Halloween Candy Sold At Major Retailers Recalled Over Health Risk Halloween Candy Sold At Major Retailers Recalled Over Health Risk
Halloween Candy Sold At Major Retailers Recalled Over Health Risk A popular Halloween treat is being pulled from store shelves in more than a dozen states due to a potentially serious health risk. Crystal Temptations is recalling several sizes of its Halloween Chocolatey Eyeballs because the candy contains milk that is not declared on the packaging, according to an announcement posted by the US Food and Drug Administration.  The candy was sold at Marshalls, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, and Sierra Trading Post stores, according to the FDA announcement. People with an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk could suffer a serious or life-threatening allergic rea…
'South Park' Changes Name To Mock Trump Before New Season 'South Park' Changes Name To Mock Trump Before New Season
'South Park' Changes Name To Mock Trump Before New Season "South Park" is taunting President Donald Trump again by giving itself a new name. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8, that the series is changing its name to "South America" ahead of its 29th season. The announcement came one day after the Comedy Central show won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program. The joke appears to reference Trump, who signed executive orders directing federal agencies to call Lake Ontario "Lake America" and the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America." Trump also called for New Mexico to be renamed "New America" in a rec…
'Takeovers' Spark Concern Across US: 500 Teens Swarm Shopping Center In Colorado 'Takeovers' Spark Concern Across US: 500 Teens Swarm Shopping Center In Colorado
'Takeovers' Spark Concern Across US: 500 Teens Swarm Shopping Center In Colorado A type of gathering organized through social media is creating major public safety challenges across the country. The latest example unfolded on Sunday, Aug. 30, when approximately 500 teenagers converged on the Hoffman Heights Shopping Center in Aurora, Colorado, according to the Aurora Police Department. Most of those in the crowd were between 14 and 17 years old. Police said the gathering was promoted through social media around an unpermitted sporting event. What may have begun as a social meetup quickly overwhelmed the shopping center. Groups entered roadways and broke away from the m…
NJ Transit Driver Pins Woman Under Bus Wheel In Crosswalk, Ticketed: Police NJ Transit Driver Pins Woman Under Bus Wheel In Crosswalk, Ticketed: Police
NJ Transit Driver Pins Woman Under Bus Wheel In Crosswalk, Ticketed: Police A New Jersey Transit bus struck two women in a Hackensack crosswalk, pinning one beneath a wheel and leaving her with significant leg injuries, authorities said. The pedestrians were struck near 170 State St. just before 6:30 p.m., Hackensack Deputy Police Chief Gregory Zisa said. A 30-year-old Ridgefield woman suffered significant injuries to her leg after she was pinned beneath the bus wheel, Zisa said. A 29-year-old Palisades Park woman suffered injuries believed to be minor. Both women were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries believed to be non-life-threaten…
Here's Timing For Cold Front That Will Trigger New Storm System Here's Timing For Cold Front That Will Trigger New Storm System
Here's Timing For Cold Front That Will Trigger New Storm System Warmer, more humid air will set the stage for a new round of storms.  Click here for a new, updated story - Showers, Scattered Storms Will Accompany Cold Front: Here's Timing The transition will start Wednesday, Sept. 9, as temperatures rise and moisture increases. The National Weather Service says a frontal system will bring thunderstorms from the Midwest into parts of interior New England by Wednesday night. In central New York and northeast Pennsylvania, the front could trigger scattered showers and thunderstorms beginning late Wednesday afternoon and continuing into the eve…
$10K Cash, Masks Found In Attempted CT Cooking Oil Heist, Police Said $10K Cash, Masks Found In Attempted CT Cooking Oil Heist, Police Said
$10K Cash, Masks Found In Attempted CT Cooking Oil Heist, Police Said Two New York men face charges after police said they caught them trying to steal used cooking oil from a Connecticut business. Officers found the men at a shopping plaza on Sunday, Sept. 6, after police were alerted to a white box truck linked to an earlier cooking oil theft from an Enfield restaurant. Police stopped the truck and arrested both men inside after an investigation. Officers found a large polyethylene liquid storage tank, buckets, hoses, and various masks in the van. The men also had more than $10,000 in cash, police said. Police suspect the truck may be connected to other th…
