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CT Woman Killed By Rogue Truck Tire On I-95 'Said Yes To Life,' Family Says
A 24-year-old Connecticut marine biologist remembered for her love of adventure, the ocean, and helping protect marine life was killed in a freak I-95 accident earlier this week when a detached truck tire crashed through the windshield of her SUV in Milford, police said.
Catherine "Cate" Margaret Palaia, of Stratford, was killed around 10:23 p.m. Sunday, July 13, while driving south on I-95, according to Connecticut State Police, who identified her the following day. Investigators said Palaia was driving a 2020 Toyota RAV4 when the front left tire of a northbound 2012 Ford F-250 came off the…
Community Rallies Around Grieving CT Mom After Son Killed In Wrong-Way I-91 Hartford Crash
A Connecticut community is stepping up for a grieving mother after the tragic loss of her 22-year-old son in a wrong-way motorcycle crash on Interstate 91 in Hartford last month.
A GoFundMe created for Sara Tully has raised more than $23,000 as of Thursday, July 16, as friends, neighbors, and supporters continue to donate and share the fundraiser following the death of her son, Colby Upson.
"If you know Sara, you know the kind of person she is," fundraising organizer and coworker Emily Morrisette said. "She is one of the hardest-working, most selfless, and compassionate people you could eve…
Ship Captain Cops To Drugging, Raping Merchant Marine Cadet, 21, Moments Before Trial: Feds
A ship captain pleaded guilty to drugging and raping a U.S. Merchant Marine cadet during her course of study at the Long Island-based academy, authorities said.
John Merrone, 54, copped to five counts of aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and abusive sexual contact moments before his trial could start Wednesday, July 15 in federal court in Brooklyn, the Justice Department said.
The Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point has been plagued for years by allegations of sexual abuse related to “sea years.” As part of the program, MMA cadets must complete extended time aboard a commercial vess…
Kardashian Bodyguard Killed In Motorcycle Crash Days Before 53rd Birthday
Celebrity bodyguard Mason Haynes, who worked with high-profile clients including the Kardashians, was killed in a motorcycle crash on July 4, just two days before his 53rd birthday.
A GoFundMe campaign started by Annabel Bass says Haynes was killed in the Saturday, July 4, crash, leaving behind his wife, Fay, and children, Brooke and Noah. Details of the crash were not immediately clear.
As news of his death spread, friends, colleagues, and former clients remembered the man they say made everyone around him feel safe.
"The world has been robbed of that rare thing… a genuinely good man."
Th…
Hazardous Haze Update: How To Protect Yourself, When Skies Will Clear
The eerie veil hanging over the Northeast is not ready to lift, and the health risk beneath it is growing.
Smoke from Canadian and northern Minnesota wildfires continued lowering air quality and visibility on Thursday, July 16, triggering alerts across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and other parts of the eastern US.
The smoke was visible on satellite imagery from the National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters as upper-level winds carried it across the region.
Some of the plume looped into southern Virginia, West Virginia, and eastern North Carolina. Visibility …
CT Man Gets 42 Years For Fatal Gas Station Shooting
A Connecticut man will spend more than four decades in prison for the 2023 fatal shooting at a Terryville gas station, authorities announced.
Charles Whitfield Jr., 43, of Plymouth, was sentenced Tuesday, July 14, to 42 years in prison after a New Britain Superior Court judge found him responsible for the 2023 murder of Phillip Harris.
A Superior Court jury in New Britain found Whitfield guilty of murder on May 4, 2026.
The case centered on the killing of Harris, 42, of New Britain, at the Gulf Gas Station on Main Street in the Terryville section of Plymouth. Police said Harris was s…
NJ Family Dead In NY Plane Crash: State Police
A 2-year-old New Jersey girl, her mother, and her grandfather pilot were killed in a small plane crash just after taking off from the Adirondack Regional Airport in New York this week.
Guiliana Hillgrube, her 33-year-old mother Gabriella, and her 70-year-old grandfather Gabriele Jasper, were identified on Wednesday, July 15 as the victims of the crash two days prior, according to New York State Police.
Jasper, a Brick Township-based spine doctor and Toms River resident, was piloting the plane, police said. Hillgrube and her daughter, of Forked River, were passengers. Less than two week…
