75° Fair
Massapequa, NY
Trending
Young LI Family Loses ‘Home And Everything In It’ After Towering House Fire, Friends Say Young LI Family Loses ‘Home And Everything In It’ After Towering House Fire, Friends Say Young LI Family Loses ‘Home And Everything In It’ After Towering House Fire, Friends Say
Young LI Family Loses ‘Home And Everything In It’ After Towering House Fire, Friends Say A young Long Island family’s home was destroyed in a towering inferno over the weekend, according to officials and a fundraising campaign launched to help them. The fire on Clocks Boulevard in Massapequa was reported around 6:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, the Massapequa Fire Department said in a Facebook post. Several more departments joined Massapequa FD in responding to the blaze, which took about two hours to bring under control, officials said. The family was not home at the time, and two firefighters suffered minor injuries, according to the department. Investigators believe the flames st…

SHARE

by Joe Wilkinson
Lancaster, PA
Trending
Gunman Fired Barrage Inside Pennsylvania Store, Killing 16-Year-Old, Police Say Gunman Fired Barrage Inside Pennsylvania Store, Killing 16-Year-Old, Police Say Gunman Fired Barrage Inside Pennsylvania Store, Killing 16-Year-Old, Police Say
Gunman Fired Barrage Inside Pennsylvania Store, Killing 16-Year-Old, Police Say A gunman wanted in the killing of a 16-year-old boy opened fire inside a Pennsylvania corner store, shooting the child four times and wounding an 18-year-old man as a store clerk stood only feet away, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Monday, Oct. 5. Jaiden Tavaughn Servance, 23, of Lancaster, is wanted on charges of criminal homicide, attempted criminal homicide, recklessly endangering another person, and carrying a firearm without a license, Lancaster City Bureau of Police announced. The charges stem from the shooting at a corner grocery store at 423 South Duke St. a…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Media, PA
Trending
$500 Refund Checks Being Sent To Some Americans: Here's Who Qualifies $500 Refund Checks Being Sent To Some Americans: Here's Who Qualifies $500 Refund Checks Being Sent To Some Americans: Here's Who Qualifies
$500 Refund Checks Being Sent To Some Americans: Here's Who Qualifies The Trump administration has begun sending $500 refund payments to nearly one million Americans across 30 states, but where you live is only part of the eligibility equation. The payments target people who purchased Affordable Care Act coverage through the federal exchange without receiving premium assistance, according to a White House fact sheet. New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia are excluded. Those states operate their own health insurance marketplaces instead of using the federal HealthCare.gov platform covered by the refund program. The Treasury D…

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi
Orange-Woodbridge-Bethany, CT
Trending
CT Murder-Suicide: Police ID 2 Found Dead Inside Home CT Murder-Suicide: Police ID 2 Found Dead Inside Home CT Murder-Suicide: Police ID 2 Found Dead Inside Home
CT Murder-Suicide: Police ID 2 Found Dead Inside Home Authorities have identified a couple who were found dead inside a Connecticut home last week and ruled the deaths a murder-suicide.  Jo Ann Karales, 66, and William Karales, 71, were found dead inside their Orchard Road home in Woodbridge shortly before noon Friday, Oct. 2, police said. Officers were called to the home for a welfare check after an employee told police they had not arrived for work and were not answering their phones.  Woodbridge police officers discovered their bodies after climbing through a window at the back of the house, authorities said. Authorities took the…

SHARE

by Josh Lanier
Lancaster, PA
Trending
Fifth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases Fifth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases Fifth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases
Fifth Measles Death Reported In US As Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases A fifth measles-associated death has been confirmed in Pennsylvania as the Commonwealth’s outbreak surpassed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, health officials said. An unvaccinated Lancaster County resident with confirmed measles died, the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Wednesday, Sept. 30. The department did not release the person’s age, sex, or other identifying details. The death is the fifth Pennsylvania resident to meet the state’s measles-associated death definition this year, officials said. As of Monday, Oct. 5, Pennsylvania had confirmed 1,004 measles cases and 198 hos…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Paramus, NJ
Trending
Bald Eagle Killed By New Bird At Bergen County Zoo Amid Leadership Change, Sources Say Bald Eagle Killed By New Bird At Bergen County Zoo Amid Leadership Change, Sources Say Bald Eagle Killed By New Bird At Bergen County Zoo Amid Leadership Change, Sources Say
Bald Eagle Killed By New Bird At Bergen County Zoo Amid Leadership Change, Sources Say The Friends of the Bergen County Zoo excitedly announced in June that the county-run zoo in Paramus' Van Saun County Park was getting a new bald eagle. Her name was Betsy, the newsletter said, and she would be joining Contact, a male bald eagle who had lived at the zoo for more than 20 years. The two birds were being introduced "behind the scenes," the zoo said. Weeks later, Contact — whose name came from an apparent collision with a plane that left him injured — was dead. Multiple sources have told Daily Voice that in the days leading up to the death, the new bird had Contact in aggr…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
New Rochelle, NY
Trending
Man Shot Outside Deli, 2 Seen Running From Area In Westchester County Man Shot Outside Deli, 2 Seen Running From Area In Westchester County Man Shot Outside Deli, 2 Seen Running From Area In Westchester County
Man Shot Outside Deli, 2 Seen Running From Area In Westchester County A man was hospitalized after being found shot outside a Westchester County deli late Sunday night, Oct. 4, police said. The shooting happened near 2 Harrison St. in New Rochelle at around 10:46 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, New Rochelle Police announced on Monday, Oct. 5.  Officers arrived within minutes and found a man lying in front of the deli. He was conscious but bleeding from the back of his head, police said.   Emergency crews treated the man at the scene before taking him to a local hospital. He was listed in stable condition with injuries that were not considered life-thr…

