President Obama today ruled out sending U.S. troops “back into combat” in Iraq despite the threat from a surging army of Islamic militants. But as several cities in the once American-occupied nation fall under the flags of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, Obama told reporters his National Security Council was still considering options. “I’ll be […]
PARIS –  French police are warning young people about the dangers of a dare spreading on Facebook that has left a young man dead and another severely injured. Police confirmed on Friday that a 19-year-old drowned a day earlier after riding his bicycle into a port in Beganne in western Brittany while a friend filmed […]
Eating processed red meat, such as sausages or cold cuts, has been linked to an increased risk of heart failure or death in men, Medical News Today reported. In a new study published in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure, researchers analyzed a cohort of 37,035 healthy men, ages 45 to 79, from The Cohort of Swedish […]
For the second time in two weeks a local hotel was robbed by a man who tied up front desk attendants while making off with money from the desk cash register. In both cases the perp was described as a black male around 6′ tall, leading to speculation that the cases are related. On Friday, […]
FROM CPD On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 6:45 a.m., the Clarkstown Police Department arrested Salvatore Maiolo, 63, of Long Beach, NY for burglary in the third degree, grand larceny in the third degree , criminal mischief in the second degree and criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, all felonies. He was […]
NYLO Nyack project transforming former factory site alongside Thruway BY BILL DEMAREST NYACK – Developers of the Nylo Nyack Hotel project on the site of a former Nyack factory have set a ceremonial groundbreaking for the development. Local officials have been invited to the ceremony at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 19, at the the […]