Acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced last week that a Spring Valley, N.Y., man was sentenced to Jersey state prison in connection with 24 kilograms of cocaine that the New Jersey State Police seized from his car on Route 287 in Parsippany-Troy Hills last year. Beningo Gomez-Morales, 24, of Spring Valley, N.Y., […]
The New York police officer seen in a video apparently putting a chokehold on a man who later died has had his gun and badge taken away pending the outcome of investigations into what happened. The NYPD announced tonight that Officer Daniel Pantaleo, an 8-year veteran, has been placed on “modified assignment,” pending the outcome of the […]
International teams of investigators and monitors moved gingerly Saturday through fields littered with debris and decomposing corpses of the victims of a Malaysia airliner shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, as they try to secure the sprawling site in hopes that a credible investigation can be conducted. Malaysia Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said at […]
RICHMOND, Va. – Mary O’Melia left Ireland for America as a young widow with three children before she was hired as housekeeper at the White House of the Confederacy. An intimate witness to history, she also has been much of a mystery. That was until this year, when a woman with a distinctive Irish lilt […]
YONKERS — The Empire City Casino Summer Concert Series continues as heavy metal legends Queensryche take the stage this evening Sunday, July 20. The Seattle-based band has been enjoying a renaissance the past year, recording a well received new album and touring the world with new lead singer Todd La Torre. A legal fight between […]
Prosecutors claim the federal government warned FedEx about drug distribution at least six times A federal grand jury indicted shipping company FedEx Thursday on charges of shipping prescription drugs for illegal online pharmacies. Prosecutors say that Congress, the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies warned FedEx for nearly a decade that their shipping services […]