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In one find, a K-9 officer helped police find over a dozen fish buried in the sand and hidden behind logs and brush piles.
Matthew Leshinsky was "operating a Breaking Bad-style drug lab and tried to conceal it under the guise of a legitimate business," the district attorney said.
Democrat Tom Suozzi, a former three-term congressman, will win the special election in New York's 3rd Congressional District for George Santos' former U.S. House seat, CBS News projects. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto breaks down the results.
Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat who represented New York's 3rd district from 2017 until 2023, will win Tuesday's special election for the same seat, left vacant by ousted GOP Rep. George Santos, CBS News projects. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott Macfarlane reports.
The special election to fill the remainder of former Rep. George Santos' term was being seen as a bellwether for both parties in November.
Early voting started on Feb. 3 for the special election between Tom Suozzi and Mazi Pilip to fill former Congressman George Santos' seat in the House of Representatives. Laura Nahmias, a senior reporter with Bloomberg News, joins CBS News with a look at the race.
Experts say the strategies by each candidate are being carefully calculated, perhaps to be adopted elsewhere in November.
The man accused of killing three women on New York's Long Island was formally indicted for the alleged murder of a fourth victim on Tuesday. CBS New York's Carolyn Gusoff has the details.
Rex Heuermann is an architect who founded the New York City firm RH Consultants and Associates in 1994, according to the company's website.
The 20-year-old's smiling face can be seen in Sephora, Kohl's and soon several other places across the country.
Inflation, rising interest rates and supply chain issues have made several planned wind farms along the East Coast too expensive to build.
Naysa Woomer, the disgraced Republican's former communications director, advised Santos to own up to all his reported lies.
Rep. George Santos is just the sixth House member in U.S. history to be expelled and the first in more than 20 years.
The man charged with killing three New York women more than a decade ago appeared in court Wednesday. Prosecutors charged Rex Heuermann back in January after DNA evidence linked him to one of the victims at Gilgo Beach. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano has more on Heuermann's court appearance.
The bound bodies of four women are found along a desolate stretch of beach. Disturbing new details about the architect police say is a serial killer. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
Dave Schaller told them that before his roommate Amber Costello went missing, he saw a man that looked like an “ogre," and had a Chevy Avalanche. Over a decade later, his description helped lead investigators to Rex Heuermann.
Police on New York's Long Island have identified a murder victim as Karen Vergata, a woman who disappeared in 1996 at the age of 34. It is not clear if the discovery is linked to the Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect already facing charges for three other murders. CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul has more.
Karen Vergata had been living in Manhattan before she disappeared around Feb. 14, 1996, officials said.
New York officials identified Karen Vergata as the woman whose remains were found in multiple locations on Long Island, including Gilgo Beach, where several other remains were found over a decade ago. Vergata was 34 when she disappeared in 1996. Authorities did not identify a suspect, but the development comes just weeks after Rex Heuermann was arrested and charged with the murders of three Gilgo Beach victims. CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul has the latest.
Rex Heuermann, who has been charged in the murders of three women in suburban New York, appeared in court yesterday. Errol Barnett was in the courtroom and has the latest.
The grandmother forgot to drop the toddler off and went to work, leaving the girl in a car seat inside a Jeep Cherokee, police said.
Rex Heuermann, the man suspected of several murders near Long Island's Gilgo Beach, appeared in court Tuesday. His wife, who has filed for divorce, said in a statement before the hearing that their children cry themselves to sleep. Errol Barnett reports.
Dan Ho told one of his rescuers, "I thought I was done," according to Newsday.
Rex Heuermann, the man suspected in a series of killings in on New York's Long Island, is expected to appear in court Tuesday. Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering three women whose bodies were found on Gilgo Beach more than a decade ago. CBS News' Errol Barnett reports.
Police found "approximately 279 weapons" in the "cluttered" residence, official said.