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Bloody Brawl With Housemate Lands Suffolk Man Behind Bars: Cops
A brawl inside a Long Island home left one man bleeding, missing a tooth, and suffering from several contusions, police said.
Jose Castro, 48, was charged with third-degree assault for the fight inside a Hampton Bays home on Sunday night, July 19, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Cops were called to the residence for reports of a fight and located the victim, who had suffered “an extracted tooth, bleeding, multiple contusions, and substantial body pain, requiring medical treatment at a nearby hospital,” the department said.
Investigators determined Castro and a housemate got in…
Freddy Cannon Dies: Beloved Singer Was Rock-And-Roll Icon
Few voices captured the restless, joyful charge of early rock and roll quite like his.
Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon died Friday, July 17, at a hospice facility in Oxnard, California, after a brief bout with cancer, his representative told Variety. He was 89.
Cannon powered some of the late 1950s and early 1960s’ most memorable songs, including “Tallahassee Lassie,” “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans,” and “Palisades Park.”
His booming voice, driving guitar rhythms, and explosive performances earned him the nickname that followed him throughout his career.
Cannon also holds the record for the mo…
IDs Released For 2 US Service Members Killed In Iranian Attacks
The names behind one of the US military’s gravest losses in the widening conflict have now been made public.
The Pentagon identified First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, in a casualty notice released Monday, July 20.
Both active-duty soldiers were supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led mission against the Islamic State, when they died.
Feehan served with the Second Battalion, 55th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Gonzales was assigned…
New Baby For JD, Usha Vance Makes Vice Presidential History
A new arrival has made history at the highest levels of the federal government.
Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance announced on Sunday, July 19, that they had welcomed their fourth child, a baby boy named Alec Neel Vance, that morning.
JD Vance, 41, and Usha Vance, 40, said both mother and baby were healthy. Alec joins siblings Ewan, 9, Vivek, 6, and Mirabel, 4.
The couple said in their joint statement:
"We are excited to announce that our baby boy, Alec Neel Vance, was born this morning. Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are overjoyed to meet their lit…
Mom Crashes SUV Into Suffolk Woods With Infant, Preschooler Sons Inside
A mom is accused of driving drunk with her two young sons in the SUV before crashing into the woods late Saturday night in New York, police said in a release issued Sunday, July 19.
Jesher Rivera-Barreto, 31, of Medford, was driving a 2006 Toyota 4Runner southbound on Horseblock Road at the intersection of Montauk Highway in Brookhaven when she lost control of the vehicle, left the roadway, and crashed into the woods around 11:25 p.m., Suffolk County Police said.
Rivera-Barreto's 1-year-old and 4-year-old sons were riding in the vehicle at the time of the crash, according …