Retired LAPD Cop Who Fatally Shot 20-Year-Old In Dutchess County Gets Prison Time Retired LAPD Cop Who Fatally Shot 20-Year-Old In Dutchess County Gets Prison Time
Retired LAPD Cop Who Fatally Shot 20-Year-Old In Dutchess County Gets Prison Time A retired Los Angeles police officer convicted of fatally shooting a 20-year-old man in Dutchess County will spend decades in prison, prosecutors said.  Pleasant Valley resident Thomas Case, age 54, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision on Tuesday, Sept. 8, for first-degree manslaughter, a violent felony, according to the Dutchess County District Attorney's Office.  The sentence stems from the death of Anthony Cuozzo, age 20, who was shot multiple times in Pleasant Valley on Oct. 5, 2024.  As Daily Voice previously reported, Case is …
Double-Homicide Suspect Caught After Pistol-Whipping Woman In Westchester County, Police Say Double-Homicide Suspect Caught After Pistol-Whipping Woman In Westchester County, Police Say
Double-Homicide Suspect Caught After Pistol-Whipping Woman In Westchester County, Police Say A man wanted in connection with a double homicide in New York City was caught at a Brooklyn apartment after assaulting a victim in Westchester County, police said. Brooklyn resident Ronald Rashad Givhan, age 42, was apprehended in Brooklyn on Monday, Sept. 7, following a joint investigation by the New Rochelle Police Department, the NYPD, and the FBI, New Rochelle Police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8.  Police said the New Rochelle case began at around 4:39 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, when officers responded to 23 1st St. for a reported serious domestic assault. There, a 31-year-old New Ro…
Drunk Mom Put 5-Month-Old In Best Western Spa Tub Before Fatal Drowning: DA Drunk Mom Put 5-Month-Old In Best Western Spa Tub Before Fatal Drowning: DA
Drunk Mom Put 5-Month-Old In Best Western Spa Tub Before Fatal Drowning: DA A 25-year-old mother was drunk when she put her 5-month-old daughter in a spa tub at a Best Western hotel before the baby drowned, prosecutors said. Diontae Nicole Beckett, of Philadelphia, will face trial in the death of her daughter, A’zara Beckett of Coatesville, after waiving her preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 26, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced in an update on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Beckett is charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of children. Baby Found Unresponsive At Hotel A’zara was found unresponsive at the Best Western Plu…
Coke And Heroin In Stolen Car Land Capital Region Trio In Handcuffs: Police Coke And Heroin In Stolen Car Land Capital Region Trio In Handcuffs: Police
Coke And Heroin In Stolen Car Land Capital Region Trio In Handcuffs: Police A Capital Region trio was arrested in a stolen car with cocaine and heroin, police said Tuesday, Sept. 8. Rick C. Sweet, 38; Leah H. Detroye, 29; and Jadyn S. Flexer, 24, were pulled over around 3 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31 in Clifton Park, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said. Cops spotted the three suspects in a car that had been reported stolen from Ballston Spa earlier that morning, authorities said. They stopped the car on Vischer Ferry Road in Clifton Park and found more than 500 milligrams of cocaine and a small amount of heroin, according to police. All three were charged with fifth…
Boat Flips Off Long Island Coast During Labor Day Outing, Coast Guard Responds Boat Flips Off Long Island Coast During Labor Day Outing, Coast Guard Responds
Boat Flips Off Long Island Coast During Labor Day Outing, Coast Guard Responds At least five people were rescued in boating accidents off Long Island’s South Shore on Monday, Sept. 7, authorities said. The U.S. Coast Guard saved four people when a boat overturned in Fire Island Inlet just before 3 p.m. Monday, the West Islip Fire Department said. At least one other person was rescued in a separate incident, according to the department. One person was hospitalized for minor injuries at Good Samaritan Hospital, while four others declined treatment, officials said. By the time the local departments responded to the scene, the Coast Guard had already scooped up five peop…
Seatmate Reveals What Triggered Unruly Realtor's Mid-Air Meltdown: 'Jesus Is Bull—' Seatmate Reveals What Triggered Unruly Realtor's Mid-Air Meltdown: 'Jesus Is Bull—'
