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Cruel Encounters
Sloth Encounters owner, Larry Wallach has been cited by the federal government for violating the Animal Welfare Act. A USDA report describes an inspector witnessing an employee improperly handling a juvenile kangaroo during feeding. This could lead to aspiration and accompanying aspiration pneumonia. Wallach was previously found guilty of violating court orders and cited for…
Looking For Evidence
Experts say police could be searching for ‘souvenirs’ from Gilgo Beach victims. Police are still on the hunt to link Rex Heuermann with evidence to the Gilgo Beach murders by looking for items from the victims at his home. Experts say finding items such as jewelry, clothing, or any other personal belongings could be a…
Connected To Other Crimes?
Police are still investigating whether the suspect, Rex Heuermann is linked to other unsolved crimes. Rex Heuermann who was arrested as a suspect in the Gilgo Beach murders is still being investigated and has been charged with the murders of three women. However, he is also the prime suspect in a fourth murder case. Suffolk…
Suffolk Police officer injured directing traffic
Many roads on the South Shore were flooded out Sunday Due to the heavy rain. A Police officer who was directing traffic around flooding on Sunrise Highway in Islip was injured when his car was hit by a commercial van. He was then taken to South Shore University Hospital in a helicopter. He suffered injuries…
Long Island serial killings arrest brings both pain and relief to victims’ families
NEW YORK (AP) — The trail had gone cold as clues suddenly dwindled. For a time, doubts swirled about whether a killer who dumped the remains of his female victims along remote stretches of coastline on New York’s Long Island would ever be caught. Then finally, after more than a dozen long years, bereaved families…
Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic in 5 sets to win Wimbledon for his second major trophy
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz said he wanted another shot at Novak Djokovic. Said it would make winning a Wimbledon championship more special. Well, Alcaraz got his chance to face Djokovic. And he beat him. Alcaraz put aside a poor start and surged down the stretch to end Djokovic’s 34-match winning streak at the…
US Rep. George Santos repays himself $85K raised from lackluster reelection fundraising
NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled freshman U.S. Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York charged with a host of financial crimes, including embezzling money from his campaign, withdrew $85,000 from his campaign to help repay hundreds of thousands of dollars he loaned himself to get elected in 2022. Congressional campaign records released Friday show…
Long Island architect charged in deaths of 3 women in connection with Gilgo Beach serial killings
RIVERHEAD, NY (AP) — A Long Island architect has been charged with murder in the deaths of three of the 11 victims in a long-unsolved string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders Rex Heuermann, who has lived for decades across a bay from where the remains were found, is charged with killing Melissa…
Harry Chapin Tribute concert this weekend
Harry Chapin Tribute concert benefiting Long Island Cares Is this Sunday at Eisenhower Park. Admission is free, but concertgoers are asked to bring donations of nonperishable food. . Hear more about it by clicking blow
Human remains found near Southern State Parkway
Human skeletal remains were found in a wooded area off the Southern State Parkway in West Islip on Thursday morningThe bones were found in a wooded area near exit 40 on the eastbound side of the parkway.Police say a driver had pulled over onto the shoulder of the parkway “when something caught his eye,” leading…
No fingerprints, DNA sample or leads from cocaine found at the White House, the Secret Service says
WASHINGTON (AP) — No fingerprints or DNA turned up on the baggie of cocaine found in a lobby at the White House last week despite a sophisticated FBI crime lab analysis, and surveillance footage of the area didn’t identify a suspect, according to a summary of the Secret Service investigation obtained by The Associated Press.…
Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaders of a Hollywood’s actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with studios and streaming services broke down. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, executive director of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation…