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Packaging Defect Prompts Nationwide Snack Recall Packaging Defect Prompts Nationwide Snack Recall
Packaging Defect Prompts Nationwide Snack Recall A grab-and-go snack is being pulled from shelves over something consumers should not find inside the package. PT Organics Limited announced on Tuesday, July 21, that it was voluntarily recalling select Pumpkin Tree Peter Rabbit Organics Banana & Strawberry Fruit Puree pouches. The 4 oz. pouches were sold nationwide exclusively at Target, Meijer, and Kroger stores from Friday, March 6, through Monday, July 13, according to the company announcement posted by the Food and Drug Administration. The recall involves an internal packaging defect that could leave a strand of soft, food-grade pl…

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by Joe Lombardi
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New Details Released In Death Of 'Godzilla Vs. Kong' Actress Kaylee Hottle, 18 New Details Released In Death Of 'Godzilla Vs. Kong' Actress Kaylee Hottle, 18
New Details Released In Death Of 'Godzilla Vs. Kong' Actress Kaylee Hottle, 18 New official findings are shedding light on the sudden death of a rising actress whose work broke barriers on the big screen. People reported on Wednesday, July 22, that Kaylee Hottle died from multiple blunt force injuries, according to the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Her manner of death was ruled an accident. Hottle died on Tuesday, July 21, after being injured in a car crash in Frederick, Maryland. She was 18. Her father, Joshua Hottle, announced her death in an American Sign Language video posted to Facebook. Original report - Kaylee Hottle Dies Suddenly: Teen Act…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Bodycam Shows NY Deputies Hounding Suspended Driver Before Finding Gun, Toddlers: Sheriff Bodycam Shows NY Deputies Hounding Suspended Driver Before Finding Gun, Toddlers: Sheriff
Bodycam Shows NY Deputies Hounding Suspended Driver Before Finding Gun, Toddlers: Sheriff Body-worn camera footage shows the moment Putnam County deputies arrested a man after finding a loaded handgun in a vehicle carrying two toddlers during a traffic stop early Tuesday, July 21. Deputy Victoria Crimmins stopped a vehicle traveling 54 mph in a 35 mph zone on Route 22 in Southeast at approximately 2:42 a.m., according to Putnam County Sheriff Brian Hess. The driver, identified as 27-year-old Edwin G. Bowers III of Wassaic, was found to have a New York driver's license that had been suspended six times on three separate dates, Hess said. Bodycam footage released by the sheri…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Search Warrants Hit Hudson Valley Town Hall In Bid-Rigging Investigation: Reports Search Warrants Hit Hudson Valley Town Hall In Bid-Rigging Investigation: Reports
Search Warrants Hit Hudson Valley Town Hall In Bid-Rigging Investigation: Reports A Hudson Valley town’s IT provider is under investigation for bid-rigging with local police departments, according to multiple reports. Search warrants were served throughout New Windsor Town Hall on Wednesday, July 22 in an investigation into Patrick Mangan, the town’s deputy chief IT officer, according to Mid-Hudson News. Investigators believe Mangan advertised his IT services through New Windsor to police departments throughout Orange County, but instead provided them through his private company, Hudson Valley Computer Guys, sources told News 12 Hudson Valley. The probe concerns about a…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Business
Passenger Nearly Sucked Out Of Plane Reveals What Saved His Life Passenger Nearly Sucked Out Of Plane Reveals What Saved His Life
Passenger Nearly Sucked Out Of Plane Reveals What Saved His Life A passenger who was nearly pulled out of a Ryanair plane after a cabin window became detached says his seat belt may have saved his life. The incident happened to a Serbian entrepreneur named Ljubisa Karović on Friday, July 10. The 61-year-old spoke to The Guardian in an interview published on Wednesday, July 22. Karović was sleeping in a window seat on the Malta Air-operated flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany, when the window shattered. "The explosion is what I remember," he said. "It's the noise before the chaos, the noise that is always there when I close my ey…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Former 'Amazon Teacher Of Year' Accused Of Raping Massachusetts Middle School Student: DA Former 'Amazon Teacher Of Year' Accused Of Raping Massachusetts Middle School Student: DA
Former 'Amazon Teacher Of Year' Accused Of Raping Massachusetts Middle School Student: DA A former Massachusetts teacher once named one of Amazon's teachers of the year has been charged with raping a child, authorities announced.  Tymond Tran was charged with aggravated rape of a child with a 5-year age difference, indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over, posing or exhibiting a child in the nude, and providing obscene matter to a minor, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said.  The allegations stem from incidents that prosecutors said happened in Lynn in 2022, while he taught computer science at Thurgood Marshall Middle School.  Tran pleaded …

