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Employee requested transfer before deadly Long Island grocery store shooting, police say
A “troubled employee,” who killed a supermarket manager and wounded two co-workers, asked to be transferred from his Long Island store 40 minutes before opening fire, police said Wednesday. But it still wasn’t immediately clear what might have prompted suspect Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, 31, to take deadly action at a Stop & Shop filled with …
1 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at grocery store on New York’s Long Island
A grocery store employee was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting at a Stop & Shop on New York’s Long Island Tuesday morning, police said. The two people injured were being treated at local hospitals, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said. Police are looking for a person of interest in the …
St Vincent volcano: Island covered in layer of grey as La Soufriere erupts
The Caribbean island of Saint Vincent has been coated in a layer of grey, caused by ash from the volcano La Soufriere mixing with rain. Before it started erupting on Friday, La Soufriere had been inactive for decades. Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes, but efforts to shelter them from the eruption …
Spring Break is business as usual on South Padre Island
SOUTH PADRE ISALND (KVEO) —South Padre Island’s ‘Texas Week’ during Spring Break began on Friday. Loosening COVID-19 restrictions could lead to another surge, health official says Several hundred college students made their way to the beach in front of Clayton’s Beach Bar on South Padre Island Friday afternoon. Students have been here the whole week, …
Beach bar at South Padre Island prepares for Spring Break, owner says they won’t require masks
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (KVEO) — Spring Break for most Texas schools that still have a full spring break start next week. However, some started Monday. ‘We know what works’: Cameron County judge urges community to continue wearing masks Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order reopening the state completely and rolling back the mandatory mask mandate …
This Beer Company Is Giving Away a Spring Break Trip to a Deserted Island
This Beer Company Is Giving Away a Spring Break Trip to a Deserted Island | Travel + Leisure Skip to content Top Navigation Close Explore Travel + Leisure Close View image This Beer Company Is Giving Away a Spring Break Trip to a Deserted Island this link is to an external site that may or …
Water main break floods homes, cars in Long Island City, Queens
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — A water main break is flooding cars and homes in Queens. The main broke just after 4 a.m. Thursday on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City. The break flooded a 2-block long section of the boulevard, from 41st Avenue to 43rd Avenue, with water and sewage. One vehicle driving on …
Oak Island Lighthouse to use LED technology to guide mariners
OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WITN) -Oak Island Lighthouse is upgrading and will use LED technology to guide mariners. The new lights should be installed and operational on Oak Island lighthouse by mid-December. In October, the Lighthouse experienced several power fluctuations causing the motor that rotates the lights to fail, which required the lights to be turned …
First Rohingya refugees arrive at isolated Bangladesh island
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh on Friday sent the first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to an isolated island despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process. The 1,642 refugees boarded seven Bangladeshi naval vessels in the port of Chittagong for the trip to Bhashan Char, according …
City Council creates City Board of Health | Grand Island Local News
Support Local Journalism Your subscription makes our reporting possible. {{featured_button_text}} Jay Vavricek, a local business owner and former Grand Island mayor, asked if the new board will be bound by local meetings law and open to the public, and if the board can be petitioned. “Going forward, I think it would be wise to clear …