Seatmate Reveals What Triggered Unruly Realtor's Mid-Air Meltdown: 'Jesus Is Bull—' A New Jersey author says he was seated beside the unruly passenger who was later duct-taped aboard a flight last week — and is now revealing what he says triggered the meltdown. Jonathan Cahn, an author and religious leader who leads the Beth Israel Worship Center in Wayne, identified himself as the passenger seated beside Layne Arthur Lundeen, 67, of Arizona, aboard Newark-bound American Airlines Flight 618 in a 48-minute YouTube video shared Sunday, Sept. 7. Cahn said the conversation aboard the Thursday, Sept. 3, flight from Dallas to Newark turned to religion and his newest novel, …
Longtime Rockland Special Education Teacher Dies At 61 Longtime Rockland Special Education Teacher Dies At 61
Longtime Rockland Special Education Teacher Dies At 61 A longtime Rockland County special education teacher who spent more than three decades helping children is being remembered after her death last week.  Thiells resident Maureen Ann O'Grady died surrounded by her family on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the age of 61, according to her obituary.  Born in New York City on April 4, 1965, O'Grady moved with her family to the North Rockland area at a young age and remained there for the rest of her life. She graduated from North Rockland High School before continuing her education at St. Thomas Aquinas College and Fordham University. O'Gr…
Historic Maryland Townhouses Catch Fire After Flames Jump Alley From Nearby Café Historic Maryland Townhouses Catch Fire After Flames Jump Alley From Nearby Café
Historic Maryland Townhouses Catch Fire After Flames Jump Alley From Nearby Café Someone walked away from the fryer. The fire didn't stay put. An accidental fire tore through a Maryland building and threatened neighboring historic homes on Sunday, Sept. 6, leaving five people displaced and causing an estimated $600,000 in damage. The fire broke out around 3:40 p.m. at Brian's Best Café & Pastries on Cannon Street in Chestertown, where multiple 911 callers reported flames and a person escaping from the second floor. By the time the first Chestertown firefighters arrived, flames had engulfed the side of the two-story business and apartment building, as well as a vehi…
Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Appeal Case Dismissed Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Appeal Case Dismissed
Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Appeal Case Dismissed Convicted child sex offender and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky's latest bid to overturn his convictions has been dismissed after he declined to proceed with a purported victim recantation that had landed him a new evidentiary hearing. Senior Judge Maureen A. Skerda dismissed Sandusky's third Post-Conviction Relief Act petition on Tuesday, Sept. 8, after determining that the 82-year-old had been fully informed of his rights and understood his attorneys' decision to withdraw the claim involving R.R., identified in court records as Victim 10. Sandusky has 30 days to appeal, a…
Maryland Mother Murdered Days Before 29th Birthday Remembered As 'Beautiful, Caring, Fun' Maryland Mother Murdered Days Before 29th Birthday Remembered As 'Beautiful, Caring, Fun'
Maryland Mother Murdered Days Before 29th Birthday Remembered As 'Beautiful, Caring, Fun' Jordan Holt was two weeks shy of her 29th birthday when the mother of two was murdered in Maryland. Holt was shot shortly after 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, inside a home on the 400 block of Ethels Way in Salisbury, according to Maryland State Police. She leaves behind a 9-year-old son and 9-month-old daughter. Her reported boyfriend, Gage Mitchell, 29, was charged in connection with her murder. TikTok videos of him boasting about a previous Maryland shooting have since gone viral. Court records cited by 47 ABC-WMDT identify Mitchell as the father of Holt’s 9-month-old daughter and say the…
LI Driver, 26, Found Dead Hours After Van Slammed Into Tree And Flipped: Police LI Driver, 26, Found Dead Hours After Van Slammed Into Tree And Flipped: Police
LI Driver, 26, Found Dead Hours After Van Slammed Into Tree And Flipped: Police A Long Island driver was killed in a one-car crash early Tuesday, Sept. 8, police said. Matthew Schneider, 26, of Selden, was driving a 2018 Chevrolet Express eastbound on Express Drive South near Maple Avenue in Holbrook around 3:10 a.m., the Suffolk County Police Department said. Schneider’s vehicle left the road, struck a tree, and overturned, investigators said. However, the wreck wasn’t reported until a passing motorist called 911 around 5:30 a.m., police said. When officers finally responded to the crash, Schneider was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Schneider’s vehic…
