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National Interest
'Takeovers' Spark Concern Across US: 500 Teens Swarm Shopping Center In Colorado 'Takeovers' Spark Concern Across US: 500 Teens Swarm Shopping Center In Colorado
'Takeovers' Spark Concern Across US: 500 Teens Swarm Shopping Center In Colorado A type of gathering organized through social media is creating major public safety challenges across the country. The latest example unfolded on Sunday, Aug. 30, when approximately 500 teenagers converged on the Hoffman Heights Shopping Center in Aurora, Colorado, according to the Aurora Police Department. Most of those in the crowd were between 14 and 17 years old. Police said the gathering was promoted through social media around an unpermitted sporting event. What may have begun as a social meetup quickly overwhelmed the shopping center. Groups entered roadways and broke away from the m…

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by Joe Lombardi
Breaking News
Woman Charged With Prostitution At Vacant Long Island Store: Police Woman Charged With Prostitution At Vacant Long Island Store: Police
Woman Charged With Prostitution At Vacant Long Island Store: Police A woman was arrested after an investigation into community complaints about activity at a vacant store on Long Island on Tuesday night, Sept. 8, authorities said. Suffolk County Sixth Precinct Crime Unit officers conducted the investigation at the store at 14 Dawn Drive and arrested Weiyan Jiang around 8 p.m. Jiang, 43, of Centereach, was charged with misdemeanor prostitution. She was issued a desk appearance ticket and is due to be arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip at a later date. Anyone with information is asked to call the Sixth Precinct Crime Section at 631-854-8626.

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by Jillian Pikora
Breaking News
E-Scooter Rider Critically Hurt In Nassau County Crash: Police E-Scooter Rider Critically Hurt In Nassau County Crash: Police
E-Scooter Rider Critically Hurt In Nassau County Crash: Police A 30-year-old man suffered a severe head injury after being thrown from a high-performance electric scooter on Long Island, police said. The man was riding a Teewing electric scooter south on Austin Boulevard in North Long Beach around 4:36 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, when he suddenly stopped at Saratoga Boulevard and was ejected over the handlebars, according to Long Beach police. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition. No other injuries were reported. Police did not release his name.

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by Jillian Pikora
Breaking News
'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Canceled? ABC Denies Report 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Canceled? ABC Denies Report
'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Canceled? ABC Denies Report ABC executives are disputing a report that "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is set to end after this season. The Page Six report published Tuesday, Sept. 8, the night of the season debut, said that 58-year-old Kimmel's contract was not being extended, bringing the show to an end after 24 years in May 2027. But a spokesperson for ABC Entertainment told Daily Voice:  "This information is inaccurate - any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative.” Kimmel, one of the longest-running hosts in late night, appeared alongside his wife, Molly McNearney, on Dax Shepard and…

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by Cecilia Levine
National Interest
IDs Released For 5 Killed In Amazon Cargo Jet Crash IDs Released For 5 Killed In Amazon Cargo Jet Crash
IDs Released For 5 Killed In Amazon Cargo Jet Crash The names of the five people killed in a fiery Amazon cargo jet crash in Miami have now been released. The five fatalities from the Sunday, Sept. 6 crash were confined to people in one of the two vehicles struck after the Boeing 767-300 overran a runway at Miami International Airport, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said during a Monday, Sept. 7, news conference. One was a white Ford van carrying seven people on airport property, while the other was a Toyota passenger vehicle outside the airport grounds, according to the NTSB. The identities of those ki…

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by Joe Lombardi
Weather
Here's Timing For Cold Front That Will Trigger New Storm System Here's Timing For Cold Front That Will Trigger New Storm System
Here's Timing For Cold Front That Will Trigger New Storm System Warmer, more humid air will set the stage for a new round of storms.  Click here for a new, updated story - Showers, Scattered Storms Will Accompany Cold Front: Here's Timing The transition will start Wednesday, Sept. 9, as temperatures rise and moisture increases. The National Weather Service says a frontal system will bring thunderstorms from the Midwest into parts of interior New England by Wednesday night. In central New York and northeast Pennsylvania, the front could trigger scattered showers and thunderstorms beginning late Wednesday afternoon and continuing into the eve…

