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Car Theft Ring: 13 Gang Members Stole Dozens Of Cars, Credit Cards On Long Island, DA Says Car Theft Ring: 13 Gang Members Stole Dozens Of Cars, Credit Cards On Long Island, DA Says
Car Theft Ring: 13 Gang Members Stole Dozens Of Cars, Credit Cards On Long Island, DA Says Thirteen alleged gang members have been indicted in Suffolk County for their involvement in a massive vehicle theft and fraud ring, prosecutors announced Tuesday, March 4. The group, associated with the Hempstead/Freeport-based gang “5-L” or “CC Boyz,” targeted cars across Suffolk County between February 2023 and August 2024, stealing 15 vehicles, breaking into 52 more, and taking 75 credit cards, which they used to make more than $40,000 in fraudulent purchases, prosecutors alleged. The suspects traveled from Nassau County to Suffolk County late at night or early in the morning, looking fo…

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19-Year-Old Murdered Man At Homeless Camp Steps From LI Police Station: Cops 19-Year-Old Murdered Man At Homeless Camp Steps From LI Police Station: Cops
19-Year-Old Murdered Man At Homeless Camp Steps From LI Police Station: Cops A 19-year-old Hudson Valley man is accused in the murder of a homeless man that occurred just steps from a Long Island police station. Brayan Heredia-Escobar was apprehended following a joint investigation between the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and Suffolk County Police in the village of Brewster on Saturday, March 1. Heredia-Escobar was taken to Suffolk County, where he’s charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Condido Devenites, sheriff’s officials said. Devenites was found slain in a makeshift tent in Central Islip, just steps from the MTA Police Department near Suffolk …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Car Into Dentist Office: Child Among 2 Injured Following Plainview Crash (VIDEO) Car Into Dentist Office: Child Among 2 Injured Following Plainview Crash (VIDEO)
Car Into Dentist Office: Child Among 2 Injured Following Plainview Crash (Video) Two people were injured, including a child, when a car crashed through the front window of a dentist office on Long Island. The incident happened in Plainview, at the Plainview Pediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics on Old Country Road, just before 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 4. A 67-year-old woman was driving a Volkswagen SUV when she crashed through the front of the building, injuring a 20-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy inside, Nassau County Police said. Both victims were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver was not harmed in the collision. Photos showed…

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Melania Trump Leads Fight Against Revenge Porn: ‘Take It Down Act’ Explained Melania Trump Leads Fight Against Revenge Porn: ‘Take It Down Act’ Explained
Melania Trump Leads Fight Against Revenge Porn: ‘Take It Down Act’ Explained Melania Trump has a message for Congress: It’s time to act. The First Lady is taking a high-profile stand against deepfake pornography and online sexual exploitation, calling on lawmakers to pass the TAKE IT DOWN Act, a bipartisan bill that would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate images (NCII), including AI-generated content, according to Congressional records. Trump, alongside Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), hosted a bipartisan roundtable discussion Monday, March 3, where victims and advocates shared gut-wrenching stories about how AI-ge…

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Ex-WWE CEO Linda McMahon Confirmed As Secretary Of Education Ex-WWE CEO Linda McMahon Confirmed As Secretary Of Education
Ex-wwe CEO Linda McMahon Confirmed As Secretary Of Education In a party-line vote, the Senate confirmed former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) CEO Linda McMahon as secretary of education on Monday, March 3.  It was an expected outcome as all of President Donald Trump's nominees have passed confirmation.  Trump has voiced his desire to abolish the Department of Education and transfer school decision-making powers to the states.  "It's a big con job," the president said of the Department of Education, according to Fox News. "They ranked the top countries in the world. We're ranked No. 40, but we're ranked No. 1 in one department: co…

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Casey Anthony Resurfaces To Advocate For Slain Daughter In Viral TikTok Debut Casey Anthony Resurfaces To Advocate For Slain Daughter In Viral TikTok Debut
Casey Anthony Resurfaces To Advocate For Slain Daughter In Viral TikTok Debut Casey Anthony is making a comeback—on TikTok. The former Florida mom, acquitted in 2011 of murder charges related to the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, has reemerged as a self-proclaimed legal advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, women like herself, and her daughter, she says in the video posted Saturday, March 1. “For those of you who don’t know, my name is Casey Anthony. My daughter is Caylee Anthony. My parents are George and Cindy Anthony. This is not about them. This is not in response to anything that they have said or done… The whole point of this is for me to begin to reint…

