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Former Fauci Adviser Admits Hiding COVID-Era Communications From Public View: Feds Former Fauci Adviser Admits Hiding COVID-Era Communications From Public View: Feds
Former Fauci Adviser Admits Hiding Covid-era Communications From Public View: Feds David Morens spent years advising one of the biggest names in America's COVID-19 response. Now the Maryland man has admitted conspiring to keep some of his pandemic-era communications out of public view. Morens, 78, of Chester, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greenbelt on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to conspiracy to commit offenses and defraud the United States, months after the former senior National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official was indicted in the scheme. Morens served as a senior adviser in NIAID's Office of the Director from 2006 through 2022 and was an adviser to Dr.…

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Hayden Panettiere's Mom Makes Stunning Claim About Boyfriend After Actress's Death: Report Hayden Panettiere's Mom Makes Stunning Claim About Boyfriend After Actress's Death: Report
Hayden Panettiere's Mom Makes Stunning Claim About Boyfriend After Actress's Death: Report Hayden Panettiere's mother has released a statement to NBC News following her daughter's death, revealing how she felt about Panettiere's boyfriend. The 36-year-old former child actress had apparently rekindled her relationship with Brian Hickerson, according to NBC News. In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Panettiere's mother, Lesley Vogel, called Hickerson "a person in her life we have been trying to get rid of." Panettiere was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest after a 911 call brought first responders to a Greenville, SC home on Aug. 16. The word "overdose" can be heard duri…

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Basketball Coach Stabbed Dead; Flock Cameras Help Track Boyfriend Across State Lines: Police Basketball Coach Stabbed Dead; Flock Cameras Help Track Boyfriend Across State Lines: Police
Basketball Coach Stabbed Dead; Flock Cameras Help Track Boyfriend Across State Lines: Police A teacher and basketball coach was found stabbed to death inside her North Carolina home, sparking an interstate search aided by Flock cameras that ended with her boyfriend's capture at a Pennsylvania mall, authorities announced on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Sheremy Gwenette Dillard, 57, was found dead at 2201 Whistling Straits Way in Raleigh on Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Raleigh Police Department. Officers were dispatched to the home around 12:18 p.m. after family members reported they had not heard from Dillard and told police she lived there with her boyfriend, Rickey Andra Harper. Offi…

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Former State Auditor Who Stole $405K From NY Town Gets Prison Time Former State Auditor Who Stole $405K From NY Town Gets Prison Time
Former State Auditor Who Stole $405K From NY Town Gets Prison Time A former New York state auditor from Dutchess County who admitted using his position to steal more than $400,000 from an Orange County town while auditing its finances will spend years in prison.  Tobias Otieno, 42, of Hyde Park, was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 18, to four to 12 years in state prison for stealing approximately $405,843 from the Town of Wallkill, Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced. The sentence comes six months after Otieno pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny as a public corruption crime, as Daily Voice previously reported. Otieno worked as a…

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by Ben Crnic
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2 People Beaten To Death Before Killer Set House On Fire, Only To Die In Blaze: Police 2 People Beaten To Death Before Killer Set House On Fire, Only To Die In Blaze: Police
2 People Beaten To Death Before Killer Set House On Fire, Only To Die In Blaze: Police Two people were beaten to death before their killer intentionally set a house on fire — only to die in the blaze, police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The deadly fire at 508 Morgan Drive in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was not accidental, forensic evidence revealed during what Lower Swatara Township Police called an "exhaustive investigation." Two of the victims suffered severe blunt-force trauma at the hands of the third person before that individual intentionally set the fire inside the house, according to Lower Swatara Township police. The person who set the fire then died of fire-rel…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fatal I-684 Crash: Westchester Woman Gets Manslaughter Charge In 2025 Wreck, Cops Say Fatal I-684 Crash: Westchester Woman Gets Manslaughter Charge In 2025 Wreck, Cops Say
Fatal I-684 Crash: Westchester Woman Gets Manslaughter Charge In 2025 Wreck, Cops Say A woman has been indicted on a manslaughter charge more than a year and a half after a crash on I-684 in Putnam County left a Connecticut man dead, police announced.  Mount Vernon resident Makayla S. McIntyre was arrested on Monday, Aug. 17, in connection with the January 2025 crash in the town of Southeast that killed 65-year-old New Milford resident Michael T. Keller, New York State Police said on Tuesday, Aug. 18.  The crash happened around 7:15 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, when McIntyre, who was 23 at the time, lost control of her vehicle while traveling north on I-684,…