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by Josh Lanier
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Fatal Shooting Of Ulster County Driver Was Self-Defense By State Trooper: Authorities Fatal Shooting Of Ulster County Driver Was Self-Defense By State Trooper: Authorities
Fatal Shooting Of Ulster County Driver Was Self-Defense By State Trooper: Authorities A state trooper who shot and killed a man at the end of a high-speed chase through the Hudson Valley was cleared of wrongdoing Wednesday, July 22. Trooper Russell Peters fatally shot Albert Melendez Jr. on July 16, 2024, in Wurtsboro, and the incident was captured on body-camera video, according to the New York Attorney General’s office. Melendez, of Middletown, was spotted speeding on Route 209 through Ulster County, and state troopers took over as the chase entered Sullivan County, investigators said. Troopers said Melendez reached speeds of 90 mph before the chase ended at the intersecti…

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by Joe Wilkinson
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Third NY Prisoner Killed In Five Days Across State Prisons: Authorities Third NY Prisoner Killed In Five Days Across State Prisons: Authorities
Third NY Prisoner Killed In Five Days Across State Prisons: Authorities Another man held in New York state prison has died in a violent incident, the third such death in five days, police said. Jose R. Aponte, 34, was killed Tuesday, July 21 in a fight at Collins Correctional Facility south of Buffalo, New York State Police said. Another prisoner attacked Aponte in a residential rehabilitation unit, prison sections used for “therapy, treatment, and rehabilitative programming” for people requiring “more than 15 days of disciplinary confinement,” according to state authorities. Aponte, of the Bronx, was rushed to Bertrand Chaffee Hospital, where he was pronounce…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Police & Fire
Raging Camper Fire Threatens Home, Vehicles In Hudson Valley Raging Camper Fire Threatens Home, Vehicles In Hudson Valley
Raging Camper Fire Threatens Home, Vehicles In Hudson Valley A fully involved camper fire threatened a home, multiple vehicles and heavy equipment in Orange County before firefighters quickly stopped the flames from spreading, officials said. Firefighters were dispatched to a camper fire on Main Street in Sparrow Bush at 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, according to the Sparrow Bush Fire Department. Upon arrival, firefighters found the camper fully engulfed in flames and threatening two vehicles, a small excavator and a nearby home, the department said. Crews from the Sparrow Bush Fire Department and Port Jervis Fire Department deployed two hand line…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Missing Woman From NY Believed To Be Among 4 US Soldiers Killed In Mideast Missing Woman From NY Believed To Be Among 4 US Soldiers Killed In Mideast
Missing Woman From NY Believed To Be Among 4 US Soldiers Killed In Mideast The search for a missing soldier from New York City has taken a devastating turn. The Pentagon announced on Tuesday, July 21, that Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, Queens, is believed to have been killed during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. Rampersad had been listed as missing after the Iranian missile and drone attack on Friday, July 17. The Pentagon casualty notice said her status was changed to Duty Status-Whereabouts Unknown and that she was believed deceased. The distinction means her death had not been formally confirmed. The attack remains under in…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
SWAT Called To Arrest Whitewater Attorney In New Jersey Assault Case: Police SWAT Called To Arrest Whitewater Attorney In New Jersey Assault Case: Police
SWAT Called To Arrest Whitewater Attorney In New Jersey Assault Case: Police A prominent attorney known for his role in the 1990s Whitewater scandal was arrested in Bergen County after authorities said he hid inside his home while officers attempted to take him into custody, bringing a SWAT team to the scene. Robert William Ray, 66, was arrested in Englewood Cliffs on Tuesday, July 21, on charges of simple assault and terroristic threats, according to Bergen County Jail records. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail as of Wednesday afternoon, July 22. Officers went to Ray's home to arrest him on the assault charges, but he did not answer the door, Englewood Cli…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Deadline Nears For Amazon Prime Customers To File Claims In $2.5B Settlement Deadline Nears For Amazon Prime Customers To File Claims In $2.5B Settlement
Deadline Nears For Amazon Prime Customers To File Claims In $2.5B Settlement Amazon Prime customers have only a few days left to file a claim as part of a $2.5 billion federal settlement. The deadline to submit claims is Monday, July 27. The Federal Trade Commission and Amazon reached the settlement in September 2025 over how Prime memberships were marketed and canceled. The FTC accused Amazon of enrolling consumers in Prime without clear consent, collecting billing information before fully disclosing membership terms, and making it difficult for users to cancel. Amazon settled the case without admitting fault but said it's working to "make it clear and simple …

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by Chris Spiker