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New Potentially Historic El Niño Forecast Raises Stakes For Winter Across Northeast New Potentially Historic El Niño Forecast Raises Stakes For Winter Across Northeast
New Potentially Historic El Niño Forecast Raises Stakes For Winter Across Northeast A powerful climate pattern gathering strength thousands of miles away could leave a significant mark on the Northeast’s winter. The US Geological Survey’s regional outlook points toward warmer conditions and increased precipitation, with more opportunities for coastal storms and nor’easters. Whether those storms deliver rain or substantial snow remains uncertain. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday, Sept. 10, that El Niño has a 75 percent chance of exceeding the strength of every event recorded since 1950 during the October-through-December period. That is up from 69 percent …
Rick Springfield Says He Killed Man While Overseas To Perform For US Troops Rick Springfield Says He Killed Man While Overseas To Perform For US Troops
Rick Springfield Says He Killed Man While Overseas To Perform For US Troops Long before "Jessie's Girl" made him a rock star, Rick Springfield found himself in a situation worlds removed from a concert stage. Springfield, now 77, recalled the harrowing incident on the latest "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, describing how a trip to perform for troops during the Vietnam War put the teenage musician in the middle of an attack. Springfield toured Vietnam with the Australian band MPD Ltd. in 1968 and 1969, performing for troops while based around Saigon and Da Nang. He told Rogan the group spent about four months in the war zone. "We met these guys, and we really g…
100+ Babies Hit Heads, Prompting Urgent Warning About Popular Bouncers 100+ Babies Hit Heads, Prompting Urgent Warning About Popular Bouncers
100+ Babies Hit Heads, Prompting Urgent Warning About Popular Bouncers Federal regulators are warning about a popular type of baby rocker chair after more than 100 infants hit their heads when the bouncers collapsed. The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning for about 14,200 Flyboss 3-in-1 Portable Baby Bouncer and Rocker Chairs on Thursday, Sept. 10. The bouncers can collapse while in use, creating a risk of impact injuries to infants. The CPSC has received 191 reports of the bouncers collapsing, with an infant's head striking the surface underneath the bouncer in 115 incidents. Adults "sought medical attention" for at least 20 ba…
Cops Reveal What Triggered Ramapo College Lockdown Cops Reveal What Triggered Ramapo College Lockdown
Cops Reveal What Triggered Ramapo College Lockdown Police have revealed additional details about what sparked a more than two-hour lockdown and tactical search at Ramapo College on Thursday evening, Sept. 10. Mahwah police were contacted by Ramapo College Public Safety at 5:46 p.m. after someone reported hearing a woman scream, “He has a gun,” near the Berrie Center, Capt. Michael Blondin said. Officers established a perimeter and the campus was placed on lockdown because of the nature of the call, police said. Additional resources were requested as officers began searching the area. Police eventually contacted the original caller, who had…
Motorcyclist Crashes, Another Tackled Fleeing Clifton Cops: Police Motorcyclist Crashes, Another Tackled Fleeing Clifton Cops: Police
Motorcyclist Crashes, Another Tackled Fleeing Clifton Cops: Police Two motorcycle riders trying to get away from Clifton police were arrested in separate incidents just two days apart, authorities said. The first began around 10:14 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, when Officers Benjamin Bressel and Stephen Aggi spotted a group of motorcycles being driven erratically near Crooks and Getty avenues, Clifton Police D/Lt. Robert Anderson said. The motorcycles were passing vehicles and none had visible license plates, police said. When the riders stopped at a traffic light behind an uninvolved vehicle, the officers attempted a traffic stop, authorities said. The motorcy…
NY Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops NY Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops
NY Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops A Long Island man wanted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 9 outside a hotel in Massachusetts, police said. Brandon William Hampson, 55, stabbed Rachel Frislid, 62, to death inside her home in Sayville, NY, on Thursday, Sept. 3, the Suffolk County (NY) Police Department said Thursday, Sept. 10. Authorities found Hampson Wednesday, Sept. 9 outside the French King Restaurant and Motel in Erving, MA around 9:15 p.m. smoking a cigarette, Worcester County (MA) District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said. Officers ordered Hampson to surrender, but he …
Yacht Owner, Ex-Navy Commander Accused Of Drugging, Raping Deckhand, 22, In Nantucket Harbor Yacht Owner, Ex-Navy Commander Accused Of Drugging, Raping Deckhand, 22, In Nantucket Harbor
