Two adults have died and more than 40 people are injured after a bus carrying students from Farmingdale School District in Long Island, New York, rolled over Thursday afternoon. Five or six students are in critical condition, and the bus driver is cooperating with authorities. The district is providing counseling services to those affected by the crash, which may have been caused by a mechanical issue.
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Millions of people in coastal New England and eastern Canada are under storm watches and warnings as Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee threatens the region with hurricane-force winds, torrential rain, and coastal flooding. Lobsterman Bruce Young had his 38-foot vessel transported to the local airport, while Steve Train, a commercial lobster fisherman on Long Island, had just finished hauling 200 traps out of the water. Residents in the area are urged to take precautions and make final preparations as the storm approaches, with the National Hurricane Center continuing to monitor the storm and provide updates.
Residents of Bar Harbor, Maine are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Lee, which is expected to bring tropical storm conditions and flooding to parts of coastal New England. The storm is projected to be 400 miles wide with tropical-storm-force winds, creating worries of power outages in Maine. Utility workers from as far away as Tennessee have begun taking up positions in preparation for the storm, and residents are urged to take all necessary precautions to protect their property and stay safe.
A 43-year-old man has been arrested and charged with stalking actress Drew Barrymore after he was found searching for her Long Island home. Chad Michael Busto was arrested Thursday and pleaded not guilty to the charge, claiming he believes he has a connection with Barrymore. He is due back in court on August 6th and faces up to one year in jail if convicted.
Investigators in Osage County, Kansas are searching the former property of Dennis Rader, the "BTK Killer" convicted of murdering 10 people in the 1970s-90s, in an effort to find connections to unsolved cases. Rader has called another suspected serial killer his "clone," and authorities are looking into the disappearance of Cynthia Kinney from Oklahoma in 1976. The search is part of an ongoing effort to bring closure to unsolved cases and justice to victims and their families, though it is unclear if any evidence has been found.
Investigators have identified the remains of Karen Vergata, found near Gilgo Beach on Long Island in 1996, as the latest breakthrough in the Gilgo Beach murders investigation. The investigation, which has been ongoing for over a decade, has identified most of the eleven sets of human remains found in or near Ocean Parkway since 2010, but some remain unnamed. The Suffolk County Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact them.
Asa Ellerup, estranged wife of Manhattan architect Rex Heuermann, has spoken out about the tumultuous weeks since his arrest in connection to the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Heuermann is charged with three counts of murder and is the prime suspect in the disappearance of a fourth woman, and Ellerup has since filed for divorce. Heuermann is set to appear at a 2 p.m. conference hearing, where the court will go over evidence and talk with witnesses in the case that has been ongoing since 2010.
Residents of a Manhattan neighborhood are pleading for privacy after the arrest of a local architect, Rex Heuermann, in connection with the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Asa Ellerup, Heuermann's estranged wife, asked for privacy and "normalcy" for her family and elderly neighbors, who have been impacted by the police presence and media attention. The case is still under investigation, but the community is hoping for a peaceful resolution.