Sandra Thatcher, 45, both of Tunkhannock, police said, died in the crash along with their 11-year-old son, Noah, and 10-year-old daughter, Layla. Public records, their school, and their church later iden…
George Santos Faces New Consequences For Insider Trading On Kalshi George Santos Faces New Consequences For Insider Trading On Kalshi
George Santos Faces New Consequences For Insider Trading On Kalshi Former Long Island congressman George Santos has been banned from Kalshi for life for insider trading. Santos, 38, is the first person to get a lifetime ban from the controversial trading platform. He didn’t seem too worried about his fate, ripping the company on social media after its announcement on Monday, Aug. 31. “Hey @Kalshi thanks for the lifetime ban from your gambling platform. Let’s see how much longer you guys are around,” he wrote on X, punctuated with a lipstick emoji. “Kalshi is such an unserious company it violates its own notices and deadlines.” Santos made nearly $18,000 o…
Video Shows Bloody Brawl At MetLife Stadium Video Shows Bloody Brawl At MetLife Stadium
Video Shows Bloody Brawl At MetLife Stadium Video shared to X and Instagram shows a wild brawl that broke out at MetLife Stadium during the Giants-Jets preseason game Friday night, Aug. 28. Footage shared to X by user NRM84 shows a man wearing a Giants shirt repeatedly striking a man in a white tank top before other fans pull him away. A different, more bloody angle was shared to Instagram by SheffieldShuffler. The man in the white tank top then picks up a phone from the ground and begins walking away. He appears to have blood on his head: “Who's the motherf—er now,” he says as he leaves the scene. New Jersey State Police confirmed …
Man Sets Fire To Vintage Cars In Sullivan County Garage: Police Man Sets Fire To Vintage Cars In Sullivan County Garage: Police
Man Sets Fire To Vintage Cars In Sullivan County Garage: Police A Staten Island man has been arrested more than a year after breaking into a Sullivan County home and setting fire to vintage cars inside its garage, police said.   Staten Island resident Steven Greco, 53, was arrested Tuesday, Aug. 25, after an investigation into the fire at a Hurleyville residence, according to the Town of Fallsburg Police Department.  The investigation began on March 12, 2025, when Fallsburg Police responded to the home to help the Hurleyville Fire Department and Sullivan County fire investigators. Authorities found that a fire had broken out inside t…
Joe Budden's Pregnant GF Thought She Had The Big Surprise — She Was Wrong Joe Budden's Pregnant GF Thought She Had The Big Surprise — She Was Wrong
Joe Budden's Pregnant GF Thought She Had The Big Surprise — She Was Wrong Joe Budden's pregnant girlfriend thought she had the biggest surprise of his 46th birthday celebration. Shadée Monique told the crowd that so many people had come out because so many people love Budden, adding that she was happy to be part of his family before revealing her own surprise: The couple is expecting a baby girl. Budden came out to thank her. But first, he had a correction: “You ain't in the family yet,” he said. “Well pretty much I am,” Monique replied. View this post on Instagram That's when Budden, wearing a white tux, got…
Sex Abuse Case Fugitive Wanted Since 2007 Caught Speeding In Hudson Valley, Jailed: Cops Sex Abuse Case Fugitive Wanted Since 2007 Caught Speeding In Hudson Valley, Jailed: Cops
Sex Abuse Case Fugitive Wanted Since 2007 Caught Speeding In Hudson Valley, Jailed: Cops A man accused of fleeing the country after posting bail in a nearly two-decade-old Westchester County sex abuse case was finally caught when police pulled him over for speeding in Dutchess County, authorities said.   Jose Tacuri, 50, currently a resident of Wappingers Falls, was arrested in the Village of Red Hook on Thursday, Aug. 27, Red Hook Police announced on Sunday, Aug. 30. The events leading up to Tacuri's arrest began around 12:50 p.m., when an officer pulled him over for speeding on South Broadway, police said.  During the roadside investigation, police found that …
Route 17 Reopens After Fatal Crash In Hudson Valley (DEVELOPING) Route 17 Reopens After Fatal Crash In Hudson Valley (DEVELOPING)
Route 17 Reopens After Fatal Crash In Hudson Valley (Developing) UPDATE: A stretch of Route 17 in Orange County has reopened following a fatal crash on Monday morning.  New, updated report - Man, 18, Killed After Car Rear-Ends Truck On Route 17 In Orange County The crash happened on Route 17 westbound just after Exit 120 in the Town of Wallkill on Monday, Aug. 31, according to the Town of Wallkill Police Department.  According to 511NY traffic reports, the incident was first reported at 7:14 a.m. near Exit 120E for Wickham Avenue and Route 211 East.  The state traffic service listed the incident as a crash investigation involving a …
17 Animals Found Without Proper Care At Condemned NY Home: Sheriff 17 Animals Found Without Proper Care At Condemned NY Home: Sheriff
17 Animals Found Without Proper Care At Condemned NY Home: Sheriff An animal complaint in New York led to misdemeanor charges against two people after authorities said 17 animals were not properly cared for at a condemned home. The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office was called to Angel Road in Corinth at 2:42 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to Sheriff Jeffrey R. Brown. The investigation resulted in the arrests of Shannon M. Long, 31, of Hadley, and Michael L. Bovee, 47, of Corinth, on Saturday, Aug. 30. Each was charged with 17 counts of overdriving, torturing, and injuring animals by failing to provide proper sustenance, a Class A misdemeanor, the sher…
Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: NYPD Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: NYPD
Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: Nypd A 63-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with arson after setting himself on fire in the lobby of a Manhattan building housing Google offices, authorities said. John Butch, of Brooklyn, was charged with arson, criminal mischief, and reckless endangerment following the incident on Friday, Aug. 28, according to the NYPD. Police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a man who had set himself on fire inside 315 Hudson St. in Hudson Square just before 3 p.m., authorities said. Responding officers found Butch with burns throughout his body, police said. He was taken by EMS to New York-Pre…