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Mother sentenced for trying to kill her 10-month-old baby by throwing him across the room

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On Tuesday morning, Samantha Valentine, a 31-year-old woman from Upstate New York, was sentenced to seven years in prison for the attempted murder of her infant son. She admitted to her guilt in an allocution to the judge in Albany County in relation to a series of assaults against the 10-month-old child in October 2021. Valentine had been charged with three counts of attempted murder in the second degree, assault in the second degree, and …

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Parking garage collapse in Manhattan kills 1, at least 5 injured

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On Tuesday, disaster struck Lower Manhattan as a parking garage collapsed, claiming the life of one person and trapping multiple others. Disturbing images from the scene showed vehicles on the concave roof. Mayor Eric Adams, who spoke during a press conference at the location, stated that the building was completely unstable. The victim was taken away on a stretcher, with five other people suffering injuries. Four of them were hospitalized, while one refused medical attention. …

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Woman and 5-year-old fall off cliff at Niagara Falls

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On Monday, tragedy struck at Niagara Falls State Park when a 34-year-old woman and her 5-year-old son from Illinois had a fatal fall off a 90-foot cliff. The State Parks Police Capt. Chris Rola revealed that the investigation is still ongoing but it is not seen as an accident. The two were reported to have gone over the park railing at around 12:30 in the afternoon, tumbling to the bottom of the Niagara Falls gorge. …

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Man kills his 14-year-old daughter

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A father from upstate New York is suspected of taking the life of his 14-year-old daughter before taking his own life. Reportedly, in a heartbreaking phone call, he declared to his estranged wife, “This is how it ends for us.” On Friday, Ava Wood, a student at Durgee Junior High School in Baldwinsville, NY, was found dead in her bed with a gunshot wound to the head after her mother, Heather Wood, reported to local …

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Doctor’s gruesome murder in city park

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A “shocked” longtime resident said he saw a pediatrician driving his car out of the garage of his Bronx apartment building just hours before his gruesome death in a Manhattan park. The body of Bruce Maurice Henry, 60, was found in Marcus Garvey Park around 2:15 a.m. on a stairway near 120th Street, police and sources said. Besides having his throat cut, the physician was also stabbed multiple times, according to sources. The victim was …

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Ex-NYPD cop convicted in death of 8-year-old son

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In the middle of winter, 8-year-old Thomas Valva froze to death after being hosed down and forced to sleep in the garage of his Long Island home. The boy’s father, 43-year-old former NYPD police officer Michael Valva, may now spend the rest of his days behind bars after a New York judge sentenced him to 25 years to life. Following prosecutors’ argument that Valva knowingly forced Thomas and his 10-year-old brother to sleep on a …

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Man threatens woman on flight with knife to her neck

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A Utah man is facing federal charges for using a straightedge razor during an airplane flight to threaten a woman. The 41-year-old Merrill Darrell Fackrell was charged Tuesday in District Court with assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a weapon on an aircraft. JetBlue Flight 871 left John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Monday en route to Salt Lake City. A wife and husband were seated in the middle and …

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4 dead, including 3 children in tragic fire that raged for hours

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Early Sunday, three young children and a young father were killed by a raging fire in the Bronx — as the terrified children desperately banged on the windows screaming, “Help me, God!” their neighbors and authorities said they were shaken by what they saw. “You could see their little hands banging on the windows,” Merlyn Persaue, 60, recalled through tears. The children were screaming, ‘Hey Allah!’ Hey Allah!’ which means, ‘Help me, God! Help me, …

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China has set up police stations in New York City, 30 other countries

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China setting up overseas police stations, including one in US, to bring back ‘fugitives’ – WPDE As part of its efforts to monitor its citizens living abroad, China has opened dozens of “overseas police service stations” around the world, including three in Toronto and one in New York City. “Earlier this month, Safeguard Defenders, a human rights watchdog, released a report that criticized the absence of official bilateral police and judicial cooperation, as well as …

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New York law requires ID if you want to buy whipped cream

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Show ID to Buy Whipped Cream? New York Law Stirs Confusion – The New York Times The legislation passed in New York last year that bans the sale of whipped cream canisters to anyone under 21 was misinterpreted and has resulted in stores asking for IDs when consumers take their cans of whipped cream to the checkout line. The attorney general’s office confirmed the language of the bill indicates that the Nitrous Oxide cans found …

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