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Update: Officer, Active Shooting Suspect Dead Near CDC Entrance, Emory University
A suspect in an active shooting incident at Emory University in Atlanta was found dead and a police officer was killed near the entrance to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, authorities said. Latest Update: New Details Emerge On Deadly CDC Campus Attack After Gunman Opens Fire On 4 Atlanta Buildings The chain of events unfolded late Friday afternoon, Aug. 8. "We at CDC are heartbroken by today’s attack on our Roybal Campus, which remains on lockdown as authorities investigate the shooting," Director Susan Monarez said in a statement. "A courageous …
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Cell-Phone Video Shows Small Plane Plunge Into Ocean Off Atlantic Coast
A beach packed with vacationers turned into an impromptu rescue scene when a single-engine plane splashed down just yards off the Atlantic Coast, all of it caught on cell-phone video. The incident happened Saturday, Aug. 2, near Oak Island, North Carolina. Pilot Mark Finkelstein told WECT in Wilmington, NC he was 20 minutes into a routine flight when the engine began failing. Realizing he could not stretch the glide to nearby Cape Fear Regional Jetport — and seeing crowds on the sand — he aimed for open water beside the town pier. “I wasn’t focused on what I was going to do as a res…
Police & Fire
One Killed, Another Injured In Small Plane Crash Onto NY Road: Police
A small plane carrying two men crashed onto a road in a New York neighborhood, killing one and injuring the other, police announced on Friday, Aug. 1. The crash happened just after 1:30 p.m. near Maplewood Park, north of State Route 104, according to Rochester Police Captain Greg Bello. The plane came to rest on Bridge View Drive in Rochester’s Maplewood neighborhood, and no vehicles were involved, Bello said. One man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other was extricated from the wreckage and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Their identities have not been r…
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Fatal Small Plane Crash In NY: State Police (
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A small-engine plane crash has left one person dead, New York State Police announced on Friday, Aug. 1. Troopers and emergency personnel responded to Morton Hill Road in the town of Hornellsville (Steuben County) after the crash, police said. One fatality has been confirmed, though the victim’s identity is being withheld until next of kin can be notified, according to authorities. Morton Hill Road remains closed in the area as investigators and emergency responders work at the scene. The public is urged to avoid the area to allow operations to continue safely, state police detailed. The F…
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: Wild Flash Flooding Transforms NY Train Station Into ‘Mini Niagara’
A shocking video captured the Great Neck Plaza train station looking more like Niagara Falls than a transit hub as torrential rains poured into the area Thursday afternoon, July 31. The viral Instagram clip, shared by WhatIsNewYork, shows water cascading down the station’s stairwells and platforms, creating what commenters dubbed the “Great Neck Falls” and “Neckagara Falls.” Others joked it looked like a scene from Universal Studios or a mini version of Niagara. View this post on Instagram A post shared by WhatIsNewYork (@whatisnewyork) A sim…
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NY Legislator Killed In Plane Crash 'Passed Doing What He Loved,' Colleague Says
Tributes are flooding in for a New York county legislator who was killed in a small plane crash in Rhode Island that injured two others. Montgomery County Legislator Dan Wilson, 77, died Wednesday, July 30, when the single-engine Piper Cherokee Archer went down during a failed landing attempt at Block Island State Airport, colleagues and police confirmed. Two other passengers—an 87-year-old pilot from Mechanicville and a 77-year-old woman from Clifton Park—survived and were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, North Shoreham Police said. The plane, owned by the Condair Flyers F…
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1 Killed When Small Plane From NY Crashes In Rhode Island (
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A trip from Albany ended in tragedy after a small plane crashed during landing in Rhode Island, killing one man and injuring two others. The single-engine Piper Cherokee Archer was attempting to land around 12:30 p.m. when it overshot the runway and crashed into thick brush at Block Island State Airport, according to North Shoreham Police. The aircraft had departed from Albany International Airport and was making its third attempt to land. All three passengers—residents of New York—were removed from the wreckage and taken to Block Island Medical Center. A 77-year-old man died while being t…
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Deputy Fire Chief Injured In Crash In NY: Community Rallies To Get Him Back On His Feet
The Rockland County firefighting community is coming together to support one of their own after a deputy fire chief for one of the area's villages was injured in a serious car accident while responding to an emergency call last month. The effort comes following a crash on Friday, June 20, when Spring Valley Deputy Fire Chief Marcos Padilla was involved in a collision while responding to a call in the village. According to a GoFundMe campaign organized by fellow firefighter Evan Humphrey, Padilla, who also serves as Fire Inspector for the Village of Montebello, was struc…
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Bomb Hoax Targeting NY Jewish Hospitals Lands Culprit In Federal Prison
An Oregon man who admitted to making hoax bomb threats against Jewish hospitals in New York will spend the next five years in prison. Domagoj Patkovic, 31, of Portland was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday, July 23, after pleading guilty to conspiring to make threats and conveying false information about explosives, as Daily Voice reported. Patkovic and others confessed to anonymously calling in bomb threats to hospitals and care centers with historic Jewish affiliations in New York City and on Long Island in 2021. During the calls, they threatened to detonate explosive de…
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Teen Drowns At Popular Swimming Hole In Hudson Valley Days Before 15th Birthday
A 14-year-old boy drowned at a popular Ulster County swimming hole just days before his birthday. Troopers responded to Rondout Creek's Split Rock area off State Route 55 in the town of Wawarsing just before 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, following reports of a possible drowning. A preliminary investigation found that the victim — identified as Charief Spratley — had been swimming with friends when he went under and never resurfaced, according to New York State Police. His friends tried to save him but were unsuccessful. They called 911 and stayed on the line until emergency crews arrive…
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Chilling Final Facebook Post From Pool By NY Man Before Drowning
A chilling photo posted to Sleigan Laroc’s Facebook story may have been taken just hours, or even minutes, before police say he was found unresponsive in a pool on Long Island and ultimately pronounced dead. The 25-year-old from Queens Village, NY, man was pulled unresponsive from a residential swimming pool at 10 Bloomington St. on Saturday, July 19 at around 9:35 p.m., Suffolk County Police said in the updated release. The photo shared to Laroc’s story earlier that evening appeared to be taken from the edge of the same pool where he was later found. Sleigan Laroc's chilling final …
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3 Sheriff’s Deputies Killed In Explosion At LA Training Facility
A routine morning at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training center turned deadly when a powerful explosion ripped through the facility, killing three deputies and sending shockwaves through the law enforcement community. The blast erupted just before 7:30 a.m. Friday, July 18, at the Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park, a site that houses the department’s Special Enforcement Bureau and bomb squad, according to the Los Angeles Times. It was the department's biggest loss of life incident since 1857. The explosion occurred as members of the bomb squad were moving explosives…
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