Bel Air, MD
Sports
WATCH: Savannah Bananas Star Face-Plant Mid-Flip On Live TV WATCH: Savannah Bananas Star Face-Plant Mid-Flip On Live TV
Watch: Savannah Bananas Star Face-Plant Mid-Flip On Live TV You have Robert Anthony Cruz's permission to laugh after the Savannah Bananas star face-planted on live TV.  That's according to him. The trick-filled outfielder, 26, who is known for his flipping catches in centerfield, embarrassed himself during a segment on "CNN News Central," where he lost control and dramatically face-planted, leaving his chin and lip bloodied. Video of the failed flip has since gone viral, and Cruz was able to laugh at himself a day after the appearance on Thursday, July 24. View this post on Instagram A post shar…

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by Zak Failla
Hartford, CT
Business
Win Free Auntie Anne's Pretzels For One Year: Here's How Win Free Auntie Anne's Pretzels For One Year: Here's How
Win Free Auntie Anne's Pretzels For One Year: Here's How Willy Wonka offered golden tickets; now Auntie Anne's is handing out golden cards. The pretzel chain will give away three exclusive Golden Brown Cards, each good for a full year of free original or cinnamon sugar pretzels. The cards can also be used for free original lemonade and one catering order for up to 50 people. The contest's details will be revealed through the company's Instagram page on Saturday, July 26, in celebration of National Auntie Day. Fans are encouraged to follow and enter for a chance to win what the company is calling its most iconic offering yet. …

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by Chris Spiker
Hartford, CT
Business
635K Instagram, Facebook Accounts Removed For Targeting Children As Meta Adds Safety Tools 635K Instagram, Facebook Accounts Removed For Targeting Children As Meta Adds Safety Tools
635K Instagram, Facebook Accounts Removed For Targeting Children As Meta Adds Safety Tools Meta says it has removed about 635,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts for trying to exploit children as it updates its teen safety features. The tech giant announced changes to its measures aimed at protecting young users in a blog post on Wednesday, July 23. The purge comes as Meta adds new restrictions to accounts run by adults that feature children. In the first half of 2025, Meta said its enforcement teams took down nearly 135,000 Instagram accounts for leaving sexualized comments or requesting sexual images on accounts that primarily feature children under 13.…

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by Chris Spiker
Point Pleasant, NJ
News
Jenks Bartender Behind Viral Coldplay ‘Kiss Cam’ Moment Revels In Fame Jenks Bartender Behind Viral Coldplay ‘Kiss Cam’ Moment Revels In Fame
Jenks Bartender Behind Viral Coldplay ‘Kiss Cam’ Moment Revels In Fame The woman who filmed the viral Coldplay kiss-cam moment at Gillette Stadium last week, capturing then-Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and Kristen Cabot's infamous moment, is from New Jersey. And she just so happens to be a bartender at Jenks Club, the Point Pleasant bar where scenes from MTV's "Jersey Shore" was filmed. Grace Springer was at the Massachusetts concert when she caught the now-viral clip that’s been splashed across social media and news sites ever since. As of Sunday, July 20, the TikTok video had garnered 114.8M views. Springer told the US Sun that she never intended to cause cont…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elmont, NY
News
'Germans Should’ve Ended Your Kind': Elmont Therapist’s Hate-Fueled Message Sparks Outrage 'Germans Should’ve Ended Your Kind': Elmont Therapist’s Hate-Fueled Message Sparks Outrage
'Germans Should’ve Ended Your Kind': Elmont Therapist’s Hate-Fueled Message Sparks Outrage A Long Island therapist is facing a massive backlash after sending a hate-filled message to a Jewish woman on Instagram that read in part: "Germans should have ended your kind," photos of the since-deleted post said. Now, an organized letter-writing campaign hopes to have her license to practice revoked.  Gineth G. Nelson, who runs Whole Health Counseling in Elmont, Long Island, made the disturbing comment after a Jewish user posted a meme related to Hamas withholding the remains of Israeli hostages, according to Long Island Affair. In a now-deleted reply, Nelson allegedly wrote:&…

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by Josh Lanier
Willingboro, NJ
News
'What Would You Do?' Rapper Robbie Pardlo Of Willingboro Dead At 46 'What Would You Do?' Rapper Robbie Pardlo Of Willingboro Dead At 46
'What Would You Do?' Rapper Robbie Pardlo Of Willingboro Dead At 46 Robbie Pardlo, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated R&B group City High, has died at the age of 46 in Willingboro, NJ, TMZ reports, citing a representative for the artist. Condolences flooded the comments of Pardlo’s final Instagram post a day before TMZ broke the news. Pardlo’s voice helped define the early 2000s with “What Would You Do?” — a raw anthem that tackled poverty, addiction, and survival. The song soared up the charts and made City High, a Willingboro-based group, a household name. View this post on Instagram A post shared …

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
News
Pete Davidson Expecting First Child With Model Girlfriend Elsie Hewitt Pete Davidson Expecting First Child With Model Girlfriend Elsie Hewitt
Pete Davidson Expecting First Child With Model Girlfriend Elsie Hewitt Guess who’s trading punchlines for Pampers? Pete Davidson is going to be a dad. The comedian, 31, is expecting his first child with model girlfriend Elsie Hewitt, who broke the news in an Instagram post on Wednesday, July 16. "Welp, now everyone knows we had sex," she captioned the post. Photos from the post show the couple together at an ultrasound appointment. Davidson and Hewitt went public in March 2025, after they were spotted together in Palm Beach, Florida.