SHARE

by Ben Crnic
Easthampton-Southampton, MA
Trending
21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash Had 'Stunning, Contagious Smile' 21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash Had 'Stunning, Contagious Smile' 21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash Had 'Stunning, Contagious Smile'
21-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash Had 'Stunning, Contagious Smile' Authorities have identified a 21-year-old Western Massachusetts woman who was killed when the car she was riding in struck a guardrail and came to rest in a backyard last week. Lexani Velazquez, of Westfield, was killed in the crash Friday, Oct. 2, around 1:15 a.m. near the rotary at Park Street and South Street in Easthampton, according to the Northwestern District Attorney's Office.  Velazquez was a passenger in the vehicle, which was traveling on Park Street when it struck the guardrail before coming to rest in a home's backyard, according to the preliminary investigation. The driv…

SHARE

by Josh Lanier
Millstone-Upper Freehold, NJ
Trending
2-Year-Old Killed By Car In NJ Brewery Parking Lot: Reports 2-Year-Old Killed By Car In NJ Brewery Parking Lot: Reports 2-Year-Old Killed By Car In NJ Brewery Parking Lot: Reports
2-Year-Old Killed By Car In NJ Brewery Parking Lot: Reports A child was struck and killed by a vehicle in a parking lot in Monmouth County Saturday, Oct. 3, according to State Police and published reports. At 11:07 a.m., a 66-year-old Roselle Park woman and a juvenile were exiting a parking lot on Emleys Hills Road in Upper Freehold Twp and when they were struck by a Chrysler SUV exiting a parking space in reverse, Charles Marchan, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. The crash happened in the lot used by Bullock Farms and Screamin' Hill brewery within the Cream Ridge section of town, NJ Advance Media reports. The child was 2 years…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Chappaqua, NY
Trending
Man Watched Woman Through Her Bathroom Window In Westchester: Police Man Watched Woman Through Her Bathroom Window In Westchester: Police Man Watched Woman Through Her Bathroom Window In Westchester: Police
Man Watched Woman Through Her Bathroom Window In Westchester: Police A man faces six felony charges after police said they caught him looking through a woman's bathroom window in Westchester County.  Ossining resident Juan G. Guambana, 50, was arrested on Thursday, Oct. 1, and charged with six counts of second-degree unlawful surveillance, all felonies, New Castle Police announced.  The arrest followed an investigation into reports of a man watching a female resident through her bathroom window on several occasions during the early morning hours, police said.  On Oct. 1, detectives set up surveillance around the woman's home to identify the p…

SHARE

by Ben Crnic
Stamford, CT
Trending
Cyclospora Outbreak Findings Released: What Investigators Discovered Cyclospora Outbreak Findings Released: What Investigators Discovered Cyclospora Outbreak Findings Released: What Investigators Discovered
Cyclospora Outbreak Findings Released: What Investigators Discovered Federal investigators have uncovered new evidence in a Cyclospora outbreak that sickened nearly 13,000 people, but a key question remains unanswered. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday, Oct. 2, that two environmental samples tested positive for the parasite during its investigation into recalled iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico. One came from a tank holding outgoing wastewater from the company’s processing facility. The other came from a drainage ditch at a lettuce grower identified through the agency’s traceback investigation. The findings strengthen the link between …

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi
Trenton, NJ
Trending
FBI Director Kash Patel Engaged To Much Younger Country Singer: 'Got The Law Involved' FBI Director Kash Patel Engaged To Much Younger Country Singer: 'Got The Law Involved' FBI Director Kash Patel Engaged To Much Younger Country Singer: 'Got The Law Involved'
FBI Director Kash Patel Engaged To Much Younger Country Singer: 'Got The Law Involved' FBI Director Kash Patel is getting married. Patel, 46, who grew up in Garden City, Long Island, and country singer Alexis Wilkins, 27, announced their engagement Sunday, Oct. 4, after more than three years together. Wilkins shared a black-and-white photo on X showing the smiling couple as she held up her left hand, revealing a diamond engagement ring. "Went and got the law involved 💍❤️," it's captioned. The couple met at an event in Nashville in 2022 and began dating in early 2023. Wilkins, who was born in Boston and grew up primarily in Arkansas, graduated from Belmont University in Nas…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine