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25,000 pound whale euthanized after getting stuck in Rhode Island pond

A 25,000-pound fin whale that stranded on a tidal pond in Rhode Island has been euthanized, officials announced. The 42-foot-long cetacean was first called to Mystic Aquarium’s rescue hotline around 6:30 a.m. Thursday when it was found lost at Potter Pond in South Kingston. Aquarium staff and veterinarian found ‘debilitated’ and ‘in critical condition’ at […]

Fire engine plows into Long Island furniture store, injuring 4

A fire truck crashed through the facade of a furniture store on New York’s Long Island on Friday, injuring four people and destroying much of the building’s exterior. A store employee and three firefighters in the truck were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, a Rockville Center Police Department spokesperson said. Eight children injured in Virginia school […]

Long Island exterminator Walter Rivas arrested, accused of filming 19-year-old undress

A Long Island exterminator was arrested Thursday for allegedly getting a chemical on a 19-year-old girl’s clothes and then filming her undressing with a hidden camera he installed. Nassau police said Walter Rivas of Holoba Pest Control was hired by the teen that afternoon to exterminate her apartment in Mineola. Police said Rivas was spraying […]

Ex-CNN anchor John Avlon running for Long Island House

Former CNN anchor John Avron on Wednesday launched his campaign against U.S. Rep. Nick Larota (R-NY) in New York’s 1st Congressional District. Mr. Avlon, 51, is running as a Democrat in a district that includes parts of Suffolk County and eastern Long Island, once held by Republican Lee Zeldin. The announcement came two weeks after […]

One arrested in altercation with cops at Randall’s Island migrant shelter

One person has been arrested after a dramatic confrontation between NYPD officers and migrants was captured on video at a tent city on Randall’s Island. The disturbance began Thursday when officials asked an unnamed person who was not supposed to be at the facility to leave, authorities said. It’s unclear why they were there or […]

2 dead in fire at Long Island senior housing complex

Two women were killed Sunday when a fire broke out at a senior housing complex on Long Island, police said. A 10-unit building fire at the Jesse Harmon Shepherd Hill complex in Plainview killed Teresa Casale, 84, and Lynn Citron, 74, in their apartment, Nassau County police said. Firefighters found him dead at the hospital […]