Westchester Man, 26, Battling Cancer For Third Time — But Isn't Facing It Alone Westchester Man, 26, Battling Cancer For Third Time — But Isn't Facing It Alone
Westchester Man, 26, Battling Cancer For Third Time — But Isn't Facing It Alone A 26-year-old man from Northern Westchester who survived cancer twice as a child is facing the disease for a third time — and his community is now rallying around him.   Cortlandt Manor native Ian Manzares was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in November 2025 at age 25, according to family and friends. It is the latest chapter in a battle with cancer that began more than two decades ago. Manzares was just 4 years old when he was diagnosed with stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma. He underwent treatment and beat the disease, only to receive another cancer diagnosis 10 years…
Truck Mechanic Killed In Horrific LI Workplace Accident: Police Truck Mechanic Killed In Horrific LI Workplace Accident: Police
Truck Mechanic Killed In Horrific LI Workplace Accident: Police A Long Island trucking worker was killed in an accident Monday, Sept. 7, authorities said. The man was working on a New York City garbage truck at Gabrielli Truck Sales and Service in Hicksville, according to News 12 Long Island. The truck backed over the man and killed him just before 3 p.m. Monday, the Nassau County Police Department said Tuesday, Sept. 8. The victim’s identity has not been publicly released. Nassau County police are investigating the incident but said "no criminality is suspected" after the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. 
Drunk Driver Had 6-Year-Old In Car With Her In Dutchess County, NYSP Says Drunk Driver Had 6-Year-Old In Car With Her In Dutchess County, NYSP Says
Drunk Driver Had 6-Year-Old In Car With Her In Dutchess County, Nysp Says A 43-year-old woman is facing a felony charge after police said she was found driving drunk with a 6-year-old child in her vehicle in Dutchess County.  LaGrange resident Gianna Fantina-Santana, age 43, was arrested following a traffic stop on New Hackensack Road in Wappinger at around 8:16 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8. According to the agency, troopers stopped Fantina-Santana as she was driving eastbound for alleged traffic violations and noticed signs of intoxication. After administering field sobriety tests, troopers learned that a…
Girl Scouts Adds New Cookies, Including First-Ever Dog Treat Girl Scouts Adds New Cookies, Including First-Ever Dog Treat
Girl Scouts Adds New Cookies, Including First-Ever Dog Treat Two new Girl Scout Cookies are joining the lineup for the 2027 season, including one made just for dogs. Girl Scouts of the USA unveiled Patch Pals and Girl Scout Sparkables on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Both will be available exclusively online for direct shipping beginning Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2027, when the national Girl Scout Cookie season begins. Patch Pals are the organization's first cookies created for dogs. Developed with BARK, the soft-baked treats are blueberry muffin-flavored and feature one of four patch designs representing Girl Scout experiences. Girl Scout Sparkables are the first alle…
Former Couple Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Maryland Home: State Police Former Couple Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Maryland Home: State Police
Former Couple Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Maryland Home: State Police An apparent murder-suicide in Maryland is under investigation on the Eastern Shore, according to state police. Christine Wells, 67, and Robert Dehart, 66, of Pocomoke, have been identified as the victims who were pronounced dead by first responders in Somerset County on Sunday night. Shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 6, troopers were called to the 7500 block of Dividing Creek Road to conduct a welfare check. Upon arrival, they found Wells unresponsive and Dehart with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators believe Wells and Dehart were previously in a relationship, and Wel…
5-Year-Old Girl, 8-Year-Old Boy Among Three Injured In LI Man’s Violent Outburst: Police 5-Year-Old Girl, 8-Year-Old Boy Among Three Injured In LI Man’s Violent Outburst: Police
