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Michael Mashburn

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Michael joined the Daily Voice team in April 2022 covering news throughout New York, including the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Long Island.

He previously worked as a radio reporter covering local news and traffic for ABC News Radio affiliates KTAR in Phoenix and KOMO in Seattle.

Michael graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in May 2014. 

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Dogs On Cocaine Among Horrors Found At Animal Abuser's Centereach Home, Police Say Dogs On Cocaine Among Horrors Found At Animal Abuser's Centereach Home, Police Say
Dogs On Cocaine Among Horrors Found At Animal Abuser's Centereach Home, Police Say A Long Island man faces multiple animal cruelty charges after authorities found nearly a dozen dogs living in deplorable conditions, including two that ingested drugs. Christopher DiGiovanna, age 42, was arrested Saturday, Nov. 23, after detectives from the Suffolk County SPCA uncovered 11 dogs living in squalid and dangerous conditions inside his Centereach home, police said. Following a complaint about the animals’ living conditions, Suffolk County Police and Town of Brookhaven Animal Control and Code Enforcement executed a search warrant. Inside, they found numerous dogs underweight, fil…

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Amityville Native Alec Baldwin Says Americans 'Very Uninformed' About Important Issues Amityville Native Alec Baldwin Says Americans 'Very Uninformed' About Important Issues
Amityville Native Alec Baldwin Says Americans 'Very Uninformed' About Important Issues Actor Alec Baldwin – no stranger to controversy – is once again drawing the internet’s ire after recent comments on Americans’ intelligence. The 66-year-old New York native is facing backlash after suggesting that US citizens are ignorant about important world events and that watching films is the remedy to bridge the information gap. “Americans are very uninformed about reality, what’s really going on – with climate change, Ukraine, Israel, you name it, all the biggest topics in the world. Americans have an appetite for a little bit of information,” the Beetlejuice star told reporters at a…

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Stretch Of Long Island Expressway In Oyster Bay To See Weeks Of Closures: Here's Where, When Stretch Of Long Island Expressway In Oyster Bay To See Weeks Of Closures: Here's Where, When
Stretch Of Long Island Expressway In Oyster Bay To See Weeks Of Closures: Here's Where, When Scheduled roadwork could slow you down in the coming days. The westbound Long Island Expressway will undergo overnight lane closures in the Town of Oyster Bay for approximately two weeks, beginning on Monday, Dec. 2, according to the New York State Department of Transportation. From 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., all westbound lanes will be closed between exit 48 (Round Swamp Road) and exit 46 (Sunnyside Boulevard) for repaving work. Drivers will follow a signed detour via the North Service Road. You can find the latest travel information by calling 511 or visiting 511NY.org.

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Farmingville Man Accused In String Of Bank Robberies In Nassau County Dating Back Years Farmingville Man Accused In String Of Bank Robberies In Nassau County Dating Back Years
Farmingville Man Accused In String Of Bank Robberies In Nassau County Dating Back Years A Long Island man is accused in a string of bank robberies dating back years. Nassau County Police arrested Joseph Dumpson, age 32, of Farmingville, early Wednesday, Nov. 27, in connection with three bank robberies that occurred in Nassau County in 2020. According to police, Dumpson was behind the following robberies: TD Bank on Peninsula Boulevard in Hempstead – Dec. 22, 2020 TD Bank on Brush Hollow Road in Westbury – Dec. 23, 2020 TD Bank on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow – Dec. 28, 2020 Dumpson was taken into custody at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in Yaphank, on suspicion of three co…

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Lifestyle
Merrick Native Lindsay Lohan Reacts To Vikings Players Doing Her Iconic 'Parent Trap' Handshake Merrick Native Lindsay Lohan Reacts To Vikings Players Doing Her Iconic 'Parent Trap' Handshake
Merrick Native Lindsay Lohan Reacts To Vikings Players Doing Her Iconic 'Parent Trap' Handshake Lindsay Lohan has officially weighed in on a viral NFL moment that paid homage to one of her most popular movies. Appearing on NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the 38-year-old actress reacted to Minnesota Vikings players Camryn Bynum and Josh Metellus performing the iconic handshake from her 1998 hit, “The Parent Trap.” The footballers acted out the intricate moves – a secret handshake between Lohan’s character Annie and her butler – after intercepting a pass from Aaron Rodgers against the New York Jets on Sunday, Oct. 6. “They did your handshake from ‘The Parent Trap,’” Fa…

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Selden Dad Subjected Own Kids To Years Of Sexual Abuse, Jury Finds Selden Dad Subjected Own Kids To Years Of Sexual Abuse, Jury Finds
Selden Dad Subjected Own Kids To Years Of Sexual Abuse, Jury Finds A Long Island man is facing decades behind bars after a jury found he sexually abused his children for years. The 68-year-old Selden man, who prosecutors are not naming in order to protect his victims’ identities, was found guilty of multiple sex crimes by a Suffolk County jury on Monday, Nov. 25. Prosecutors said the defendant subjected three of his children to repeated sexual abuse between 1997 and 2010. The victims were between the ages of seven and 13 at the time. According to investigators, the victims didn’t report the abuse while they were children out of fear they would be separate…

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Politics
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…

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Shirley's Lee Zeldin Among Trump Admin Picks From NY Targeted With Bomb Threats Shirley's Lee Zeldin Among Trump Admin Picks From NY Targeted With Bomb Threats
Shirley's Lee Zeldin Among Trump Admin Picks From NY Targeted With Bomb Threats Several New York politicians received bomb threats as part of a widespread attack targeting President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and administrative appointees. The attacks, which ranged from bomb threats to prank “swatting” calls meant to dispatch a large number of armed police officers to a target’s residence, were made Tuesday night, Nov. 26, and Wednesday morning, Nov. 27. “Last night and this morning, several of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and administration appointees were targeted in violent, un-America threats to their lives and those who live with them,” said K…

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Lifestyle
Prepare With Care: Health Officials Share Food Safety Tips For Thanksgiving Prepare With Care: Health Officials Share Food Safety Tips For Thanksgiving
Prepare With Care: Health Officials Share Food Safety Tips For Thanksgiving As you gear up to prepare that Thanksgiving feast, don’t forget the tenets of food safety. The New York State health and agriculture departments offered up several tips to help keep family and friends safe from foodborne illness this holiday season. “The Thanksgiving meal is often the most elaborate meal cooked all year, which could be a contributing factor in mistakes that could lead to foodborne illness,” said state Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald. “We want to ensure that New Yorkers stay healthy by taking simple food safety precautions and encourage everyone preparing meals to fo…

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Lifestyle
'Thanksgiving Pizza' At Deer Park Eatery Has People Talking: ‘Looks Incredible’ 'Thanksgiving Pizza' At Deer Park Eatery Has People Talking: ‘Looks Incredible’
'Thanksgiving Pizza' At Deer Park Eatery Has People Talking: ‘Looks Incredible’ This ain’t your typical Thanksgiving pie. Forget pumpkin, pecan, and sweet potato: this Long Island pizzeria has people talking with its more savory Thanksgiving pie – pizza pie, that is. At Pino’s Pizza in Deer Park, the “Thanksgiving Specialty Pie” boasts all your festive favorites: turkey gravy, apple sausage stuffing, roasted turkey breast, and cranberry sauce made with dry figs, dates, and pears all piled on a pizza crust and topped with mozzarella. “Now this is a Thanksgiving meal,” owner Pino Barbieri captioned an Instagram post, where reaction to the culinary creation has been ove…

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