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Trump Taps Vaccine Skeptic To Lead CDC Trump Taps Vaccine Skeptic To Lead CDC
Trump Taps Vaccine Skeptic To Lead CDC Another vaccine skeptic with New York ties could soon shape public health policy. President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Florida congressman and physician Dave Weldon to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Weldon was born on Long Island, in Amityville, and graduated from Stony Brook University in 1978 before earning his M.D. degree at the University of Buffalo in 1981. Earlier Report: Trump Selects Vaccine-Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As Secretary Of Health, Human Services “In addition to being a medical doctor for 40 years, and an Ar…
'Dinner On Me': Jersey Shore Mayor Apologizes To Jason, Kylie Kelce After Woman Berates Couple 'Dinner On Me': Jersey Shore Mayor Apologizes To Jason, Kylie Kelce After Woman Berates Couple
'Dinner On Me': Jersey Shore Mayor Apologizes To Jason, Kylie Kelce After Woman Berates Couple A Jersey Shore city's mayor apologized to former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce and his wife Kylie after a video showed a woman yelling at the couple while going to dinner over Memorial Day weekend. The Philadelphia-based "Word to the Wise Podcast" shared a video of the argument on Instagram on Tuesday, May 28. While the eight-second video's caption said the dispute was in Sea Isle City, where the Kelces own a beach home, it reportedly happened outside Steve & Cookie's By the Bay restaurant in Margate. The podcast's post said the unidentified woman approached the Kelces to take …
Search For Missing Boy Ends In Tragedy For PA Family: Police Search For Missing Boy Ends In Tragedy For PA Family: Police
Search For Missing Boy Ends In Tragedy For PA Family: Police The search for a missing child came to a tragic end on Monday, April 29 in one Chester County town. Officials were called to a Kennett Township home on the 600 block of Chandler Mill Road around 2:45 p.m. for reports of a missing 5-year-old boy who had autism, local police said. The child was find amid a widespread search involving multiple agencies, face down in a neighbor's pond, police said. Officers dove into the pond and rescued the boy, starting life-saving measures immediately.  Despite all efforts, the boy was pronounced dead at Dupont Hospital, police said.
Shot Girl: Kylie Kelce Thrills Fans At Jersey Shore Bar (VIDEO) Shot Girl: Kylie Kelce Thrills Fans At Jersey Shore Bar (VIDEO)
Shot Girl: Kylie Kelce Thrills Fans At Jersey Shore Bar (Video) NFL wife and Montgomery County, PA native Kylie Kelce thrilled revelers at a Sea Isle City bar last weekend. The 31-year-old who is married to Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelce, was captured in a video jamming out behind the bar at The Ocean Drive last weekend. Video captured by Franki Rudnesky was shared by wttwpodcast on Instagram. The Kelces were in town for Mike's Seafood's annual Autism Benefit Polar Walk. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mike’s Seafood Run Walk for Autism (@mikesrunwalkforautism) Fans loved seeing Kylie in th…
Eagles' Jason Kelce Returns To Jersey Shore For Autism Charity Fundraiser Eagles' Jason Kelce Returns To Jersey Shore For Autism Charity Fundraiser
Eagles' Jason Kelce Returns To Jersey Shore For Autism Charity Fundraiser A star offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles took a winter trip to the Jersey Shore to support a great cause. Eagles center Jason Kelce took part in the 16th Annual Mike’s Seafood Run Walk for Autism in Sea Isle City. The charity event was held on Saturday, Feb. 17. JASON KELCE WE LOVE YOU! Thanks for coming & supporting! Posted by Mike’s Seafood Run Walk for Autism on Saturday, February 17, 2024 The Super Bowl LII champion is a familiar face in Sea Isle City. He and his wife Kylie own a beach house in the city. Kelce has also hosted three summer fundraisers …
MISSING: Phillipsburg Police Search For 26-Year-Old Woman With Autism, Mental Health Disorders MISSING: Phillipsburg Police Search For 26-Year-Old Woman With Autism, Mental Health Disorders
Missing: Phillipsburg Police Search For 26-Year-Old Woman With Autism, Mental Health Disorders Phillipsburg Police are searching for a 26-year-old woman with autism and mental health disorders. Crystal Ortiz was last seen near Summit Avenue around 4 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11, Phillipsburg Police said. She has autism and suffers from mental health disorders, the department added. Anyone with information about Ortiz’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Phillipsburg Police Department at 908-835-2002.
