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Geese found dead inside Westchester County park being tested for bird flu, officials say
Mount Pleasant Town Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi on Friday said test results came back for the dead geese and confirmed the presence of bird flu.
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Boy, man arrested in death of 15-year-old found shirtless on NY sidewalk
A 15-year-old boy was found dead on the side of a road in New Rochelle in the early morning on Thursday, according to police.
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15-year-old boy found dead on New Rochelle street
The teen found dead on a cold and icy sidewalk had no apparent signs of injuries, and police are still looking into how and why he died. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.
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15-year-old boy found dead on side of road in Westchester County, police say
A 15-year-old boy was found dead on the side of a road in New Rochelle in the early morning on Thursday, according to police.
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Discovery of 12 dead geese prompts closure of New York park amid bird flu fears
Carroll Park in Mount Pleasant was shut down, with a sign telling people to stay away, after a dozen Canada geese were found dead in the partially frozen pond. Officials worried bird fly may have played a role in the deaths. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.
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Westchester County park closed due to bird flu concerns after 12 geese found dead
A park in Westchester County was shut down after 12 dead Canada geese were found in the pond, with officials worried it could have been a result of bird flu.
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Future of Westchester County's nearly century-old Rye Playland up in the air
The future of Rye Playland is very much in play after Standard Amusements, the private company managing the park, notified Westchester County that it would be terminating their agreement — just three years into a 30-year deal.
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Questions about future of Playland after owner departs
A cloud of uncertainty is hovering over Rye Playland, one of the tri-state’s most well-known attractions, as the amusement park own steps down. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.
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Dad of NFL's Malcolm Koonce has 1983 conviction tossed after NY DA says it was tainted
A New York judge erased the conviction of 67-year-old Jeffrey Koonce, the father of Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Malcolm Koonce, and dismissed his indictment more than four decades after a 1981 robbery in a New York City suburb.
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6 hurt in wrong-way crash on Hutchinson River Parkway
A half-dozen people were hurt in a wrong-way crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Westchester County early Monday, according to police. Authorities responding to the crash site near exit 17/Lincoln Avenue in Rye Brook around 12:10 a.m. found the driver of the wrong-way vehicle badly hurt. That person, later identified by police as 75-year-old Joan Feinstein, was driving her…
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6 hurt in wrong-way crash on Hutchinson River Parkway
Romney Smith reports.
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Westchester County police force strip searched nearly everyone it arrested, DOJ says
A suburban New York police department routinely violated residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary strip and cavity searches, according to a new U.S. Department of Justice report.
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NY high school athletic director arrested in alleged sextortion scheme targeting teen
An athletic director at a Westchester County high school was arrested in a sextortion scheme targeting a teenager, according to prosecutors.
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Suspect in custody in triple shooting in Somers
It comes after an hours-long manhunt that forced a school district to close for the day.
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Suspected Westchester gunman in custody after manhunt closes schools
A suspected gunman is in custody after eluding authorities for hours following a deadly shooting at a Westchester County townhouse, according to State Police. New York State Police previously identified the suspect in the Somers shooting as 40-year-old Fernando Jimenez. They say he knew the victims, and was last known to be in the Peekskill Hollow Road area in Putnam…
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Manhunt underway after deadly shooting in Somers
Police have identified their suspect as 40-year-old Fernando Jimenez.
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Retired NYPD detective and wife dead in Westchester County murder-suicide: Police
A retired NYPD detective shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself in a murder-suicide at their Westchester County home, according to police, with the couple’s three children also inside.
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Out-of-control Tesla explodes after crashing into apartment building, killing 2
Two people died when an out-of-control vehicle hit a curb, then a tree and crashed into the front of an apartment building and exploded in Westchester County Monday, authorities say. Emergency personnel responding to the 9:10 a.m. accident scene on Battle Avenue found the vehicle fully engulfed, with firefighters quickly going into action to put out the flames. The building…
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Multiple Westchester County and Long Island beaches closed due to bacteria in water
Several beaches in Westchester County and three on Long Island were ordered to be closed to swimmers after bacteria was found in the waters that could pose a health risk.
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Westchester public pools open, but bacteria concerns close beaches
With the July Fourth holiday fast approaching, the timing couldn’t be worse. News 4’s Lynda Baquero reports.