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by Ben Crnic
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Vehicle Fire Shuts Down Saw Mill River Parkway In Westchester (DEVELOPING) Vehicle Fire Shuts Down Saw Mill River Parkway In Westchester (DEVELOPING)
Vehicle Fire Shuts Down Saw Mill River Parkway In Westchester (Developing) A vehicle fire shut down a stretch of the Saw Mill River Parkway in Northern Westchester during the Tuesday afternoon commute.   The incident happened on Tuesday, Aug. 18, on the northbound side of the parkway at Exit 32 for Route 120 in Chappaqua, according to 511NY traffic reports.  The fire was first reported at around 2:29 p.m. near mile marker 20.4. All northbound lanes were temporarily closed as crews responded to the scene, but have since reopened, 511NY reported.  More information about the vehicle involved or whether anyone was injured was not immediately avai…

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by Ben Crnic
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Erratic Driver Caught Over 3 Times Legal Limit On Thruway In Hudson Valley: State Police Erratic Driver Caught Over 3 Times Legal Limit On Thruway In Hudson Valley: State Police
Erratic Driver Caught Over 3 Times Legal Limit On Thruway In Hudson Valley: State Police A driver accused of erratically traveling on the New York State Thruway in Orange County had a blood alcohol concentration more than three times the legal limit, police said.   Brooklyn resident Precious G. Adediran, 45, was arrested on Saturday, Aug. 15, after being stopped on I-87 in Orange County, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 18.  The incident began around 11:15 p.m., when troopers said they saw a 2025 Kia Sportage driving erratically while committing vehicle and traffic violations on the Thruway in Cornwall.  Police stopped the SUV and saw signs …

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Smoke On Plane From VA Forces Emergency Landing In PA On Way To NY (PHOTOS) Smoke On Plane From VA Forces Emergency Landing In PA On Way To NY (PHOTOS)
Smoke On Plane From VA Forces Emergency Landing In PA On Way To NY (Photos) Smoke reported inside a plane traveling from Virginia to New York forced an emergency landing in Pennsylvania Monday night, officials said. The American Eagle flight was traveling from Arlington, Virginia, to Albany, New York, when it diverted to Harrisburg International Airport after smoke was reported inside the cabin on Monday, Aug. 17, according to an airport spokesperson. Emergency crews were dispatched to HIA for an Alert 2 around 9:35 p.m., according to dispatch and airport officials. The aircraft landed safely around 9:45 p.m. and stopped near the end of the runway, officials said.…

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Penn State Cocaine Ring Leader From NY Surrenders: AG Penn State Cocaine Ring Leader From NY Surrenders: AG
Penn State Cocaine Ring Leader From NY Surrenders: AG The accused leader of a cocaine trafficking operation tied to Penn State students and two fraternity houses is now behind bars after failing to appear in court a day earlier, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Agostino Abbatiello, 24, of Westbury (previously of Carle Place), New York, surrendered Tuesday morning and had his preliminary arraignment before Magisterial District Judge Kelley Gillette-Walker, according to the Attorney General's Office. Gillette-Walker denied him bail. Abbatiello had failed to appear for his scheduled arraignment on Monday, …

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NY Man Skips Drug Bust Sentencing — Then Caught 2 Years Later, Gets Prison Time NY Man Skips Drug Bust Sentencing — Then Caught 2 Years Later, Gets Prison Time
NY Man Skips Drug Bust Sentencing — Then Caught 2 Years Later, Gets Prison Time A man who disappeared before he could be sentenced in connection with a Sullivan County drug bust was eventually caught nearly two years later and has now learned his fate, prosecutors said. Timothy Finnegan received the prison term after previously pleading guilty to fourth-degree criminal possession of a narcotic drug for possessing cocaine, the Sullivan County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Aug. 18.  The case stemmed from an undercover New York State Police investigation in Mamakating that ultimately led authorities to obtain a search warrant for a residence suspec…

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by Ben Crnic
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NY Sports Bar Has Liquor License Suspended After Over 60 Minors Found Inside: Officials NY Sports Bar Has Liquor License Suspended After Over 60 Minors Found Inside: Officials
NY Sports Bar Has Liquor License Suspended After Over 60 Minors Found Inside: Officials A Rockland County sports bar has had its liquor license immediately suspended after state investigators said they found widespread underage drinking — followed one night later by a 16-year-old being hospitalized after becoming severely intoxicated at the establishment.   The New York State Liquor Authority summarily suspended the liquor license of Hudson West Sports Bar LLC at 50 East Central Ave. in Pearl River on Friday, Aug. 14, meaning alcohol can no longer be sold or consumed there while the suspension is in effect, according to the agency. The emergency action followed a joi…

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by Ben Crnic