Kelce Chugs 5-Second Beer, Pours Shots For Good Cause At Jersey Shore Bar Kelce Chugs 5-Second Beer, Pours Shots For Good Cause At Jersey Shore Bar
Kelce Chugs 5-Second Beer, Pours Shots For Good Cause At Jersey Shore Bar Like everyone else at the Jersey Shore, Jason Kelce was chugging beers —  but at least he was doing it for a good cause. Kelce, a center for the Philadelphia Eagles, hosted his third annual Jersey Shore fundraiser for the Eagles Autism Foundation on Wednesday, June 28 at Ocean Drive in Sea Isle City, raising more than $380,000 for the charity. Kelce, who was joined by his brother Travis, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, won a beer-chugging contest, defeating a Philadelphia radio host by chugging a 30 oz. beer in 5.7 seconds. Jason Kelce defeats James Seltzer, finishing his 30oz …
Autistic NC Teen Missing In PA Since Mid-May Found: Police Autistic NC Teen Missing In PA Since Mid-May Found: Police
Autistic NC Teen Missing In PA Since Mid-May Found: Police UPDATE: Jason P. Beverly II, 19, of NC, has been "located and is safe" the police said around 5 p.m. on Monday, June 5, 2023.  No additional information was released.   ORIGINAL: A teenager on the autism spectrum has gone missing in Pennsylvania, police announced on Monday, June 5, 2023.  Jason P. Beverly II was undergoing addiction recovery at Revelations of Freedom Ministry, 114 Rancks Church Road in East Earl Township when he "walked away" on May 16, 2023, the area police explained in the release. His family in North Carolina received a phone call from him telling…
Bucks Mom And Disability Advocate Dead At 29 Bucks Mom And Disability Advocate Dead At 29
Bucks Mom And Disability Advocate Dead At 29 Stephanie L. Lutkins, a beloved mother, partner, and fierce advocate for those with disabilities died Tuesday, Jan. 3, her obituary says. She was 29.  Called "Nini" by loved ones, Lutkins was a lifelong resident of Newtown Borough and attended Council Rock High School North before moving on to study at Bucks County Community College and the Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, according to her social media profiles.  Lutkins pursued a degree in early childhood education and had a natural gift for working with children, loved ones wrote. But her calling was to serve members o…
Missing Pennsylvania Autistic Teen Found Dead After Kidnapping, Beating: State Police Missing Pennsylvania Autistic Teen Found Dead After Kidnapping, Beating: State Police
Missing Pennsylvania Autistic Teen Found Dead After Kidnapping, Beating: State Police Eight people have been charged including a 14-year-old girl and at least one family member of a 19-year-old autistic man police say was kidnapped, beaten, killed, and left in a remote wooded area in Western Pennsylvania on Oct. 20, according to a state police briefing on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Hayden Robert Garreffa, 19, of Dilltown was found dead in Brush Valley Township by state troopers on Saturday, Oct. 22 around 4 a.m., according to a release by the police.  His death was believed to be a homicide, according to state police citing the Indiana County coroner's office. The police t…
Mass Shooting Threat Leads Pennsylvania Police To Weapons Stockpile At Autistic Man's Home Mass Shooting Threat Leads Pennsylvania Police To Weapons Stockpile At Autistic Man's Home
Mass Shooting Threat Leads Pennsylvania Police To Weapons Stockpile At Autistic Man's Home An Autistic man threatened a mass shooting after a text fight with his girlfriend⁠— and then police found weapons amassed in his home, according to court documents and the Pennsylvania state police.  Evan K. Etzweiler, 23, of Millersburg, began making threatening statements to his 52-year-old ex-girlfriend and her family on July 26 and continued through August 10, 2022, even though she reached out to the police on Aug. 5 after he posted a photo with a gun on Facebook, according to a release by the state police the following week and court documents.  "Etzweiler had previously made…
Man Attacks Autistic Relative Outside Berks County Walmart Store, Police Say Man Attacks Autistic Relative Outside Berks County Walmart Store, Police Say
Man Attacks Autistic Relative Outside Berks County Walmart Store, Police Say A man is facing charges after he allegedly attacked his autistic relative outside a Walmart store in Tilden Township (Berks County). Joshua L. Cassler, 31, punched and attempted to strangle the 21-year-old man after he accidentally backed a vehicle into a parked car and then into a pole in the parking lot of the store on Tilden Ridge Drive around 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, local police said. The victim, who has autism and cerebral palsy, got out of the vehicle and ran towards the store, where he was stopped by a relative, later identified as Cassler, of Shoemakersville, Tilden Township pol…
