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College Football Fans Are Rightfully in Awe of QB Chris Howell's Never-Before-Seen Throwing Motion

Baylor’s matchup with FCS foe Long Island University last Saturday didn’t move the needle much during a packed slate of games, but it did have one unintended impact: putting the spotlight on LIU QB Chris Howell. A clip of Howell, the Sharks’ freshman QB, using a very unorthodox throwing motion…

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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect hit with lawsuit over $70k in unpaid wages at architecture firm

The 59-year-old accused serial killer allegedly paid a former executive assistant at his architecture firm less than minimum wage

The Independent UK

Couple killed after their boat collides with larger vessel off Long Island

Accident happened in the Great South Bay late on Sunday

The Independent UK

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Attorney for Gilgo Beach murder suspect’s children hits back at claims family knew about alleged crimes

Exclusive: Attorney Vess Mitev tells The Independent that Victoria Heuermann, 26, and Christopher Sheridan, 33, are ‘just trying to survive’ following father’s bombshell arrest

The Independent UK

Jimmy Buffett’s cause of death revealed

Buffett, 76, died at home Friday in Sag Harbor on Long Island, New York, from a rare form of skin cancer, according to an obituary posted to his official website.

Chicago Sun-Times

MS-13 gang member pleads guilty in 2016 slaying of two teenage girls on New York street

A member of the violent MS-13 street gang has pleaded guilty for his part in the murders of four people in New York, including two teenage girls who were attacked with a machete and baseball bats on a suburban Long Island street seven years ago

The Independent UK

Drew Barrymore fan detained in Long Island looking for star’s home after storming stage at New York event

Police confirmed that the man was the same person who attempted to storm the stage at a recent event hosted by Barrymore in New York City

The Independent UK

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Ex-New York police chief who once led Gilgo Beach probe arrested on sexual misconduct charges

A former Long Island police chief who served federal prison time for beating a suspect has been arrested for allegedly soliciting sex and exposing himself at a public park

The Independent UK

11 dead bodies, no answers—then a break

Journalist Deborah Norville shares how the cold case led to an arrest and the film inspired by one victim's mother

Salon

Three people in New York area die from bacterial infection linked to oysters and seawater

One person died in Suffolk County on Long Island and two other victims were from Connecticut

The Independent UK

OPINION - Inflation: Is the worst finally over?

I can picture it so clearly – the words adorning a fridge magnet in my grandmother’s kitchen on Long Island, New York. You may know it as the Serenity Prayer:

Evening Standard

Wife of suspect in Long Island serial killings living 'nightmare,' battling cancer, her lawyer says

The wife of a man charged with killing at least three women found dead on New York's Long Island is living a “surreal nightmare.”

The Independent UK

Gilgo Beach murders victim Karen Vergata’s final phone call revealed

A petition filed in court in 2017 reveals the 34-year-old woman called her father Dominic Vergata on his birthday on 14 February 1996

The Independent UK

Gilgo Beach murders victim Karen Vergata’s final phone call revealed

A petition filed in court in 2017 reveals the 34-year-old woman called her father Dominic Vergata on his birthday on 14 February 1996

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Sons of newly-identified Gilgo Beach murder victim Karen Vergata ‘weren’t warned by police’

Long Island police on Friday identified the victim previously known only as Jane Doe 7

The Independent UK

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

Starting in 2010, police searching for a missing woman found 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway near New York’s Gilgo Beach

The Independent UK

Gilgo Beach murders - update: Police identify victim Karen Vergata but won’t comment on Rex Heuermann link

Updates on the Gilgo Beach serial killer case after Long Island police give press conference revealing identity of Fire Island Jane Doe following Rex Heuermann’s arrest

The Independent UK

More families await answers in Gilgo Beach killings – and the names of other victims

New York architect Rex Heuermann has been charged with three murders and is the prime suspect in a fourth in connection with the infamous Long Island serial killing. But, one week after his first court appearance, the families are still awaiting justice, and four more victims have yet to even…

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The Independent UK

How the Gilgo Beach serial killer turned the Long Island shore into a graveyard

More than a decade after 11 bodies were found dumped in Long Beach, married father of two and Manhattan-based architect Rex Heuermann is under arrest. Does this mean the hunt for the Gilgo Beach serial killer is finally over? Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

Pizza crust, burner phones and his wife’s hair: How Long Island police tied Rex Heuermann to the Gilgo Beach murders

It’s taken 13 years but Suffolk County Police finally say they’ve caught the serial killer who dumped his victims along the shores of Gilgo Beach – thanks to a pimp’s tip about his pickup truck, a stash of burner phones, his wife’s hair and a pizza crust. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

Manhattan architect, family man and accused serial killer: Who is Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann?

A Manhattan architect and father-of-two has been arrested in connection to one of the most infamous unsolved serial killer cases along the East Coast. So who really is Rex Heuermann? Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK

Gilgo Beach murders victim Jane Doe 7 identified as Karen Vergata 26 years after remains discovered

Police refused to comment on whether the disappearance and murder of the woman previously known as Fire Island Jane Doe may be linked to serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann.

The Independent UK

Long Island police expected to identify another Gilgo Beach murders victim as they announce ‘update’ in case

A senior law enforcement source said investigators have been able to identity another Jane Doe

The Independent UK

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect’s contact with wife revealed

Asa Ellerup filed for divorce just days after the architect’s bombshell arrest for the murders of Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy and Amber Costello

The Independent UK

Long Island and Atlantic City sex worker killings are unrelated, officials say

A New Jersey prosecutor says the murders of several sex workers on Long Island do not appear to be related to the unsolved killings of four sex workers near Atlantic City in 2006

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