Tag: New York

‘Courageous Group of People’: NY Parade Highlights Persecution of Falun Gong, 415 Million People Quitting the CCP

July 20 marks a solemn anniversary, the day on which one of the most unconscionable persecution campaigns in the history of mankind began. For many years, it was an obscure anniversary, but now more and more people around the world are becoming aware of it. On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched…


Long Island Serial Killer Probe Not Over After Architect Is Charged in 3 of 11 Deaths

RIVERHEAD, N.Y.—Authorities on Long Island are vowing to continue investigating a string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders after charging an architect in the deaths of three of the 11 victims. Rex Heuermann, 59, is accused of killing Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello over a decade ago. He is also considered…


A New Look at an Old Clue Helps Investigators Arrest the Man Accused of Gilgo Beach Murders

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y.—The first find was startling: a woman’s skeletal remains cast into the dunes along a remote Long Island highway. Then came the shock. Days after that discovery in December 2010, police discovered parts of three more women nearby on a spit of sand known as Gilgo Beach. The remains of six other people…


NY Sen. James Skoufis Announces $2.5 Million Grant for Middletown Parking Garage

New York State Sen. James Skoufis announced a $2.5 million state grant on July 12 to build a new parking garage in downtown Middletown.   The money will fund the first-phase construction, adding 90 new parking spots just across the historic Paramount Theatre on Washington Street.  “It is probably fair to say that a project…


NY Assembly Republican Whip Karl Brabenec Talks 2023 Legislative Session

Looking back on the immediate past legislative session, New York Assemblyman Karl Brabenec said it was another year of unchecked one-party agenda forced upon the people of the state. A town of Deerpark Republican, Mr. Brabenec was first elected to the Assembly in 2013 and became the Minority Whip at the beginning of the year. He…


Scooter-Riding Gunman Sought for Attack That Hurt 4 People, Including 2 Children, at New York Park

NEW YORK—Police on Tuesday were hunting for a gunman who opened fire in a crowded park, wounding four people including two young children, authorities said. Two masked men dressed all in black rode a scooter to St. James Park in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx shortly before 6 p.m., Chief of Patrol John…


Recovery Begins in Highland Falls, New York, After Historic Flood

Highland Falls, N.Y.—DeeDee Moreno, a big-hearted craft store owner, walked down Main Street in the village of Highland Falls after the water had ceded and checked on everyone she saw.  Nearly nine inches of rainfall on Sunday, July 9, turned the once babbling Highland Brook into a roaring river, which swept the central business district…


Biden Declares State of Emergency in Vermont as Floods Sweep Northeast

President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency in Vermont on Tuesday after heavy rain drenched parts of the Northeast, triggering evacuations and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage. Mr. Biden, currently at the annual NATO summit in Lithuania, has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help coordinate disaster relief efforts…


Man Accused of Shooting at 6 From Scooter in NYC Is Arraigned on Murder, Other Charges

NEW YORK—A man accused of killing an 86-year-old and injuring three other people in a series of apparently random shootings while riding a scooter in New York City was arraigned Monday on charges including murder and attempted murder, prosecutors said. Thomas Abreu, 25, was arraigned in a hospital in five shootings that occurred in Queens…


1 Dead, Dozens Rescued After Flooding in US Northeast, More Intense Rainfall Forecast

At least one person has been killed and millions are under flood watches as parts of the northeastern United States were hit with severe rain and heavy flooding over the weekend. More than 13 million Americans were under flood watches and warnings from eastern New York state to Boston and western Maine to the northeast, the…