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Katie Couric Reveals Terrifying Medical Scare
Katie Couric has spent decades guiding viewers through breaking news. This time, the breaking news was happening to her.
The 69-year-old journalist detailed the frightening episode in a Substack essay titled "The Day I’ll Never Remember: How I suddenly lost hours of my life," published Monday, July 6.
Couric wrote that the scare happened Saturday, June 27, while she was in Aspen, Colorado, for the Aspen Ideas Festival. She was scheduled to moderate one panel and speak on another.
Her day started normally. She walked into town, bought iced coffee, peaches, nectarines, kettle corn, and a str…
Westchester Mom Suffocated To Death In Ireland, 'Asylum Seeker' Suspect Fled To Turkey: Reports
A Westchester mother who moved to Ireland with her young daughter was suffocated to death inside her new home, and authorities are now searching for the suspect, who police worry has already fled to the Middle East, according to multiple reports.
Jamey Carney, 43, an Armonk native who relocated to Killarney, County Kerry, in 2021 with her now-13-year-old daughter, was found by a family member early Tuesday, July 7, according to The Irish Times. A postmortem examination determined that Carney had been assaulted and suffered head injuries, but died from suffocation, the outlet reported.
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LI Nurse Who Pocketed $1.25M In Fake Vaccine Scheme Hit With Record Fine
A Long Island nurse who admitted to faking more than 150 child vaccines was fined $544,000 by the state, officials announced Thursday, July 9.
Julie DeVuono’s fine is the largest in the New York Department of Health’s 125-year history, the agency said.
DeVuono, 53, pleaded guilty to criminal charges in June 2024, in which she agreed to complete community service, forfeit $1.2 million in criminal proceeds, and give up her professional licenses.
Between 2019 and 2022, DeVuono lied about giving 162 children various vaccines, including for chickenpox, measles, hepatitis, tetanus, and COVID-19,…
2.5M Eye Drop Bottles Recalled Over 'Foreign Substance,' FDA Says
More than 2.5 million bottles of a prescription eye drop are being recalled nationwide because they may contain a foreign substance.
Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. voluntarily recalled 2,530,182 bottles of Prednisolone Acetate Ophthalmic Suspension, USP, 1%, according to a Food and Drug Administration enforcement report. The recall affects 5 mL, 10 mL, and 15 mL bottles distributed across the US.
According to the FDA, the eye drops were recalled because of the "presence of a foreign substance."
"Prednisolone is a steroid medicine that is used to relieve the redness, itching, and swelling cause…
Fentanyl, Meth, Guns Seized In Albany Raid, Two Suspects Arrested: Police
Two people, including a teenager, were busted with a cache of drugs and weapons in Albany on Wednesday, June 8, police said.
Lamont Bryant, 53, and Equavieair Cooper, 18, both of Albany, were arrested around 10:30 a.m. on the 600 block of Clinton Street, the Albany Police Department said.
Cops executed a search warrant at a home and found fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, a loaded AR .22 rifle, and a loaded 9mm handgun, police said. Bryant and Cooper were each hit with eight drug possession and two gun possession charges.
Both men were arraigned Wednesday in Albany, pleaded not guilty, a…
NY Victim Beaten Unconscious With Baseball Bat And Robbed, Three Arrests Made: Police
A New York teenager led a three-man robbery and assault in the Capital Region that resulted in three arrests, state police said.
Braedon Loveday, 19; Timothy Wilbur, 34; and an 18-year-old man were arrested for the Tuesday, May 19 attack in Ballston Spa, New York State Police said.
Loveday, of Middle Grove, struck the victim multiple times with a baseball bat before snatching his cellphone and cash, investigators said. Wilbur, also of Middle Grove, and the 18-year-old joined in the attack, according to authorities.
The man was beaten unconscious at the scene, and the suspects fled before c…