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'Mass Casualty' Declared After School Bus Crash Injures Multiple People On Long Island 'Mass Casualty' Declared After School Bus Crash Injures Multiple People On Long Island
'Mass Casualty' Declared After School Bus Crash Injures Multiple People On Long Island Several people were injured following a school bus crash on Long Island. The wreck happened in North Lindenhurst, on Sunrise Highway near North Delaware Avenue, at around 5:15 p.m. Monday, March 3. A total of eight people were taken to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, according to preliminary radio traffic. Their ages and the extent of their injuries were not immediately clear. The scene was declared a “mass casualty incident” by Lindenhurst Fire officials. Details surrounding the crash, including the number of vehicles involved, were not immediately available. Sunrise …

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by Michael Mashburn
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LI Sound Seal Pup Dies Weeks After City Street Rescue: 'Chappy Was Surrounded By Love' LI Sound Seal Pup Dies Weeks After City Street Rescue: 'Chappy Was Surrounded By Love'
LI Sound Seal Pup Dies Weeks After City Street Rescue: 'Chappy Was Surrounded By Love' A seal pup found wandering on a New Haven street has died, unable to recover from illness and malnutrition. The gray seal nicknamed "Chappy" has died, Mystic Aquarium said in an Instagram post on Monday, Mar. 3. The male pup was brought to the aquarium's Animal Rescue Clinic on Sunday, Feb. 16 after New Haven police found him stranded near the intersection of Chapel and East streets. At first, Chappy responded well to treatments for dehydration, malnutrition, and mild pneumonia, but he struggled with digestion after transitioning to eating whole fish. "The Mystic Aquarium st…

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'Feels Wrong': 2 Girls Followed By Suspicious Driver Near LI Elementary School, Tipster Warns 'Feels Wrong': 2 Girls Followed By Suspicious Driver Near LI Elementary School, Tipster Warns
'Feels Wrong': 2 Girls Followed By Suspicious Driver Near LI Elementary School, Tipster Warns A possible stalking incident involving two teenage girls is under investigation thanks to a concerned bystander. Steph Mac was driving near Manhattan Boulevard and Belmore Avenue in Islip Terrace at around 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, when she spotted a vehicle driving unusually slow ahead of her near Connetquot Elementary School, she wrote on the “Islip Terrace and All of the Islips” Facebook page. At first, nothing seemed out of the ordinary—until the driver pulled over to let her pass. After passing the vehicle, Mac spotted two girls, estimated to be middle or high school age, jogging down…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Man Beat 2-Year-Old Stepdaughter So Badly She Needed Life-Saving Surgery, LI Jury Finds Man Beat 2-Year-Old Stepdaughter So Badly She Needed Life-Saving Surgery, LI Jury Finds
Man Beat 2-Year-Old Stepdaughter So Badly She Needed Life-Saving Surgery, LI Jury Finds A Long Island man could spend decades behind bars for nearly beating his 2-year-old stepdaughter to death. The 33-year-old Huntington Station man, who prosecutors did not name to protect the child’s identity, was found guilty of assault and related charges by a Suffolk County jury on Friday, Feb. 28. Investigators determined that the defendant was babysitting his girlfriend’s daughter while she went to work and ran errands in February 2024 when he assaulted the child, leaving significant bruises on her body, according to the Suffolk County DA’s office. After the girl’s mother discovered t…

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Second Inmate Beaten To Death By Guards Near NY Prison Where Robert Brooks Died: Report Second Inmate Beaten To Death By Guards Near NY Prison Where Robert Brooks Died: Report
Second Inmate Beaten To Death By Guards Near NY Prison Where Robert Brooks Died: Report A second inmate has died near the same New York State prison where guards were captured on video fatally beating an inmate last year. Messiah Nantwi, 22, died at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy on Saturday, March 1, a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) told Daily Voice. Additional details about his death were not released, but nine inmates at the facility told The New York Times that Nantwi was brutally beaten by corrections officers. Thomas Mailey, a prisons spokesman, declined to comment on the New York Times allegations in a st…

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NYU Langone Patients Can Soon Check In By Scanning Their Hands: Here's How NYU Langone Patients Can Soon Check In By Scanning Their Hands: Here's How
NYU Langone Patients Can Soon Check In By Scanning Their Hands: Here's How A New York City-area healthcare system will allow some patients to check into its facilities with just the palm of their hand. NYU Langone Health is rolling out Amazon One, a contactless palm-scanning system, to speed up patient check-ins across its facilities, the online retail giant said in a news release on Monday, Mar. 3. The rollout of the new check-in system will begin on the week of Monday, Mar. 10. The technology, already used at Amazon Fresh grocery stores, stadiums, and airports, is being integrated into NYU Langone's check-in process to enhance efficiency and security. "One…

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