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$4k reward offered to find person who shot a cat on the East End
Aquabogue, NY- The Suffolk County SPCA and Strong Island rescue are offering a $4,000 reward to find the person who shot a cat named, Abraham earlier this month on the East End. Officials say on “Monday, October 11. 2021, a cat was found injured in the vicinity of Southfields Road and West Lane, Aquebogue, NY. The…
Sunrise Highway closed due to serious accident
**UPDATE* 10:32AM – Suffolk County Police have released the following statement, “Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian in Bohemia this morning. A pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle on Sunrise Highway, near Lakeland Avenue, on October 19 at 6:45 a.m. The victim, a 63-…
NYC’s Board of Health calls racism a public health crisis
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Board of Health has passed a resolution that names racism as a public health crisis, joining the growing list of state and local governments around the country that have done so in recent years. The resolution calls on the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to take…
Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says
Colin Powell, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims, dies WASHIINGTON (AP) — Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications. In an announcement on social media Monday, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. He was 84. Powell was the first African American to serve as chairman…
Fatal hit and run crash on the Long Island Expressway
Brentwood, NY- A man was killed Sunday morning in an early morning crash on the Long Island Expressway. Suffolk County Police say “Doreen Kucer, was driving a 2016 Kia Optima westbound on the Long Island Expressway, near exit 53, in the right lane when her vehicle was struck in the rear by a 2008 Honda…
Lawsuits demand unproven ivermectin for COVID patients
NEW YORK (AP) — Judges around the country are increasingly being asked to weigh in on the deworming drug ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. At least two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the U.S., many in recent weeks, by people seeking to force hospitals to give their COVID-stricken loved ones ivermectin, a drug for…
US, Haiti seek release of 17 missionaries snatched by gang
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — U.S. officials are working with Haitian authorities to try to secure the release of 12 adults and five children with a U.S.-based missionary group who were abducted by a gang notorious for killings, kidnappings and extortion. Police say the group was snatched by the 400 Mawozo gang on Saturday. As authorities…
Data: Nearly two-thirds of New Yorkers are fully vaccinated
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The latest federal figures show nearly two-thirds of New York residents are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. About 12.7 million of New York’s 20 million residents are fully vaccinated, according to data released Saturday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vaccination rates are highest in the southern and…
Plane makes emergency landing on Fire Island
Babylon, NY- A single engine plane made an emergency landing at a Fire Island beach. Suffolk County Police say on Friday afternoon, the plane with three passengers, landed just west of Kismet Beach around 3pm. Officials say one passenger was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment of a non-life threatening injury. The cause of…
FDA panel endorses booster shot for J&J COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration panel said Friday that the booster should be offered at least two months after immunization but didn’t suggest a firm time. The FDA isn’t bound by the vote but its…
US: States can order COVID shots for younger kids this week
East Farmingdale, NY- U.S. health officials are setting the stage for a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign for younger children, inviting state officials to pre-order doses starting this week. In meetings scheduled over the next few weeks, federal officials plan to discuss making shots made by one manufacturer, Pfizer, available for kids ages 5 to 11.…
Resilient shoppers push retail sales up 0.7% in September
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans continued to spend at a solid clip in September even as they face sticker shock at the grocery stores and elsewhere and even as snarled global supply chains are limiting the flow of goods. Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.7% in September from the month before, the U.S. Commerce…