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Southampton, NY
Weather
Monster Hurricane With 120 MPH Winds Nears US Coast: What Northeast Residents Should Expect
A major hurricane is closing in on the US coast, and its influence could reach the Northeast long after landfall. Hurricane Isaias reached maximum sustained winds of 120 mph Friday, Oct. 9, becoming a Category 3 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center’s 7:20 a.m. update. That figure measures sustained winds, not gusts. The latest projected track and timing for Hurricane Isaias, released Friday, Oct. 9, shows it approaching the Gulf Coast. National Hurricane Center Landfall is expected near the Alabama-Florida Panhandle region late Friday or early Saturday, Oct. 1…
Nottingham-Perry Hall, MD
Breaking News
Softball Coach From Nottingham Admits Sex Crimes Involving Teen Player He Met When She Was 8
He was supposed to be someone she could trust. Instead, a longtime Maryland softball coach has admitted to sexually exploiting a teenage player he first met when she was just 8 years old. Michael Joseph Pusateri, 59, of Nottingham, pleaded guilty in federal court in Baltimore this week to coercion and enticement of a minor, adding to a separate guilty plea in Baltimore County that already resulted in a 10-year prison sentence. Now, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. According to federal prosecutors, Pusateri groomed the girl through text messages between March and July 2025,…
Towson, MD
Breaking News
Baltimore Woman Mistaken For Federal Witness, Murdered In Murder-For-Hire Plot: Feds
Latrina Ashburne wasn't supposed to die. The 41-year-old Maryland woman was shot outside her Baltimore home in May 2016 after being mistaken for her next-door neighbor, a federal witness targeted for murder by a man already behind bars. Now, more than a decade later, the man who arranged the killing has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Matthew Hightower, 44, of Baltimore, learned his fate on Thursday, Oct. 8, when US District Judge Stephanie Gallagher handed down the sentence for his role in the murder-for-hire plot that killed Ashburne instead of its intended target. The int…
Catonsville, MD
Your Community
Vacation ATV Crash Strands Maryland Mom In Caribbean
A Caribbean getaway turned into a nightmare for a Maryland mother of three who is now unable to walk, hospitalized far from home, and desperate to get back to her children. Catonsville resident Erica Bryant was vacationing with family and friends in St. Maarten when she was seriously injured in an ATV crash that left her with multiple broken bones and other complications, according to a GoFundMe organized by her family. Now, instead of returning home with vacation memories, Bryant remains in a hospital bed overseas as her loved ones scramble to find a way to bring her back to the United Sta…
Towson, MD
Breaking News
Do You Know This Face? Baltimore Police Release Sketch Of Suspect In Sophie Lee Murder
Baltimore police are hoping a newly released sketch will help put a face and name to the person wanted in connection with a Maryland woman's murder last month. Homicide detectives released the sketch on Thursday, Oct. 8, as they continue investigating the fatal shooting of Sophie Lee, who was killed in Baltimore's Charles Village area on Friday, Sept. 11. Lee was shot at approximately 1:30 a.m. in the 2400 block of North Calvert Street, according to police and Metro Crime Stoppers. Now, nearly a month later, investigators are turning to the public in hopes that someone recognizes the perso…
East Hampton, NY
Weather
Season’s First Atlantic Hurricane Forms: Northeast Impacts Possible
The Atlantic season’s first hurricane is targeting the Gulf Coast, but it could reach the Northeast before the weekend is over. Isaias reached hurricane strength late Wednesday, Oct. 7, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, the National Hurricane Center reported after an Air Force Reserve aircraft investigated the storm. NOAA satellite imagery shows Isaias over the Gulf late Wednesday, Oct. 7. Hurricane hunters confirmed sustained winds of 75 mph. AccuWeather For Northeast residents, the developing concern is rain from the weakening system as it moves inland and turns east. The N…
Perryville-Port Deposit, MD
Breaking News
Missing Perryville Dad, 24, Found Dead In Cleveland River After Trip To Steelers Game
What started as a trip to Ohio for a Steelers game ended with a young Baltimore County father dead and his Maryland family grieving. Officials confirmed late on Wednesday that the person who was pulled from the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland was 24-year-old Phoenix Phillips, who was reported missing on Friday, Oct. 2, after attending the Browns game downtown. On Wednesday, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office listed Phillips on its log. Phillips had last been seen in the 1400 block of W. 10th Street in Cleveland. Details about his disapearance have not been released. Hours before o…
Trenton, NJ
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2 Nordstrom Rack Stores Opening In New Jersey Amid Expansion
New Jersey shoppers will have two new places to hunt for designer deals beginning Thursday, Oct. 8. Nordstrom Rack is opening stores in Ramsey and Marlton on the same day as part of a nationwide expansion by the off-price retailer. The Ramsey store is opening at 225 Interstate Shopping Center, according to Nordstrom Rack's website. The Marlton store is opening at Willow Ridge Plaza. The two stores are among 25 new Nordstrom Rack stores announced nationwide, including 10 in the Northeast. "We look forward to being a part of the Ramsey community and serving our customers with an amazing off…
Frederick, MD
Breaking News
Girl, 15, Reaches Into Backpack With Loaded Gun During Frederick Walmart Bust: Sheriff
It started with four kids allegedly stuffing merchandise into backpacks at a Maryland Walmart. Then a 15-year-old girl reached into hers. Deputies were called to the Walmart on Guilford Drive in Frederick on Sunday, Oct. 4, after employees reported a group of kids shoplifting inside the store, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. They found four of them: the 15-year-old girl, a 16-year-old boy and two younger children who investigators said were only about 7 years old. All four were taken to the store's loss prevention office after they were spotted concealing merchandise i…
Mount Airy-Woodbine, MD
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Loaded 9mm Found As Deputies Stop 5 Fleeing Maryland Home Invasion: Sheriff
They were already on their way out when deputies rolled in. A white GMC Yukon was spotted pulling away from a Maryland home early on Tuesday, just as sheriff's deputies arrived to investigate reports of an assault and shots fired. That proved to be a problem for everyone inside. The SUV was stopped near the Mount Airy home shortly after 12:20 a.m. on Oct. 6, and deputies found five people inside, along with a loaded 9mm handgun on the rear passenger-side floorboard, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. Loose rounds matching the weapon were also recovered from the pocket of …
Potomac, MD
Breaking News
Crews Dig Through Basement Wall To Save Worker Buried For 3 Hours In Potomac (
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For more than three hours, a construction worker was buried in Maryland with rescuers digging toward him from two directions. The race to free him finally ended around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, when crews pulled the worker from a collapsed trench outside a home on Falls Bridge Lane in Potomac. Getting him out took more than 65 rescuers, a vacuum truck, buckets and shovels, a hole punched through a basement wall, and a painstaking operation designed to make sure the ground did not come crashing down again. The technical rescue in Montgomery County. Twitter/@mcfrsPIO The worker h…
Towson, MD
Breaking News
'Justice For Khloe': Suspect Captured Hours After Baltimore March For Murdered 12-Year-Old
The signs demanded justice for Khloe. Less than 24 hours after family, friends and neighbors filled a Maryland street calling for answers in the murder of 12-year-old Khloe Ishway, detectives made an arrest. Baltimore Police announced on Tuesday, Oct. 6 that 23-year-old Tyree Reynolds had been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting that killed Khloe and wounded four others on Friday, Oct. 3. Hours after Baltimore walked for 12-year-old Khloe Ishway, police arrested a suspect in her murder. Baltimore Police Department via Facebook The arrest came hours after member…
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