UPDATE: Missing Warren County Man With Autism Found Safe, Police Say UPDATE: Missing Warren County Man With Autism Found Safe, Police Say
Update: Missing Warren County Man With Autism Found Safe, Police Say UPDATE: Bechaud has been located and is safe, police have confirmed. ------------------------------- Seen him? Authorities have issued an alert for a Warren County man with autism who has been missing for several days. Robert Bechaud, 31, was last heard from by his family on Thursday, June 9 around 7:30 p.m., Mansfield Township Police said in a release on Monday, June 13. Bechaud has a slim build with a trimmed goatee and beard, short crew-style haircut and tattoos on his left forearm, barbed wire tattoos around his right bicep and a heart over his heart, police said. He drives a 2012 gr…
Missing Allentown Woman With Autism Found Safe (UPDATE) Missing Allentown Woman With Autism Found Safe (UPDATE)
Missing Allentown Woman With Autism Found Safe (Update) UPDATE: Police have safely located a woman who had gone missing in Allentown. ***Original story below*** Allentown police are seeking the public's help in locating a missing woman with autism. Marion DeJesus, 57, was last seen walking away from her home in the 100 block of West Gordon Street, Allentown police said Tuesday, May 17. DeJesus is known to frequent the 400 block of North 2nd Street and American Plaza.  She is 4'11" tall and weighs 110 pounds, according to police. Anyone with information on her wherabouts is urged to call 610-437-7751.
‘Nicest Person In The World:’ Hackettstown HS Grad, Talented Bowler Dies Unexpectedly, 28 ‘Nicest Person In The World:’ Hackettstown HS Grad, Talented Bowler Dies Unexpectedly, 28
‘Nicest Person In The World:’ Hackettstown HS Grad, Talented Bowler Dies Unexpectedly, 28 Hackettstown High School graduate and talented bowler Brian Patrick Waas died unexpectedly at at St. Barnabas Medical Center on Monday, April 18. He was 29. Born in Livingston, Brian graduated from Hackettstown High School in 2011, his obituary and social media pages say. Brian was a 21-year-golfer and a 10-season bowler with a 204 average, his page says. Brian leaves behind his loving parents, George F. and Linda (Moufang) Waas, III; grandmother, Barbara Waas; grandfather, Richard Moufang; godparents, Sue and Ray Freaney; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and close friends. Mea…
Popular Warren County Hotdog Shop Won’t Reopen After Owner’s Deadly COVID Battle, Wife Says Popular Warren County Hotdog Shop Won’t Reopen After Owner’s Deadly COVID Battle, Wife Says
Popular Warren County Hotdog Shop Won’t Reopen After Owner’s Deadly COVID Battle, Wife Says A popular Warren County hotdog shop that has been closed for several months will not reopen after one of the owners died from COVID-19 last month. Frances Russo of Joe’s Alpha Dogs in Washington made the announcement on the shop’s Facebook page Wednesday evening. “This was not an easy decision, but I won't be reopening,” reads the post. “I had every intention of doing so, but I can't do this on my own. I don't want to do it without Vin.” Frances’ late husband and co-owner Vin Russo fought a valiant battle against COVID-19 and succumbed to the virus on Friday, Feb. 4, DailyVoice.com repo…
‘He Fought Until The End:’ Beloved Dad, NJ Hotdog Shop Owner Vin Russo Dies After COVID Battle ‘He Fought Until The End:’ Beloved Dad, NJ Hotdog Shop Owner Vin Russo Dies After COVID Battle
‘He Fought Until The End:’ Beloved Dad, NJ Hotdog Shop Owner Vin Russo Dies After COVID Battle Beloved father and NJ hotdog shop owner Vin Russo died Friday, Feb. 4 following a courageous and valiant battle with COVID-19. Russo, who owns Joe’s Alpha Dogs at the Port Colden Mall in Washington with his wife, Frances, was admitted to the hospital with virus complications on Sunday, Jan. 9, according to a GoFundMe launched for the family. By the following day, Russo, 59, was in the ICU preparing to be put on a ventilator while dealing with separate kidney issues. Update: Just talked to Dr. He's holding. He urinated a lot. So they are holding off on procedure with the radiologist...…
PA Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting GF's 16-Year-Old Autistic Daughter PA Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting GF's 16-Year-Old Autistic Daughter
