Bruce Blakeman’s Ex-Wife Gave $18K To Hochul Campaign In 2025: Records Bruce Blakeman’s Ex-Wife Gave $18K To Hochul Campaign In 2025: Records Bruce Blakeman’s Ex-Wife Gave $18K To Hochul Campaign In 2025: Records
Bruce Blakeman’s Ex-Wife Gave $18K To Hochul Campaign In 2025: Records Bruce Blakeman’s ex-wife donated $18,000 to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s reelection campaign. Nancy Shevell, now married to Paul McCartney, made the donation back in May 2025, nearly seven months before her ex-husband announced his own campaign against Hochul, according to New York State Board of Elections records. She hasn’t made any donations since. Shevell and Blakeman were married for 23 years before they divorced in 2008, and she married the Beatles singer-songwriter in 2011. Blakeman has since also remarried, to Judge Segal Magori Blakeman, in 2015. Blakeman said Wednesday, Sept. 23 that he …
Mario Cuomo Bridge Crackdown Leads To 39 Vehicles Impounded, Nearly 300 Tickets: Police Mario Cuomo Bridge Crackdown Leads To 39 Vehicles Impounded, Nearly 300 Tickets: Police Mario Cuomo Bridge Crackdown Leads To 39 Vehicles Impounded, Nearly 300 Tickets: Police
Mario Cuomo Bridge Crackdown Leads To 39 Vehicles Impounded, Nearly 300 Tickets: Police Dozens of vehicles were impounded and nearly 300 tickets were issued during a crackdown on ghost plates and toll evasion on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, police said.  The enforcement detail was conducted on Tuesday, Sept. 22, as part of New York State Police Troop T's ongoing effort to target drivers using missing, altered, or obscured license plates to avoid tolls and traffic cameras, State Police announced on Wednesday, Sept. 23.  Troopers said they issued 287 tickets during the operation for violations that included suspended and unregistered vehicles, unlicensed driving, sp…
Not Black, No Palestinian Heritage: Teacher Admits Lying For Years 'I Hid The Truth' Not Black, No Palestinian Heritage: Teacher Admits Lying For Years 'I Hid The Truth' Not Black, No Palestinian Heritage: Teacher Admits Lying For Years 'I Hid The Truth'
Not Black, No Palestinian Heritage: Teacher Admits Lying For Years 'I Hid The Truth' A veteran public school teacher and activist has admitted she lied for years about being Black and Palestinian, prompting two organizations she worked with to permanently cut ties with her. Hannah Gann, a teacher at The Workshop School in Philadelphia, publicly acknowledged the deception after members of Philly Educators for Palestine and the Racial Justice Organizing Committee confronted her about her background, the organizations said in a joint statement. "Members met with Hannah and questioned her about her background on Thursday and after an hour of discussion, Hannah finally admitted …
NY Men Among 6 Charged In $1.7M Business Email Scam, NJ Police Say NY Men Among 6 Charged In $1.7M Business Email Scam, NJ Police Say NY Men Among 6 Charged In $1.7M Business Email Scam, NJ Police Say
NY Men Among 6 Charged In $1.7M Business Email Scam, NJ Police Say Six people have been charged after scammers allegedly compromised a Fairfield company's Microsoft account and tricked it into wiring about $1.7 million, authorities said. The investigation began after the owner of a Fairfield-based HVAC wholesale company contacted police on Feb. 18 about a fraud that occurred in January, Fairfield Police Cpl. David Lagan said. Employees had received fraudulent emails that appeared to come from one of the company's business partners, Lagan said. The company's Microsoft account was then allegedly compromised. The suspects allegedly intercepted and m…
Popular Catskills Resort Closes Temporarily After Electrical Service Interruption Popular Catskills Resort Closes Temporarily After Electrical Service Interruption Popular Catskills Resort Closes Temporarily After Electrical Service Interruption
Popular Catskills Resort Closes Temporarily After Electrical Service Interruption A well-known Sullivan County resort in the Catskills has temporarily closed after losing electrical service, with management now announcing when it expects to welcome guests back.  Villa Roma Resort in Callicoon is temporarily closed and is scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, Sept. 29, according to an announcement from the resort.  The closure comes amid an interruption of electrical service that forced guests and timeshare owners to leave the property, according to a statement from Villa Roma management.  “We sincerely apologize to our hotel guests, timeshare owners, employees,…
Rare 2-Headed Turtle Hatches On Cape Cod — Talk About A Double Take Rare 2-Headed Turtle Hatches On Cape Cod — Talk About A Double Take Rare 2-Headed Turtle Hatches On Cape Cod — Talk About A Double Take
Rare 2-Headed Turtle Hatches On Cape Cod — Talk About A Double Take Wanted: Judo rat to train a pre-teen mutant turtle recently hatched on Cape Cod, but crime-fighting can wait — for now.  Wildlife experts are caring for the diamondback terrapin that hatched with two heads at a protected nesting site in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Both heads are alert and showing interest in food — encouraging signs for the tiny turtle.  “We are monitoring and making sure they’re bright and alert; they’re reactive. We’re making sure that we’re offering food and that both heads are active and looking around and trying to eat. So far they are, which is awesome,” Zak M…
