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One of the two people killed in a New York bus crash Thursday was a former longtime teacher who continued to volunteer as a band camp chaperone 17 years after her retirement. Beatrice Ferrari, 77, died in the crash in Wawayanda, about 75 miles northwest of New York City. The bus was carrying 40 students and four adults from Long Island’s Farmingdale School District to a band camp in Pennsylvania when it fell down a 50-foot ravine, according to New York state officials. Band director Gina Pellet…
6 months ago
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University has canceled Friday classes due to “extraordinary stress” amid a junior being federally charged with making antisemitic threats. Instead, Friday will serve as a “community day,” Provost Michael Kotlikoff and Christine Lovely, the vice president and chief human resources officer, said in an email to students and staff, school paper The Cornell Daily Sun reported. “No classes will be held, and faculty and staff will be excused from work, except for employees who…
5 months ago
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The iconic 1984 Wham! hit “Last Christmas” is synonymous with the holiday season and almost impossible to get out of your head. See? Now you’re humming it. But a growing number of people are turning down the volume of that Christmas classic in a viral survival game known as “Whamageddon.” Will a win “save you from tears?” How to play The challenge runs from Dec. 1 through the end of Christmas Eve. You’re considered out as soon as you hear and recognize “Last Christmas.” Many share their hilario…
4 months ago
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Snow ended in large parts of the U.S. beleaguered by days of Arctic weather but freezing temperatures will remain for millions over the weekend, forecasters warned Friday, as the number of dead in weather-related incidents grew. Wind chill alerts early Saturday stretched from Montana to Florida and freeze alerts were in effect across the South and Gulf Coast. Intense lake-effect snow up to 2 inches an hour were possible in northwest Indiana, the National Weather Service said. Temperatures early…
2 months ago
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Aboard her 40-foot racing boat First Light, 29-year-old Cole Brauer just became the first American woman to race nonstop around the world by herself. The New York native pulled into A Coruña, Spain, on Thursday after a treacherous 30,000-mile journey that took 130 days. She thanked a cheering crowd of family and fans who had been waiting for her on shore. “This is really cool and so overwhelming in every sense of the word,” she exclaimed, before drinking Champagne from her trophy. The 5-foot-2…
22 days ago
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