PA Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting GF's 16-Year-Old Autistic Daughter A 57-year-old southeastern Pennsylvania man was found guilty of sexually assaulting his live-in girlfriend’s 16-year-old autistic daughter in 2019, authorities said Roy Eller, of Oxford, was convicted on charges of sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and related offenses, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said in a Friday release. Last month, the victim's mother pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child after the girl told investigators that her mother was aware of the abuse and wanted her to have a child with Eller, authorities said. An investigation was …
Non-Verbal Autistic High School Senior Dies In Pennsylvania House Fire Non-Verbal Autistic High School Senior Dies In Pennsylvania House Fire
Non-Verbal Autistic High School Senior Dies In Pennsylvania House Fire A non-verbal, autistic high school senior died in a house fire earlier this week, according to officials and multiple media outlets. Aidan Albert Herrera, 20, of Hughestown, died in a fire at his home on Monday, officials say. The fire broke out in the the top floor of the family's home on Kenley Street in Hughestown, Luzerne County on Monday around 6 p.m., according to fire officials. Herrera was under the supervision of an aide while his father was out; he was on the toilet at the time of his death and refused to let the aide in the room, according to CBS21. “I miss him right now. His …
Missing Nonverbal PA Teen Found Safe Missing Nonverbal PA Teen Found Safe
Missing Nonverbal PA Teen Found Safe An autistic teenage girl who went missing Wednesday night in York County has been found safe, according to York County Office of Emergency Management External affairs officer Ted Czech. Isabella Orner was found safe and well in Heidelberg Township around 1:15 p.m. She is undergoing a medical evaluation. Original Report: Isabella Orner, 15, was last seen Wednesday in the area of the 6400 block of York Road located in Spring Grove, Heidelberg Township, around 9:15 p.m. according to the Northern York County Regional Police Department. K-9s, drones and ground personnel re-searching the half-m…
SEEN HIM? Police Search For Missing Northampton County Man, 22 SEEN HIM? Police Search For Missing Northampton County Man, 22
Seen HIM? Police Search For Missing Northampton County Man, 22 Police are searching for a missing 22-year-old man in Northampton County. Dylan Geuss, of Nectarine Road in Danielsville, disabled his home’s WiFi and took his electronic devices before leaving on July 7, Lehigh Township police said Friday. Geuss is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, has brown eyes, brown hair and glasses, police said. Surveillance footage from the area shows a white man with a white shirt and khaki pants standing near a dark-colored sedan that had stopped in front of his home, though Geuss wasn’t seen entering the car, police said. MISSING PERSON: Lehigh Towns…
Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups
Parents Seek Answers Following In-Custody Death Of Autistic Son Tied To NJ, CT, PA Bank Holdups UPDATE: A 23-year-old Cleveland man with autism who was accused of five bank robberies and two other attempts in New Jersey – and suspected in a dozen others in Connecticut and Pennsylvania – has died in federal custody in Chicago. Federal authorities hadn’t yet explained to his parents how Tyler James O’Toole died after being hospitalized last month, however, according to a published report. O’Toole was awaiting trial on charges of robbing a bank Glenview, Illinois when he cut off his monitoring bracelet, stole his mother's 2018 Hyundai Elantra and went on a holdup spree last fall, federal…
UPDATE: Missing Philadelphia Teen Jalen Maxwell Found Safe UPDATE: Missing Philadelphia Teen Jalen Maxwell Found Safe
Update: Missing Philadelphia Teen Jalen Maxwell Found Safe A Philadelphia teen reported missing was found safe Monday, CBSN Philly reports. The family of Jalen Maxwell, 13, said he went missing on Friday morning from his Wissinoming neighborhood, the news outlet reports. The teen's mom told CBS that her son has a mild form of autism and has never done anything like this before. Maxwell was taken to the hospital for evaluation, CBS reports.
UPDATE: Missing Philadelphia Teen Jalen Maxwell Found Safe UPDATE: Missing Philadelphia Teen Jalen Maxwell Found Safe
Update: Missing Philadelphia Teen Jalen Maxwell Found Safe A Philadelphia teen reported missing was found safe Monday, CBSN Philly reports. The family of Jalen Maxwell, 13, said he went missing on Friday morning from his Wissinoming neighborhood, the news outlet reports. The teen's mom told CBS that her son has a mild form of autism and has never done anything like this before. Maxwell was taken to the hospital for evaluation, CBS reports.