Teenager Convicted For Gang Execution On Dead-End New York Street: Authorities Teenager Convicted For Gang Execution On Dead-End New York Street: Authorities Teenager Convicted For Gang Execution On Dead-End New York Street: Authorities
Teenager Convicted For Gang Execution On Dead-End New York Street: Authorities A New York teenager was convicted of executing a young man in a gang-related dispute on Tuesday, Sept. 22, authorities said. MyKing Giles, 18, of Albany, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Jamier Allen, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. Giles and another man walked Allen to a secluded area on a dead-end street on March 22, 2025, then filled his body with bullets and ran from the scene, prosecutors said. The killers conspired with several other people in the “KBM gang” to kill the 24-year-old Allen because they believed he was going to reveal informati…
Man Dies After Fatal Leap Inside Mall In NY Man Dies After Fatal Leap Inside Mall In NY Man Dies After Fatal Leap Inside Mall In NY
Man Dies After Fatal Leap Inside Mall In NY A man died after jumping from an upper floor inside the Palisades Center Mall in Rockland County, police confirmed.  The incident happened at the Palisades Center Mall at 1000 Palisades Center Drive in West Nyack at around 7:22 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, according to Clarkstown Police.  Officers were called to the mall about three minutes later. An investigation determined that the adult man had jumped from an upper interior floor of the mall, police said.  He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His identity is being withheld until his family can be …
Brothers-In-Law Killed In Hersheypark Crash By Teen High At 70+ MPH: Police Brothers-In-Law Killed In Hersheypark Crash By Teen High At 70+ MPH: Police Brothers-In-Law Killed In Hersheypark Crash By Teen High At 70+ MPH: Police
Brothers-In-Law Killed In Hersheypark Crash By Teen High At 70+ MPH: Police Two brothers-in-law building a business together were killed near Hersheypark by a 17-year-old driver who was high on marijuana and traveling more than 70 mph, police announced following a monthlong investigation. Ronald "Ron" Lindenmuth, 57, of Phoenix, Arizona, and James "Jim" Eyerly, 63, of Harrisburg, were killed in the head-on crash at West Hersheypark Drive and North Hockersville Road on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The Harrisburg teen has now been charged as a juvenile with homicide by vehicle while DUI and DUI involving a controlled substance or metabolite, Derry Township police announced in a…
Driver Indicted In Fatal Hit-Run In Hudson Valley Was Over Twice Legal Limit: DA Driver Indicted In Fatal Hit-Run In Hudson Valley Was Over Twice Legal Limit: DA Driver Indicted In Fatal Hit-Run In Hudson Valley Was Over Twice Legal Limit: DA
Driver Indicted In Fatal Hit-Run In Hudson Valley Was Over Twice Legal Limit: DA A 25-year-old man accused of driving drunk when he struck and killed a bicyclist before leaving the scene in Dutchess County has been indicted on vehicular manslaughter, prosecutors said. Joseph W. Marcinelli, 25, was arraigned on Tuesday, Sept. 22, on an indictment stemming from the fatal crash on Salt Point Turnpike in Poughkeepsie early Saturday, Sept. 12, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office announced.  Prosecutors said Marcinelli had a blood-alcohol content of around .19 percent, over twice the legal limit in New York, when he struck the bicyclist at around 12:30 a.m. ne…
Driver Indicted In Fatal Hit-Run In Hudson Valley Was Over Twice Legal Limit: DA Driver Indicted In Fatal Hit-Run In Hudson Valley Was Over Twice Legal Limit: DA Driver Indicted In Fatal Hit-Run In Hudson Valley Was Over Twice Legal Limit: DA
Driver Indicted In Fatal Hit-Run In Hudson Valley Was Over Twice Legal Limit: DA A 25-year-old man accused of driving drunk when he struck and killed a bicyclist before leaving the scene in Dutchess County has been indicted on vehicular manslaughter, prosecutors said. Joseph W. Marcinelli, 25, was arraigned on Tuesday, Sept. 22, on an indictment stemming from the fatal crash on Salt Point Turnpike in Poughkeepsie early Saturday, Sept. 12, the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office announced.  Prosecutors said Marcinelli had a blood-alcohol content of around .19 percent, over twice the legal limit in New York, when he struck the bicyclist at around 12:30 a.m. ne…
Chase Ends In Crash, Standoff After Man Returns To NY Store: Police Chase Ends In Crash, Standoff After Man Returns To NY Store: Police Chase Ends In Crash, Standoff After Man Returns To NY Store: Police
Chase Ends In Crash, Standoff After Man Returns To NY Store: Police A man who police say twice violated an order of protection at a New York business led officers on a chase that ended with a crash and a standoff, authorities announced Monday, Sept. 21. The incident began at Beer Universe, 16 West Avenue, in Saratoga Springs around 3:39 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, when local police were called for a man attempting to speak with someone inside the store despite a full stay-away order of protection, according to the department. Officers arrived and attempted to speak with the man, who was already inside a vehicle in the parking lot, police said. He allegedl…