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by Joe Lombardi
Breaking News
NY Men Charged In CT Cooking Oil Heist Could Be Connected To More, Police Say NY Men Charged In CT Cooking Oil Heist Could Be Connected To More, Police Say
NY Men Charged In CT Cooking Oil Heist Could Be Connected To More, Police Say Two New York men face charges after police said they caught them trying to steal used cooking oil from a Connecticut business. Officers found the men at a shopping plaza on Sunday, Sept. 6, after police were alerted to a white box truck linked to an earlier cooking oil theft from an Enfield restaurant. Police stopped the truck and arrested both men inside after an investigation. Officers found a large polyethylene liquid storage tank, buckets, hoses, and various masks in the van. The men also had more than $10,000 in cash, police said. Police suspect the truck may be connected to other th…

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by Josh Lanier
Breaking News
Disease-Causing Bacteria Found At LI Food Facility, Recall Issued: FDA Disease-Causing Bacteria Found At LI Food Facility, Recall Issued: FDA
Disease-Causing Bacteria Found At LI Food Facility, Recall Issued: FDA A Long Island based food manufacturer has recalled numerous products due to listeria concerns, officials said Sunday, Sept. 6. Made Fresh Salads Inc., of Bay Shore, recalled dozens of its ready-to-eat deli-style salads and cream cheese products, the Food and Drug Administration announced. Inspectors found the disease-causing bacteria listeria monocytogenes at the company’s facility, which sparked the recall, according to the announcement. Listeria infections can cause fever, chills, headache, diarrhea, nausea, muscle and joint pain, and fatigue. People who are pregnant, 65 or older, or imm…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Breaking News
Boat Flips Off Long Island Coast During Labor Day Outing, Coast Guard Responds Boat Flips Off Long Island Coast During Labor Day Outing, Coast Guard Responds
Boat Flips Off Long Island Coast During Labor Day Outing, Coast Guard Responds At least five people were rescued in boating accidents off Long Island’s South Shore on Monday, Sept. 7, authorities said. The U.S. Coast Guard saved four people when a boat overturned in Fire Island Inlet just before 3 p.m. Monday, the West Islip Fire Department said. At least one other person was rescued in a separate incident, according to the department. One person was hospitalized for minor injuries at Good Samaritan Hospital, while four others declined treatment, officials said. By the time the local departments responded to the scene, the Coast Guard had already scooped up five peop…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Breaking News
Can Trump Pardon Lindsay Clancy? Her Lawyer Calls On President For Help After Mistrial Can Trump Pardon Lindsay Clancy? Her Lawyer Calls On President For Help After Mistrial
Can Trump Pardon Lindsay Clancy? Her Lawyer Calls On President For Help After Mistrial Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer is asking President Donald Trump to intervene after her murder trial ended without a verdict. There is one major obstacle: Trump cannot pardon her. Attorney Kevin Reddington appeared on "Good Morning America" on Tuesday, Sept. 8, days after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial. Clancy, 36, faces three first-degree murder charges in the deaths of her children at their Duxbury home in January 2023. Related: Mom Who Closely Followed Lindsay Clancy Case Kills 2-Year-Old Son, Prosecutors Say "Mr. President, I would hope you would consider this young lady, the type o…

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by Josh Lanier
Breaking News
Seatmate Reveals What Triggered Unruly Realtor's Mid-Air Meltdown: 'Jesus Is Bull—' Seatmate Reveals What Triggered Unruly Realtor's Mid-Air Meltdown: 'Jesus Is Bull—'
Seatmate Reveals What Triggered Unruly Realtor's Mid-Air Meltdown: 'Jesus Is Bull—' A New Jersey author says he was seated beside the unruly passenger who was later duct-taped aboard a flight last week — and is now revealing what he says triggered the meltdown. Jonathan Cahn, an author and religious leader who leads the Beth Israel Worship Center in Wayne, identified himself as the passenger seated beside Layne Arthur Lundeen, 67, of Arizona, aboard Newark-bound American Airlines Flight 618 in a 48-minute YouTube video shared Sunday, Sept. 7. Cahn said the conversation aboard the Thursday, Sept. 3, flight from Dallas to Newark turned to religion and his newest novel, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Breaking News
Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Appeal Case Dismissed Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Appeal Case Dismissed
Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Appeal Case Dismissed Convicted child sex offender and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky's latest bid to overturn his convictions has been dismissed after he declined to proceed with a purported victim recantation that had landed him a new evidentiary hearing. Senior Judge Maureen A. Skerda dismissed Sandusky's third Post-Conviction Relief Act petition on Tuesday, Sept. 8, after determining that the 82-year-old had been fully informed of his rights and understood his attorneys' decision to withdraw the claim involving R.R., identified in court records as Victim 10. Sandusky has 30 days to appeal, a…

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by Jillian Pikora