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☆ Northeast flooding: 5 people were killed by raging floodwaters in southeastern Pennsylvania and 2 children are still missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Christina Maxouris Lauren Mascarenhas Melissa Alonso Caitlin Kaiser | Christina Maxouris | Lauren Mascarenhas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The children and their family, who were visiting from Charleston, South Carolina, were driving to a barbecue when they got stuck in flash flooding, Upper Makefield Fire Chief Tim Brewer said Sunday afternoon. Southeastern Pennsylvania was hit hard by heavy rain Saturday, less than a week after parts of the state had again faced flash flooding that deluged roadways and displaced dozens from their homes. “New York State is once again seeing significant rainfall & we are prepared to help communities respond,” Gov. Flash flood warnings were again in effect earlier Sunday in parts of the state, prompting officials to warn of potential landslides. “There are flash flood warnings throughout the state today.

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☆ Gilgo Beach murders: Suspect in custody in long-unsolved killings on New York's Long Island, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Kristina Sgueglia Brynn Gingras John Miller Ray Sanchez | Kristina Sgueglia | Brynn Gingras | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A New York architect is in custody for the Gilgo Beach murders, an unsolved case tied to at least 10 sets of human remains discovered since 2010 in suburban Long Island, according to two law enforcement sources. Law enforcement arrive at a Long Island house Friday, July 14, 2023. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/APAuthorities later said they believe Gilbert’s death may have been accidental and not related to the Gilgo Beach slayings. Additional remains were uncovered in neighboring Gilgo Beach and in Nassau County, about 40 miles east of New York City. Mack’s partial remains were first discovered near Gilgo Beach in 2000, with additional dismembered remains found in 2011, according to the Suffolk County police.

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☆ What We Know About the Gilgo Beach Victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The three women that Rex Heuermann is accused of killing — Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Amber Lynn Costello — were discovered wrapped in burlap near Gilgo Beach on Long Island’s South Shore in December 2010. A fourth woman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, was found in the same spot, alongside the other victims, and Mr. Heuermann is also the prime suspect her death, according to the bail application from the Suffolk County District attorney’s office on Friday. The investigation into her death “is continuing and is expected to be resolved soon,” the prosecutors wrote. Mr. Heuermann, an architect who has lived most of his life in Nassau County and worked in Manhattan, on Friday pleaded not guilty to murder in the case of the first three victims and was ordered held without bail.

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CNN —Shark patrols are ramping up off Long Island beaches after five people were bitten in two days by marine animals that are likely sharks, authorities say. Officials in Long Island’s eastern Suffolk County, where three of the attacks occurred, have increased beach patrols and are using drones to scour the water for potential threats, the Suffolk County Police Department said Tuesday. Though no sharks were seen by the girl or anyone nearby at the time of the incident, the bite was most likely from a shark, Gorman said. Also Tuesday, a 15-year-old boy was bitten on his foot by a shark while surfing off Fire Island’s Kismet Beach, Suffolk police said. Three more people were bitten on Tuesday, including a 47-year-old man swimming in chest-deep water off of Long Island’s Quogue Village Beach, local police said.

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☆ Geraldo Rivera says he quit Fox News after being fired from ‘The Five’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Television veteran Geraldo Rivera announced on Thursday that he was leaving Fox News after being fired from the program “The Five.”“I’m not going to be on ‘The Five,’” Rivera said of the right-wing network’s 5 p.m. talk show in a video posted to Twitter. “I’ve been fired from ‘The Five.’”“And, as a result of that, I quit Fox,” Rivera said in the video filmed from a boat off Long Island’s Jones Beach. A Fox News spokesperson did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment. Rivera, who has been with the right-wing network since 2001, said he will “have more to say” about his decision during the “Fox and Friends” program on Friday morning. But Rivera said at the time he would remain with the network as correspondent at large.

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☆ 13 New Books Coming in May
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Joumana Khatib | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Guest , by Emma ClineAlex has been kicked out of her wealthy lover’s vacation house on Long Island’s East End just days before summer ends. Instead of returning to New York City, she flits around the island, charming her way into homes, parties and clubs while waiting for her romantic spat to blow over. Cline’s last novel, “The Girls,” was a psychological portrait of women in a Manson-like cult, and she brings the same perception and sensitivity to young women in extremis to this new work of fiction. Random House, May 16

WASHINGTON — George Santos, the 34-year-old New York Republican who's confessed to lying about part of his background, was sworn into the House early Saturday amid several investigations into his campaign and calls for him to resign. Santos officially took office when the new Congress was convened after Republicans finally elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as House speaker. And despite presenting himself as Jewish during his congressional campaigns, Santos told the Post, "I never claimed to be Jewish." Several House Democrats have criticized Santos, but none more than Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York, who's taken to trolling Santos on social media. Former Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, who recently retired from Congress, said Sunday that Santos should consider resigning.

☆ Lee Zeldin Visits Kathy Hochul Country
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Tunku Varadarajan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kenmore, N.Y. This village of 15,000 in Erie County, immediately north of Buffalo, lies squarely in Kathy Hochul country. New York’s Democratic governor was born in Buffalo and represented the area in Congress before becoming lieutenant governor in 2013. A young Republican Party worker tells me that the Democrats have “a 2-to-1 enrollment advantage” in Kenmore, but we’re standing in a hall packed with supporters of Rep. Lee Zeldin , Ms. Hochul’s Republican challenger, who hails from Long Island’s Suffolk County, more than 450 miles away. Most statewide polls show Ms. Hochul, once a prohibitive favorite, leading only by single digits.

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