Yacht Owner, Ex-Navy Commander Accused Of Drugging, Raping Deckhand, 22, In Nantucket Harbor A yacht owner faces multiple charges after a young employee said he allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted her aboard a vessel in Nantucket Harbor last month, according to a news report. Christian Bradley Williams, 54, of Florida, was arraigned Friday, Sept. 4, in connection with the alleged Aug. 9 attack. The 22-year-old woman had started working as a deckhand aboard his yacht, Chimera, in June. She received housing on the boat in exchange for the work. The US Sun reported that Williams is a former Navy commander of the USS Springfield submarine.  The alleged assault happened hours…
Strange Twist In Arrest Of GOP Council Candidate: Cop Is Democratic Opponent's Son Strange Twist In Arrest Of GOP Council Candidate: Cop Is Democratic Opponent's Son
Strange Twist In Arrest Of GOP Council Candidate: Cop Is Democratic Opponent's Son Newly released body-camera footage shows a Republican candidate for a New Jersey town council being arrested on an assault charge weeks after joining the race. But the case comes with an unusual political twist: The Scotch Plains officer who signed the complaint that led to Gabrielle Gilles' arrest was Kobe White, the son of Councilman Roshan "Roc" White, one of the Democratic incumbents Gilles is running against in November. Gilles, 31, was arrested at her Scotch Plains home around 12:12 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, according to footage published by Transparency Bodycam. Gilles, who …
American Dream Shoplifter Injures 3 State Troopers During Arrest: Police American Dream Shoplifter Injures 3 State Troopers During Arrest: Police
American Dream Shoplifter Injures 3 State Troopers During Arrest: Police A suspected $430 shoplifting at Alo inside American Dream ended with a struggle with troopers and the discovery of an outstanding warrant, authorities said. New Jersey State Police responded to the East Rutherford mall around 8:08 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, on a report of shoplifting at the clothing store, State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Freddy Brown, 39, of New York City, stole approximately $430 worth of merchandise, Lebron said. Troopers attempted to arrest Brown, but he resisted apprehension, according to Lebron. Brown was charged with resisting arrest resulting in injury,…
Clifton Driver Pulled Glock-Like BB Gun During Road Rage Dispute: Police Clifton Driver Pulled Glock-Like BB Gun During Road Rage Dispute: Police
Clifton Driver Pulled Glock-Like BB Gun During Road Rage Dispute: Police A dispute between two drivers in Clifton ended with one of them allegedly pulling a BB gun designed to look like a Glock handgun, authorities said. Several officers responded to Randolph and Ackerman avenues around 7:34 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5, after a 911 caller reported a man brandishing a handgun, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. The caller told police that a brief verbal dispute broke out between two motorists before a man got out of a Chevy Tahoe and brandished what appeared to be a handgun while yelling at the caller. Officers John Zayas and Justin DeGroat found a nearb…
Wrong Way Bronx Man Drove Drunk With Kids In Car: Fairfield PD Wrong Way Bronx Man Drove Drunk With Kids In Car: Fairfield PD
Wrong Way Bronx Man Drove Drunk With Kids In Car: Fairfield PD A 33-year-old Bronx man was arrested and charged after he drove drunk with children in the car in Fairfield, authorities announced Thursday, Sept. 10, authorities said. At 2:06 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30, officers observed a black Dodge Durango driving the wrong way on Route 46, westbound in the eastbound lanes, Fairfield police said. The Dodge was pulled over in a McDonald's parking lot and the driver, Miguel Nocelo-Soto displayed bloodshot and watery eyes, police said. The juveniles, 17, 12 and 1 were seated in the back, police said. Nocelo-Soto told officers he had only consumed two beers,…
$60K Senior Scam Lands 5 Charges, Including NJ Mom Charged In Little League Theft: Police $60K Senior Scam Lands 5 Charges, Including NJ Mom Charged In Little League Theft: Police
$60K Senior Scam Lands 5 Charges, Including NJ Mom Charged In Little League Theft: Police A New Jersey mom charged with stealing more than $7,000 from Media Little League is now wanted in connection with a nearly $60,000 fraud scheme targeting a senior citizen across Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, police said. Robin Massing, 57, of Audubon, New Jersey, was among five people charged following a four-month Nether Providence Township Police investigation, the department announced Thursday, Sept. 10. The victim reported that $58,600 was drained from a TD Bank checking account through five fraudulent in-person withdrawals and a wire transfer between May 8 and May 11, accordi…