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PD: Body of missing Long Island mom found, husband arrested
Middle Island, NY- The body of a missing Long Island mother of five, was found on Thursday in a wooded area in Suffolk County. Melissa Molinari, 38, of Centereach, was first reported missing last week by a friend, but police say she hadn’t been seen, since November 21, 2021. Molinari’s body was recovered Thursday, at…
Starbucks workers at NY store, vote to unionize
CYBERSPACE (AP) — It’s a first for Starbucks — but not necessarily one the 50-year-old coffee seller is going to be celebrating. Workers at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York have voted to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board says the vote was 19-8 in favor of forming a union. Two other stores also had…
NYC lawmakers pass bill giving noncitizens right to vote
NEW YORK (AP) — Noncitizens in the country’s most populous city are closer to gaining the right to vote in municipal elections. The New York City Council overwhelmingly approved a measure Thursday that would give access to the ballot box to 800,000 green card holders and so-called Dreamers. Only a veto from Mayor Bill de…
FDA expands Pfizer COVID booster, opens extra dose to age 16
The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, opening a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine to people as young as age 16. The U.S. and many other nations already urge adults to get a booster to pump up their immunity months after initial vaccination. In the U.S., the Pfizer vaccine is the only option for children and…
NY attorney general Letitia James ends run for governor
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James has suspended her campaign for governor, saying she will run for reelection to her current position. The Democrat said in a statement Thursday that she needs to continue her work as attorney general, citing “a number of important investigations and cases” underway. James oversaw an…
PD: 2 unknown adults boarded a bus filled with kids
Holbrook, NY- Police on Long Island are investing how and why, two adults were able to board an occupied school bus on Wednesday morning. Suffolk County Police say an adult male and female, boarded a school bus in Holbrook that was transporting students to Sachem North High School. Police say the unidentified individuals boarded the…
Police investigate fatal crash on Rt 110
Farmingdale, NY- Suffolk County Police are investigating an early morning fatal crash on Route 110. Police say they got a call of an accident on Rt 110, just after 4am on Thursday morning. The accident involving a vehicle and a truck took the life of an adult man. A portion of the roadway was closed…
Cash payments to teen girls described at Maxwell trial
NEW YORK (AP) — A former boyfriend of a woman who says she was paid to give sexual favors to Jeffrey Epstein starting at age 14 corroborated parts of her account at the sex trafficking trial of the millionaire’s longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell. The man said Wednesday on multiple occasions in the early 2000s he…
Allergan settles for $200M with New York over opioids
NEW YORK (AP) — Pharmaceutical company Allergan Finance LLC will pay $200 million to New York state and two of its counties as part of an agreement that removes it from an ongoing state lawsuit over the opioid crisis. In the agreement, Allergan did not admit to any liability. In a statement, the company said…
Vaccine makers racing to update COVID shots, just in case
(AP)- Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against omicron even before it’s clear a change is needed, just in case. Experts doubt today’s vaccines will become useless, and the first hints this week suggested vaccines likely do offer some protection against the newest variant threat. But further tests are underway to tell…
COVID cases spike even as US reaches vaccine milestone
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. has reached a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully vaccinated people, but cases and hospitalizations are still spiking, even in highly immunized pockets of the country like New England. The situation is not as dire as last year’s post-holiday surge before the public had any access to vaccines,…
Giant Christmas tree outside Fox News headquarters set afire
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man is facing charges including arson for setting fire to a 50-foot Christmas tree in front of Fox News headquarters in midtown Manhattan. The artificial tree outside of the News Corp. building that houses Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post caught fire shortly…