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Bail for Teen Accused in Bronx Boy's Killing Leaves Grandmother Fearing Supermarket Run-Ins
Three months after 15-year-old Riley Billingslea was shot in the head inside a Claflin Avenue apartment in Kingsbridge Heights, the grandmother who raised him is grappling with a new blow: the 16-year-old charged with his murder is no longer behind bars. A judge set bail for the teen on Oct. 30 at $25,000 cash or a $100,000 insured bond, with conditions that include electronic monitoring.
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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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‘Where is Lucky?’: Sunnyside store owner pleads for return of beloved bodega cat believed to have been stolen
The owner of a Sunnyside corner store is pleading for the return of his cat, stating that he believes thieves stole his beloved pet in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 11. Ali Askari, who operates the 24-hour Sunnyside Mini Mart at 41-01 48th St., said his Siamese cat Lucky went missing at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, adding that he believes someone took the animal when it was perched outside his store.
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The Financial Wire
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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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.