5-Year-Old Girl, 8-Year-Old Boy Among Three Injured In LI Man’s Violent Outburst: Police A Long Island man assaulted a woman, pushed an 8-year-old boy, and injured a 5-year-old girl in the same incident, police said. Max Beltre, 27, of East Hampton, was charged with third-degree assault and two counts of child endangerment following his arrest around 2:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, the East Hampton Police Department said. At an East Hampton home, Beltre threw a cellphone charger that struck the 5-year-old girl in the face, police said. Beltre then attacked the girl’s mother, first pushing her and then repeatedly slamming a door on her right hand, investigators said. After that, B…
Drunk Woman Caught With 2 Children In Her Car In Westchester County: State Police Drunk Woman Caught With 2 Children In Her Car In Westchester County: State Police
Drunk Woman Caught With 2 Children In Her Car In Westchester County: State Police A woman is facing felony charges after police said she drove drunk with two 13-year-old children in her vehicle in Westchester County.  Cortlandt Manor resident Nisha Biagi Gougelmann, age 50, was arrested after a traffic stop on Albany Post Road in Cortlandt at around 6:12 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8.  Troopers said they stopped Gougelmann as she was driving southbound for traffic violations and noticed signs that she was intoxicated. After administering field sobriety tests, troopers added that they found two 13-year-old ch…
Driver Arrested Outside Fort Lee Elementary School, Police Say Driver Arrested Outside Fort Lee Elementary School, Police Say
Driver Arrested Outside Fort Lee Elementary School, Police Say A driver was arrested outside a Fort Lee elementary school during the morning arrival Tuesday, Sept. 8, authorities said. Fort Lee police officers were assisting with traffic flow near School No. 2 at about 8:15 a.m. when an officer had an interaction with someone in a vehicle outside the school, police said. The interaction ended with the driver being arrested, according to the department. Police did not say what prompted the interaction or what charges the driver was facing. School No. 2 was secure with no known threat to students or staff, police said. No additional details about th…
Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Long Island Highway: Police Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Long Island Highway: Police
Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Long Island Highway: Police One person was killed and another seriously injured in a wrong-way crash on a Long Island highway on Sunday morning, Sept. 6, police said. The crash occurred in the westbound lanes of the Northern State Parkway near Exit 25 in Lake Success around 5 a.m., New York State Police said. A 2007 Ford Escape collided head-on with a 2023 Ford Maverick, state police said. The Maverick driver was killed in the collision, while the Escape driver was hospitalized, troopers said. Neither driver has been publicly identified. State troopers did not say which car was going the wrong way, and authorities ar…
K9 Finds Robbery Suspect Hiding Under Brush, Rocks In Westchester, Police Say K9 Finds Robbery Suspect Hiding Under Brush, Rocks In Westchester, Police Say
K9 Finds Robbery Suspect Hiding Under Brush, Rocks In Westchester, Police Say A man accused of robbing a Northern Westchester gas station was linked to the crime after a police K9 tracked him into a wooded area — following a separate, second robbery, authorities said.  Jason Adams was arrested in connection with the Saturday, Aug. 29 robbery of the Mobil gas station at 4100 Albany Post Rd. in Peekskill, the Peekskill Police Department announced on Monday, Sept. 7.   The break in the case came on Saturday, Sept. 5, when Adams was identified as a suspect during an investigation into another robbery in the Village of Buchanan, police said.  As autho…
76-Year-Old LI Woman Assaulted, Hospitalized After Beef With Dog Walker: Police 76-Year-Old LI Woman Assaulted, Hospitalized After Beef With Dog Walker: Police
76-Year-Old LI Woman Assaulted, Hospitalized After Beef With Dog Walker: Police A Long Island man shoved a 76-year-old woman to the ground during an argument over his dog’s activity, police said. Michael Kane, 47, of Great Neck, was booked for second-degree assault after the elderly woman was hospitalized, the Nassau County Police Department said. Kane was walking his dog in Great Neck around 4:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7 when he got in a dispute with the woman over his dog running on her lawn, investigators said. Kane then shoved the woman to the ground, cops said. The victim suffered substantial pain to the whole left side of her body, with severe pain in her left hip, …