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A Long Island man pleaded guilty to murder in the shooting of his ex-girlfriend outside her Suffolk County apartment complex, prosecutors said Friday. James Quininchetta, 41, of Ridge, was arrested on June 7, 2025, a day after opening fire on 33-year-old Rebecca Roth over what Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney described as an argument over a   “minor financial dispute” that quickly escalated into a “senseless act of violence.” Quininchetta arrived at Roth’s Moriche residence via a rideshare service shortly after midnight on June 6 to collect money he said the victim owed him. GoFundMe Shooting victim Rebecca Roth. (GoFundMe) He then approached the victim, who was inside her parked car, and fired a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun at her seven times after she allegedly refused to pay him, prosecutors said. A forensic examination revealed she died of multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. Quininchetta discarded the weapon in a nearby parking lot and returned ho...

A Staten Island man arrested on child sex exploitation charges gave a phone to a pal’s girlfriend apparently without realizing it still had video and photos he made with a 4-year-old girl, the feds allege. Jon Consiglio, 39, was ordered locked up without bail after his arraignment Wednesday in Brooklyn Federal Court. “The victim in this case, your honor, is a 4-year-old girl. Her mother is aware of it as of last night,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Dennehy said in court Wednesday. Consiglio gave one of his phones away on Nov. 25 of last year, and the woman he gave it to passed it along to her sister on Sunday because she didn’t need it anymore, according to a criminal complaint. That same day, the sister found two videos and a photo of a little girl forced into sex acts with an adult man, the feds allege. One video lasted more than three minutes, the other more than four, and involved multiple horrific acts, according to the complaint. She contacted authorities, and on Monday, th...

R&B star Ray J says his heart is only 25% functional and doctors have told him he has only months to live following a recent pneumonia hospitalization and heart failure diagnosis . The “Sexy Can I” singer initially shared news of his hospitalization in an Instagram video over the weekend. “My heart’s only beating 25%, but as long as I stay focused and stay on the right path, everything will be all right,” he said. “My health is not OK, so I thank everybody for supporting and praying for me through everything I’ve been in the hospital.” However, in subsequent social media videos, Ray J — whose real name is William Raymond Norwood Jr. — has claimed that doctors told him he may only have about a year left to live. “2027 is definitely a wrap for me,” he said in one video. “That’s what they say.” Ray J attributed his deteriorating heart health to drug and alcohol abuse, but said his family will be OK. “I shouldn’t have went this hard, bro,” he told fans. “My baby mama gonna be s...

The Yankees have found their new international scouting director. Mario Garza, entering his 16 th season with the organization, will take over the role, a source confirmed to the Daily News on Tuesday. The YES Network’s Jack Curry first reported the decision. Garza spent the past two seasons as the Yankees’ director of baseball development. Prior to that, he spent four seasons as a baseball development coordinator (2020-2023), three seasons as the director of Latin American operations (2017-19) and two seasons as the assistant director of international player development (2015-16). Before that, he managed and coached with a few of the Yankees’ lower-level minor league affiliates. A 25 th -round pick in 2003, he spent four seasons playing in the Astros’ farm system. Garza was one of a few known candidates to interview for the Yankees’ international scouting director position , which was vacated by Donny Rowland earlier this offseason. A source previously told The News that Oz Ocam...

By MAKIYA SEMINERA The first time Patrick Thaw saw his University of Michigan friends together since sophomore year ended was bittersweet. They were starting a new semester in Ann Arbor, while he was FaceTiming in from Singapore, stranded half a world away. Related Articles A federal judge hears arguments on Minnesota’s immigration crackdown after fatal shootings Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over China deal in dramatic reversal US carries out first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro’s capture Icebreakers, the key tech to unlock Greenland, are only made by either US allies or adversaries Judge rules Trump administration must keep funding child care subsidies in 5 states for now One day last June he was interviewing to renew his U.S. student visa, and the next his world was turned upside down by President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from 12 countries, including Thaw’s native Myanmar. “If I knew it was going to go down this badly, I wouldn’t h...

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Federal agents appeared to remove a handgun from Alex Pretti’s waist seconds before shooting him on the streets of Minneapolis, according to multiple videos as controversy over the killing explodes nationwide. A Border Patrol agent, who has not been publicly identified, fatally shot Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse , during protests against President Trump’s immigration crackdown. The protests stemmed in part from another deadly shooting in Minnesota, in which an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman, Renee Good , in her car. Videos of Sunday’s shooting show several agents surrounding and struggling with Pretti as he kneels on the ground. One angle shows an agent reach his hand toward Pretti’s waist . The hand then briefly disappears from view, then can be seen again holding a handgun. People embrace near the site where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot to death by federal agents Saturday. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Jus...

Following a 3-14 campaign, Aaron Glenn is making sweeping changes to his staff. He fired quarterback coach Charles London, defensive line coach Eric Washington, linebacker coach Aaron Curry, passing game coordinator Scott Turner and defensive assistants Alonso Escalante and Roosevelt Williams, a source confirmed to the Daily News. In addition, Wink Martindale is flying in for an in-person interview with the Jets for their vacant defensive coordinator position on Saturday. SNY first reported Martindale coming in for a second interview. Significant changes were expected following a horrific 2025 season. The Jets were outscored 188-54 in their final five games. Gang Green finished 25th in yards allowed (355.6) and 31st in points (29.6). Glenn fired Steve Wilks following an embarrassing 48-20 Week 15 loss to the Jaguars. The Jets were also equally terrible offensively, ranking 29th in yards (263.6) and points per game (17.6). Gang Green has previously interviewed eight candidates fo...

Police made multiple wellness checks at the Bronx apartment where two teenage boys were found in an extreme state of malnourishment , but found no evidence of abuse in the years leading up to the heartbreaking discovery, NYPD officials said Saturday. The boys, 14-year-old twins, were found emaciated — with one child weighing 54 pounds and the other just 51 pounds — after multiple anonymous complaints led a child abuse specialist with the Administration for Children’s Services to their mother’s Mosholu Ave. apartment in Riverdale on Oct. 15. After seeing the boys’ shocking condition, the ACS agent called 911 and medics rushed the adolescents to Montefiore Children’s Hospital , where they were treated for three months, according to Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark’s office. Multiple neighbors told the Daily News they grew concerned for the boys after going years without seeing them outside their mother’s apartment, with one man saying he made a number of 911 calls requesting well...