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by Cecilia Levine
New Canaan, CT
Lifestyle
Richard Gere Under Fire From Paul Simon's Daughter For Selling Her Former New Canaan Home Richard Gere Under Fire From Paul Simon's Daughter For Selling Her Former New Canaan Home
Richard Gere Under Fire From Paul Simon's Daughter For Selling Her Former New Canaan Home "Pretty Woman" star Richard Gere's decision to sell his Connecticut estate that once belonged to famed singer-songwriter Paul Simon has irked Simon's daughter enough to wish a curse upon him. Why such vitriol from the 30-year-old daughter of one half of the legendary duo Simon & Garfunkel? According to an Instagram story posted on Tuesday, July 8, by Lulu Simon, Gere promised to "take care of the land as condition of his purchase."  This was particularly important to Simon, who has followed her dad into the music business, as her childhood pets are buried on the 32-acre property, l…

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by Ben Crnic
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Hackensack Police Beg For Bronco In Sad Sarah McLachlan Video — And It's Gold Hackensack Police Beg For Bronco In Sad Sarah McLachlan Video — And It's Gold
Hackensack Police Beg For Bronco In Sad Sarah McLachlan Video — And It's Gold A customized Ford Bronco was up for grabs. All it would take was a video and enough Instagram likes to win. So the Hackensack Police Department did what any self-respecting agency would do. They broke out the sad music, the slow pans, and a fleet of deeply exhausted vehicles — and filmed a masterpiece. Their pitch? A Sarah McLachlan-inspired video set to “Angel,” complete with mournful stares, sad cruisers, and officers just trying to start their cars without crying (cut to Chief Michael Antista playing with a matchbox Ford Bronco). The HPD is competing in a statewide contest hosted by Pa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newington, CT
Obituaries
Car Community Mourns Newington's Spencer Jorgenson, 19, Enthusiast Killed In I-84 Crash Car Community Mourns Newington's Spencer Jorgenson, 19, Enthusiast Killed In I-84 Crash
Car Community Mourns Newington's Spencer Jorgenson, 19, Enthusiast Killed In I-84 Crash Spencer Jorgenson wasn’t just part of the car community — he was the community. The 19-year-old from Newtown was known for his heart, his hustle, and for always showing up with tools in hand — ready to help a fellow car enthusiast. On Saturday, July 5, that vibrant life was cut short in a crash on I-84 in Southbury, Connecticut. News of his death has devastated the tight-knit community of Northeast car lovers. “He had a lot of dreams and ambitions,” members of the RAD Stallions, a regional 80s and 90s RAD Stallions, wrote on Instagram. “He was a friend and a dedicated person in the car com…

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by Cecilia Levine
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
News
$5.6M Award After PA Midwife Posts Botched Birth Photo Of Baby’s ‘Jellybean Head’ On Instagram $5.6M Award After PA Midwife Posts Botched Birth Photo Of Baby’s ‘Jellybean Head’ On Instagram
$5.6M Award After PA Midwife Posts Botched Birth Photo Of Baby’s ‘Jellybean Head’ On Instagram $5.6 million. That’s what a Philadelphia jury awarded to the parents of a beautiful baby girl left with catastrophic brain damage after a botched birth — and whose photo was posted on Instagram by the midwife who delivered her, labeled with the caption: “Jellybean head.” The baby, Camille Hoffman, is now 6 years old. She is nearly blind, can’t walk without help, and relies on a feeding tube to survive. Camille was born in July 2018 at Albert Einstein Medical Center, where midwife Anne Pitts Londergan allegedly missed two dangerous fetal positioning abnormalities — brow and occiput posterior…

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by Jillian Pikora
Hartford, CT
Business
Fan-Favorite Oreo Flavor Returns After Eight Years Of Demands: How You Can Buy It Fan-Favorite Oreo Flavor Returns After Eight Years Of Demands: How You Can Buy It
Fan-Favorite Oreo Flavor Returns After Eight Years Of Demands: How You Can Buy It One of Oreo's most popular flavors is finally back after years of fans begging for the cookies. Oreo announced the return of Blueberry Pie Oreo Cookies in an Instagram post on Thursday, June 26. The special version of the famous sandwich cookies was last available in 2017, according to People magazine. Blueberry Pie Oreos will be available in stores on Monday, July 7. "You win," Oreo posted on Instagram. "Now please stop yelling at us 😊." The flavor features blueberry creme filling between graham-flavored wafers, offering a twist on the classic chocolate-and-vanilla combo. Blueberry Pie O…

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by Chris Spiker