UEA Incoming Tips: Evening News Brief: Bill banning religious exemptions for vaccines gains traction as outbreak worsens

Friday, April 26, 2019

Evening News Brief: Bill banning religious exemptions for vaccines gains traction as outbreak worsens

Bill banning religious exemptions for vaccines gains traction as outbreak worsens

Politicians in Rockland are pushing for legislation banning all religious exemptions for vaccines statewide.

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Police: 18-year-old female fatally shot in Yonkers

Police say an 18-year-old female was fatally shot in the head in Yonkers.

Yonkers schools chief urges state lawmakers to address $17M gap

Superintendent Dr. Edwin Quezada is urging state lawmakers "not to approve a budget with a deficit in the Yonkers Public Schools" – which faces a $17 million gap.

Mt. Pleasant tax date remains firm despite apparent post office mix-up

With town taxes due in Mount Pleasant in just a few days, homeowners rushed into the Receiver of Taxes Office on Friday to pay their bills.

'Have a heart': Father pleads for new info into daughter's hit-and-run death

An Orange County father is desperately pleading for information that could lead to an arrest in a hit-and-run road rage accident that killed his daughter five years ago.

Yonkers town hall meeting addresses school budget deficit

Yonkers School Superintendent Dr. Edwin Quezada hosted a town hall meeting at Casimir Pulaski School Thursday to discuss the school district's budget shortfalls.

Walmart unveils new 'store of the future'

Walmart has unveiled a new 'store of the future' that is a testing ground for new technology, such as AI-enabled cameras and interactive displays.

The Download: OtterBox - PopSocket

David Barnett invented the attachable PopSocket seven years ago to make his smartphone easier to hold.

Yonkers landlords issued violations for lack of carbon monoxide detectors

A week after nearly a dozen people were sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning at an apartment building in Yonkers, the owners of the building were issued multiple summonses on Wednesday after officials found no carbon monoxide detectors inside.

Car slams into building in New Rochelle

A car slammed into a building at the corner of Main Street and Webster Avenue in New Rochelle Thursday afternoon.

A Hero's farewell: WWII vet with no family gets proper send off

A World War II veteran with no living family members got the funeral he deserved Friday thanks to the efforts of 27-year-old Beth Regan, who befriended him at his Yorktown nursing home.