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78-Year-Old Nassau Pedestrian Killed By Driver High On Coke And Weed, Authorities Say
A Long Island man was high on cocaine and marijuana when he killed an elderly woman in a car crash earlier this year, authorities said Thursday, Sept. 3.
Niall Duignan, 24, of Oceanside, was indicted Thursday on nine charges in the crash that killed Patricia Pfaus, 78, in Oceanside, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
Cops initially said Pfaus was seriously injured in the collision at Weidner Avenue and Long Beach Road on Thursday, June 18, but she has since died from her injuries, according to the DA’s office and an obituary from Torres Funeral Home.
“Patricia’s loved ones …
Nazi-Like Halloween Costume Pulled From Amazon, Target, Walmart
Several major retailers removed a Halloween costume from their websites because it resembled uniforms worn by Nazi soldiers.
Amazon, Target, and Walmart have pulled the "German Army Soldier Adult Costume," which was sold by Orion Costumes. The costume included a jacket, trousers with attached boot covers, a belt, and a hat, with many online noting that the outfit is similar to German military uniforms from World War II.
While listings for the costume still appeared in Google search results as of press time, the individual pages were no longer available.
"We expect all i…
Crime Down In NY, Hochul Says: Here's How Much Murder, Shootings, Property Offenses Decreased
Crime fell across New York in 2026, with new state data showing declines in overall offenses, violent crime, robberies, murders, and property crime in communities across the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced.
The 28 police departments participating in New York's Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative reported a 7 percent decrease in index crime during the first five months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office said on Thursday, Sept. 3.
Those departments reported 29,654 index crimes from January through May, down from 31,752 during t…
‘The View’ Star’s Hamptons Home Sold For $5.65 Million — Barely Half Initial Price
Joy Behar took a steep discount to finally offload her Hamptons mansion.
Behar, the 83-year-old co-host of “The View,” sold her Sag Harbor property for $5.65 million — just more than half the initial $10.95 million asking price — on Thursday, Aug. 28, Realtor.com reported.
After the initial listing, Behar steadily dropped the price over the course of 2025, then briefly raised it back to $6.995 million in early 2026, according to Realtor.com. Despite setting the stage for potential renovations, Behar eventually again dropped the price.
A nearby house, albeit with more modern upgrades, sold …
Estranged Husband Admits Murdering Mother-In-Law Outside Nassau Birthday Party: Authorities
A Long Island man admitted to murdering his estranged mother-in-law on Thursday, Sept. 3, authorities said.
Erick Corado Gonzalez, 29, of Glen Cove, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for stabbing 51-year-old Ana Espinoza to death outside a restaurant in September 2024, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
Gonzalez was estranged from his wife and her family at the time and was not invited to the wife’s birthday celebration on Sept. 28, 2024, at La Candela II restaurant in West Hempstead, investigators said.
But as the revelers were leaving in the early hours of Sept. 29, …
AI Goes Dark: ChatGPT, Claude, Grok Hit By Widespread Outages
If your favorite AI chatbot suddenly stopped answering Thursday morning, Sept. 3, you weren't alone.
Tens of thousands of users reported problems with some of the world's biggest artificial intelligence platforms as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini all saw spikes in outage complaints, according to Downdetector.
OpenAI's ChatGPT appeared to take the biggest hit.
More than 37,000 outage reports had been filed for the service by around 11 a.m. ET, Forbes reported, citing Downdetector. Reports began surging after 9 a.m. and climbed sharply around 11 a.m.
OpenAI confirmed it was investigating…
