Police are investigating the death of a 28-year-old man in Brooklyn. Authorities say the man’s body was found along the shore in Sheepshead Bay. He had bruises on his abdomen and the death is being considered suspicious. READ MORE: FLATBUSHSCOOP.COM

2:45AM (Thursday): An 18-year-old girl was struck by a vehicle in the Walmart parking lot a few minutes ago, and a chopper has been requested to the scene. The accident happened in the parking lot, and Catskill Hatzolah Paramedics have requested a chopper due to a head injury. PHOTOS & READ MORE: CATSKILLSCOOP.COM

Fallsburg, NY – A child was flown by medevac to a trauma center after falling off a bike, Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred in Barron’s Bungalow Colony in Fallsburg. VIDEO, PHOTOS & FULL STORY: CATSKILLSCOOP.COM

A vehicle flipped over on Avenue U and East 24th Street, Wednesday afternoon. Flatbush Hatzolah, FDNY, EMS, and NYPD were all dispatched to the scene. There was no need to extricate any victims from the vehicle, and all injuries were not life threatening. VIDEO PHOTOS & READ MORE: FLATBUSHSCOOP.COM

(Last week, we explored our poor eating habits and the some of the options available to us for improving our diets and our overall health. That discussion continues.)  Last, but certainly far from least on the list of foods to avoid is trans fats.  I don’t know if anything man-made, as opposed to grown or raised, [...]

5:00PM (Thursday): Rescue personnel are currently on the scene at Mohican Lake in the town of Lumberland, and are searching the water for person who reportedly went under the water. Divers & rescue boats from the Sullivan County & Orange County Sheriff Department’s are on the scene, as well as local fire departments are on the [...]

2:40PM (Thursday): Officers from the NYPD’s 63rd Precinct are currently on Avenue R and east 31st Street, and are looking for a suspect who just committed a burglary on East 31st Street. The NYPD Aviation Unit is overhead, and  PHOTOS & READ MORE: FLATBUSHSCOOP.COM

The following are links to four albums of photos taken on Tisha B’av 5771 at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin, Yeshiva Ohr Yitzchok, Rav Hillel David’s Shul, and in Landaus (Veretsky). READ MORE: FLATBUSHSCOOP.COM

Sullivan County, NY – A woman was killed early Wednesday morning, when the vehicle she was traveling in crashed into a tree. The woman, named as Crystal Rose, a resident of Mountaindale, was pronounced dead at the scene. Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty told YWN that the investigation shows that the Hyundai Sonata she was driving [...]

Verizon workers, members of the Communication Workers of America, Monday picketed at the company’s Fallsburg location. The union contract for the wired service employees expired at midnight on Saturday and there are no talks scheduled. PHOTOS & READ MORE: CATSKILLSCOOP.COM