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Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold
Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold Harvard has agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits brought by families who fear their loved ones’ remains were stolen from the medical school’s morgue and sold for cash.  The university announced the settlement on Monday, Aug. 17. A Suffolk Superior Court judge granted preliminary approval, and a final approval is set for December. Federal prosecutors said former Harvard morgue manager Cedric Lodge sold stolen human remains across state lines. Investigators said Lodge secretly removed organs, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads, and other parts from donated bodies.  He…

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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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LI Firefighter, NYPD Officer Dies Suddenly At 25: ‘Dedicated To Serving Others’ LI Firefighter, NYPD Officer Dies Suddenly At 25: ‘Dedicated To Serving Others’
LI Firefighter, Nypd Officer Dies Suddenly At 25: ‘Dedicated To Serving Others’ A Long Island firefighter and NYPD officer died suddenly Sunday, Aug. 16 at age 25. Erasmo Mario Troia was honored with tributes online from his fire company and numerous others who knew him. “Gone far too soon, but the impact you left on this world will never fade,” Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department Company 2 wrote on Facebook. “You answered every call, helped every person in need, and left a mark on everyone lucky enough to know you. Fly high Erasmo.” North Hempstead Supervisor Jen DeSena was among those who remembered Troia’s kindness and generosity, saying she just spoke with him the…

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by Joe Wilkinson
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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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by Cecilia Levine
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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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Box Truck Overturns, Spills Fuel Across Nassau County Road After Crash: Police Box Truck Overturns, Spills Fuel Across Nassau County Road After Crash: Police
Box Truck Overturns, Spills Fuel Across Nassau County Road After Crash: Police A box truck crashed and spilled fuel all over a Long Island road on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 18, police said. The truck was traveling southbound on Berry Hill Road near School House Lane in Syosset around 12 p.m., the Nassau County Police Department said. A 28-year-old man traveling northbound on Berry Hill Road in a 2006 Toyota Corolla drifted into the southbound lanes and sideswiped the truck, causing it to overturn and spill fuel, police said. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Nassau County Emergency Service Unit (ESU), and Syosset Fire Department all …

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by Joe Wilkinson
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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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Predatory Teacher Groomed LI HS Student For Sex Abuse, Lawsuit Claims Predatory Teacher Groomed LI HS Student For Sex Abuse, Lawsuit Claims
Predatory Teacher Groomed LI HS Student For Sex Abuse, Lawsuit Claims A Long Island high school student has sued her district, accusing leaders of failing to protect her from a predatory teacher. The suit claims Bay Shore High art teacher John Kennedy, 52, groomed and sexually abused the 17-year-old student, Newsday reported Wednesday, Aug. 18. However, Kennedy is not named as a defendant. The student said she was sexually abused in Kennedy’s classroom between June and October 2025, according to News 12 Long Island. Suffolk County police told the station they investigated the allegations but found no crimes occurred. Allegations against Kennedy were first re…

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by Joe Wilkinson
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MS-13 Boss Plotted Bloody Machete Group Attacks In Nassau County, Gets Prison Time: Authorities MS-13 Boss Plotted Bloody Machete Group Attacks In Nassau County, Gets Prison Time: Authorities
MS-13 Boss Plotted Bloody Machete Group Attacks In Nassau County, Gets Prison Time: Authorities An MS-13 gangster who pleaded guilty to attempted murder on Long Island was sentenced to prison time on Tuesday, Aug. 18, authorities said. Elias Serrano Bonilla, 22, got 17 years behind bars for two separate stabbing attacks that targeted eight people on Long Island, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said. Serrano Bonilla plotted the machete attacks at a soccer field in Hempstead and a laundromat in Uniondale while holding an authority position among the Hempstead Locos Salvatruchas in 2024, investigators said. Six people were wounded in the October 2024 attack at Kennedy Memor…

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by Joe Wilkinson
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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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by Jillian Pikora
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Penn State Cocaine Ring Leader From Nassau County Surrenders: AG Penn State Cocaine Ring Leader From Nassau County Surrenders: AG
Penn State Cocaine Ring Leader From Nassau County 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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Pickup Truck Upended, Two Injured In Nassau County Car Crash, Officials Say Pickup Truck Upended, Two Injured In Nassau County Car Crash, Officials Say
Pickup Truck Upended, Two Injured In Nassau County Car Crash, Officials Say A two-car crash injured two people on Long Island on Monday, Aug. 17, officials said. The cars collided at Hicksville Road and Parkhill Avenue in Massapequa, according to John F. Scalesi Jr., a member of the Nassau County Police Department commissioners’ council. A blue Ford pickup truck was flipped on its side on Parkhill Ave., according to photos shared by Scalesi. The front windshield of the pickup was smashed, mangled, and falling off the vehicle. While two people were aided at the scene, their injuries were not serious, Scalesi said. Additional details of the wreck have not been relea…

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by Joe Wilkinson