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Arlington, VA
Business
Ex-Trump Advisor Named President Of Facebook, Instagram Parent Company
A former advisor to President Donald Trump has been tapped as a top executive for the tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Dina Powell McCormick will join Meta as the company's next president and vice chair, Meta announced on Monday, January 12. The lifelong Republican was Trump's Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy in 2017 and early 2018. Powell McCormick will join Meta's management team to help guide the company's overall strategy, especially as it seeks to make artificial intelligence systems profitable. The former Goldman Sachs executive wil…
Arlington, VA
Business
TikTok Reportedly Agrees To Sell US Operations After Years Of Pressure: What To Know
TikTok has agreed to give control of its US operations to a new joint venture led by billionaire Larry Ellison and a tech company owned by the United Arab Emirates. According to internal TikTok memos, the widely popular video app's US entity will be transferred to Oracle, private equity firm Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi-backed artificial intelligence firm MGX. Axios first reported the sale's details on Thursday, Dec. 18. The three buyers will own TikTok's US operations under a new company called TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. The sale is expected to end a yearslong saga over purported&nb…
Arlington, VA
Politics
Foreign Tourists May Face Social Media Inspections Under Trump Administration Plan
Millions of international visitors could soon undergo new digital screening rules as the Trump administration expands its travel and immigration restrictions. Customs and Border Protection said it will require foreign tourists to provide five years of their social media history before entering the US, according to a notice posted in the Federal Register on Wednesday, Dec. 10. The policy would apply to citizens of visa-waiver countries, including Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The Trump administration said it will also collect "high value dat…
Teaneck, NJ
Business
Popular Puerto Rican Restaurant Moves Into Former Bischoff's Space In Teaneck
The Freakin’ Rican, a well-known Puerto Rican restaurant with a large following in New York City, has opened in Teaneck. The new restaurant is located at 466-468 Cedar Lane, replacing Bischoff’s, a longtime ice cream shop later occupied by a gelato store. Executive Chef Derick Lopez, who founded The Freakin’ Rican Brand in 2014, said he created the business to share the food he grew up eating in the Bronx. According to his website, he started by selling food at street fairs in New York City before building a social media audience of more than 450,000 followers. Lopez said his passion for Pu…
Hartford, CT
Lifestyle
Diddy Tries To Stop 50 Cent-Produced Documentary, Netflix Pushes Back
The longtime beef between Diddy and 50 Cent may be heading to court. Diddy's lawyers issued a cease-and-desist letter to Netflix, demanding the streamer pull its new series produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson called "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," Deadline reported. Combs was convicted in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. All four parts of "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" were released on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Netflix calls the documentary series a "sweeping examination" of t…
Hartford, CT
News
Parents Warned About Giving Kids Phones Too Young In New Study
Children who get their first smartphone before they become teenagers are at a greater risk of physical and mental issues, according to new research. University of Pennsylvania researchers led the study published in the medical journal Pediatrics on Monday, Dec. 1. According to the findings, 12-year-olds who owned smartphones had higher rates of depression (31%), obesity (40%), and insufficient sleep (62%) than kids who didn't own a device. The study found that issues grew for even younger children receiving their first smartphone. The risk of developing health problems increased b…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Mahwah Man Caught With 5,000+ Child Sex Abuse Files Arrested Again: Prosecutor
A Bergen County man arrested for chatting with children online in 2021 has been arrested again, this time after authorities found hiim in possession of nearly 5,000 child porn files, they said. Sporting a clean new look, Quinn T. Dickson, 28, of Mahwah, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 25, after members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at his Mahwah home, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Dickson used the Internet to view, download, and possess over 5,000 items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children, Musella…
Setauket-Stony Brook, NY
News
Woman’s New Beau Fatally Stabbed Her Ex As She Egged Him On At Stony Brook Yacht Club: DA
Charging documents reveal chilling new details in the murder of a man found stabbed to death at a Long Island yacht club. Christopher Millwater, 52, of Selden, was found gravely injured outside the Stony Brook Yacht Club on Shore Road around 3:40 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, as Daily Voice reported. He was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital. On Thursday, Nov. 20, Millwater’s ex-girlfriend, 33-year-old Kacy Corso, was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge in Suffolk County Court, alongside her current boyfriend, Victor Panebianco. Investigators determined that Corso, who pr…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
News
Joe Jonas Randomly Said These Three Nonsense Words And Now Fans Are Losing Their Minds
Joe Jonas unleashed a random one-liner, and the internet still hasn’t recovered. The singer, who has earned a reputation as the funny Jonas Brother, dropped the three nonsensical words while he and brothers Nick and Kevin were promoting their New Year's Eve show at the Hard Rock in Seminole, FL. @ccrystalchangg It’s the middle child shenanigans for me 😂 Nick giving Joe a look had me laughing @joejonas @Nick Jonas @Kevin Jonas @Jonas Brothers #jonasbrothers #jonasbrotherstour #joejonas #kevinjonas #nickjonas ♬ original sound - Crystal "Bing bing bong," he said as a sign-off, look…
New Haven, CT
Obituaries
Community Mourns 18-Year-Old Student Killed In New Haven Shooting: 'So Smart And Beautiful'
A Connecticut community is mourning the loss of an 18-year-old college student who was fatally shot in downtown New Haven over the Halloween weekend. Now, friends and neighbors are coming together to support her grieving family. Alexa Acevedo, of Norwich, was shot around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, near Church and Center streets in New Haven. Three others — two 21-year-old men and another 18-year-old woman — were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Police have not released updates on their conditions. Acevedo died at the scene. New Haven police said Acevedo and the others were innocent bysta…
Simsbury, CT
Lifestyle
From Simsbury To Hollywood: Rachel Sennott’s New HBO Comedy ‘I Love LA’ Earning Early Praise
Connecticut-born comedian, actress, and influencer Rachel Sennott will star in a new HBO comedy series that blends a little bit of everything she’s known for into The Simsbury native created and stars in “I Love LA,” debuting Sunday, Nov. 2, at 10:30 p.m., a coveted prime-time slot on the high-profile network. Sennott, 30, an alum of New York University and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, also wrote and directed several episodes. “I Love LA” follows an up-and-coming talent manager navigating the chaos of her late 20s in Los Angeles. Early reviews have been largely positive, and the…
Lower Paxton, PA
News
Vigilante Livestream Nets Conviction Of Lower Paxton Child Predator: Affidavit
A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty to arranging to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex during a vigilante sting in Lancaster County, officials announced Monday, Oct. 20. John Robert Tasevoli, 44, of Lower Paxton, was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty on Sept. 25 to criminal attempt of statutory sexual assault, criminal solicitation of statutory sexual assault, criminal attempt of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a person less than 16 years of age, criminal solicitation of photographs or film of child sex acts, c…
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