Covid-19: Three More NY Residents Identified As Being Infected With Omicron Variant
Omicron, the new strain of COVID-19 that has caused worldwide alarm the last week, has now been detected in eight New York residents.
On Saturday, Dec. 4, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced three more cases have been identified, two days after the state announced its first five cases.
So far, the cases appear unrelated and have been confirmed through sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to the New York State Health Department.
All three of the new cases are from New York City.
Nationally, a total of 23 people have been infected in 11 states: Utah, California, Minneso…
Missing New York Woman Body-Cam Video Sheds New Light On Relationship
A just-released body-cam video of police interacting with a missing New York woman and her boyfriend puts a new light on their relationship.
Long Island native Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, age 22, who was last known to be in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming in late August, was reported missing to Suffolk County Police on Saturday, Sept. 11, by her mother after last being heard from on Monday, Aug. 30.
Her boyfriend and traveling companion Brian Laundrie, age 23, was named a person of interest in the investigation by authorities in North Port, Florida, where the couple temporarily lived and…