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25 Famous People You Didn’t Know Were From Corona, Queens
Featured photograph: Tdorante10 / Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized from the original photograph. On a residential block of 107th Street in Corona, Queens, stands the house where Louis Armstrong lived for nearly three decades. A short distance away, Dizzy Gillespie maintained a home with a basement rehearsal space. Several other jazz musicians settled in the neighborhood, including Cannonball and Nat Adderley, Jimmy Heath, and Clark Terry. The concentration of musical talent was extraordinary, but it was only one part of Corona’s story.
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Tornado watch in effect for 11 NJ counties, flash flood warning in Queens
Damage from a tornado in New Jersey on Feb. 23, 2023. Southern Queens is under a flash flood warning until 5:15 p.m. Thursday due to heavy rainfall in the area, according to the National Weather Service. [ more › ]
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St. John’s finally gets the Ruben Prey they’ve been waiting for in stellar second half
The version of Ruben Prey that St. John’s was expecting finally arrived in the second half. After being limited by foul trouble in the opening half, the 6-foot-10 junior produced nine points, eight rebounds and two blocks over the final 20 minutes of No. 13 St. John’s 90-59 rout of Colgate at Carnesecca Arena. “I thought he was the Ruben of last year, where he was just flying all over the place,” coach Rick Pitino said. “He did a really good job of just constantly moving on offense and defense, where he really hasn’t been doing that.” What St. John’s needs to work on before its Las Vegas challenges begin After serving as Zuby Ejiofor’s backup the past two seasons, Prey came in this year as the starter. He started slowly, but performed better Sunday against Iona, and he really found his game in the second half Wednesday by making an impact at both ends of the floor. Colgate’s Josh Ahayere, left, fouls St. John’s Ruben Prey during an NCAA college basketball game in the Queens borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. AP Photo/Seth Wenig Quinn Ellis brings crowd to its feet in St. John’s rout of Colgate
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A social adult day care program director pleaded guilty Nov. 9 in a $127 million kickback scheme that billed Medicare and Medicaid for about a decade
A program director at two Queens adult day care centers pleaded guilty Monday, Nov. 9, to a conspiracy that the Justice Department says took about $127 million from Medicare and New York State Medicaid. Daniel Lee, 57, of Flushing, admitted to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to... The post A social adult day care program director pleaded guilty Nov. 9 in a $127 million kickback scheme that billed Medicare and Medicaid for about a decade appeared first on The Financial Wire .
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Assemblywoman Maritza Davila tells a Williamsburg domestic violence vigil she was abused for 10 years before leaving
The North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence held its annual Domestic Violence Vigil on Tuesday, October 27, gathering supporters who marched to the New York Police Department’s 90th Precinct in Williamsburg to remember victims, support survivors and stand united against domestic violence. The vigil began at 5 p.m. before...