Colombia won Group C at the World Cup today and advanced to the knockout stage along with second-place Greece. The Greeks defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 on a stoppage time penalty kick that put them through for the first time in history.
The U.S. intelligence community warned about the “growing threat” from Sunni militants in Iraq since the beginning of the year, a senior intelligence official said Tuesday — a claim that challenges assertions by top administration officials that they were caught off guard by the capture of key Iraqi cities. Earlier Tuesday, in an interview with […]
Domestic abusers are not allowed to have guns. But gun control advocates want to expand that federal law to include those who merely have been accused of threatening violence — by prohibiting those under a temporary restraining order from having firearms. Second Amendment supporters say these bills are unconstitutional because they violate the right to […]
Little Victoria is a victim again, no matter how you look at it. The story of the 3-year-old Mississippi girl being asked to leave a KFC because patrons were repulsed by her injuries from a pit bull attack opened hearts and wallets around the nation when it came to light earlier this month. But the […]
PSA FROM SPPD The Stony Point Police have seen a dramatic increase in trespassing at local rock quarries, mostly by teens and young people from throughout the Hudson Valley. Please be reminded: Water-filled quarries are deceptive and extremely dangerous. They don’t start shallow and gradually go deeper, like most swimming pools do. They suddenly drop […]
First pool, or group, of mosquitoes this year to test positive for West Nile Virus DEPT OF HEALTH PRESS RELEASE Pomona, NY – Rockland County Commissioner of Health Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announced Monday that the first pool, or group, of mosquitoes to test positive this year in New York State for West Nile Virus […]