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http://youtu.be/-4jezTpRBd0 Gabby Petito’s parents Tuesday demanded Brian Laundrie turn himself and insisted he’s hiding somewhere and living off the land — as they slammed him for being a “coward” for refusing to speak to them about their daughter. The slain 22-year-old Long Island native’s stepdad also revealed the heartwrenching moment he realized the body found in a Wyoming forest was Gabby’s — because the dead woman was wearing one of Petito’s favorite sweaters. Gabby’s parents and stepparents, appearing on TV’s “Dr. Phil” show, said Laundrie’s unwillingness to cooperate with authorities and his subsequent disappearance are “infuriating. “Somebody needs to start talking,” said Gabby’s mother, Nichole Schmidt. “I do believe [his parents] know a lot more information than they’re put...

http://youtu.be/4T1Usa6UdwU Gabby Petito’s father has posted an image of his tragic daughter on social media — along with a plea to “do better.” Joseph Petito shared the never-before-seen photo on Instagram and Twitter of Gabby from behind as she walks while holding hands with two young boys. “We have to do better. Changes are coming. Now is the time. Don’t be silent,” the grieving dad captioned the image, which includes the hashtags #justiceforgabby, #domesticviolence and #domesticviolenceawareness. His posts Monday came two days after he broke a week of social media silence by sharing the website for the Gabby Petito Foundation, along with the comment, “She’s already saving lives,” referencing stories the family has received about people leaving abusive relationships and missing peo...

http://youtu.be/DT0B6z2woFw New photos have emerged of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie in their Long Island high school yearbook — taken years before the 22-year-old would wind up dead on their ill-fated cross-country trip together. Images obtained by Fox News of Bayport-Blue Point High School’s yearbook show Petito, then a sophomore, wearing a white blouse as she flashes a wide smile with her blond hair flowing over her shoulders, while the T-shirt-clad Laundrie, a junior, offers a closed-mouth smile. Unlike the recent photos that show him bald, the teen has a close-cropped head of hair as well as a slight beard. Despite attending the Suffolk County school at the same time, the two only began dating after they graduated, a family spokesman told Fox News. The couple started going out ...

http://youtu.be/e_i5oeyQ2VI Beam me up, Bezos! William Shatner — the Canadian actor who famously played Captain Kirk in the original “Star Trek” TV series — will be launched into space on Oct. 12 by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the company announced Monday. The sci-fi actor, 90, will fly as one of the passengers on the company’s New Shepard rocket. Shatner will be the oldest person ever to travel to space after the roughly 10-minute ride — even topping the record set by Wally Funk 82, earlier this year on Blue Origin’s first crewed flight. “I’ve heard about space for a long time now. I’m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle,” Shatner said Monday in a statement. Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations is also joining the flight, ...

http://youtu.be/-dtNDEJmCug She’s the biggest thorn in Mark Zuckerberg’s side. Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen publicly revealed her identity on Sunday, accusing her former employer of pushing divisive content for profit and covering up evidence that the tech giant’s products cause harm. “Facebook, over and over again, chose to optimize for its own interests, like making more money,” Haugen said in a bombshell “60 Minutes” interview. After leaving her job at Facebook in May, 37-year-old Haugen leaked a trove of internal Facebook documents to the Wall Street Journal, which used them to publish a series of damning reports last month. Haugen also sent the documents to lawmakers and filed for whistleblower protection with the Securities and Exchange Commission. One Journal report,...

http://youtu.be/pLgxbxRYFew Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was followed into the bathroom by a group of immigration activists who confronted her in her classroom while she was teaching at Arizona State University. Video shows the small group follow the senator through an ASU hallway and continue to berate her as she goes into a bathroom stall. The activists were targeting Sinema (D-Ariz.) for her stance on President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better infrastructure bill, which would provide a pathway to citizenship for many illegal immigrants. The Arizona Democrat tells the activists that she has to leave, but they persist, following her into the ladies’ room. “We knocked on doors for you to get you elected. Just how we got you elected, we can get you out of office if you don’t support what...

http://youtu.be/pJHgrRMOirA A UCLA professor is suing the school for putting him on involuntary leave and allegedly threatening to fire him because he refused to grade black students more leniently than whites in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. “Recently, I was suspended from my job for refusing to treat my black students as lesser than their non-black peers,” wrote Gordon Klein in an op-ed on Bari Weiss’s “Common Sense” newsletter on Substack. The dean of UCLA’s business school launched an investigation into Klein’s actions, put him on leave and tried to terminate him, wrote the professor, who has taught at the university’s Anderson School of Management for 40 years. #UCLA #GeorgeFloyd #BLM The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, ...

http://youtu.be/IJ99EJjeCqk Gabby Petito told a Utah cop that boyfriend Brian Laundrie assaulted her during their Aug. 12 domestic dispute, according to bodycam video obtained by Fox News on Thursday. The attack allegedly took place shortly before the couple was stopped by police at the entrance of Arches National Park. A 911 caller told police he saw a man slapping a woman outside an organic grocery store in Moab. Laundrie, who was driving Petito’s white 2012 Ford Transit, slammed into the curb when cops flashed their lights. He later told them that Petito tugged the steering wheel. #GabbyPetito #BrianLaundrie #BodyCamFootage The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. C...

http://youtu.be/pBKsdh5Q0f0 North Carolina authorities have been investigating a flurry of calls suggesting that Brian Laundrie is hiding out on the Appalachian Trail, according to local reports. The sheriffs’ offices in Watauga and Avery counties both confirmed to WSOC-TV that they had received more than half a dozen tips earlier this week about Gabby Petito’s 23-year-old fugitive boyfriend. It has also been a focus for the private search team led by Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman, whose daughter Lyssa Chapman tweeted a plea for “experienced HIKING/SURVIVALIST near the Appalachian Hiking trail in North Carolina.” “If you have hunters in your family, near the AT in NC. Tell them to Check your game cameras!!!!” she tweeted Sunday, also asking locals to widely spread Laundrie’s im...

http://youtu.be/BJPYuqh_IEI Facing an embarrassing defeat at the hands of progressives in her party, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was forced to cancel a vote on a Senate-passed $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill Thursday. Democratic leadership failed to garner the support needed for passage after the party’s far-left flank vowed to block the measure until there is movement on a sweeping $3.5 trillion social spending bill. The feud threatens two of President Biden’s top legislative priorities and has so far confounded party leaders, senior congressional staffers, and White House aides who have sought a solution. #NancyPelosi #InfrastructureBill #NewYorkPost The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opini...

http://youtu.be/4Np_C36sGqE Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19, the Supreme Court said Friday. The 56-year-old, who has been fully vaccinated since January, was showing no symptoms when his positive test came back Thursday night, the court said in a statement. Kavanaugh had the routine test ahead of Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s investiture ceremony Friday morning where she’ll take her oath of office as the court’s newest member. “Per current court testing protocols, all of the Justices were tested Monday morning prior to conference, and all tested negative, including Justice Kavanaugh,” the court said. “Justice Kavanaugh’s wife and daughters are also fully vaccinated, and they tested negative on Thursday.” Kavanaugh and his wife Ashley are not attending Barrett’s...

http://youtu.be/RFAEq_-rL8g Dog the Bounty Hunter has shot down the claim by a Twitter user that he used a Hawaiian-themed banner to needle fugitive Brian Laundrie. “Aloha Brian Laundrie – Dog,” reads the banner seen pulled by a plane in an image posted by the user – though it was unclear if the photo was even real. #DogTheBountyHunter #BrianLaundrie #GabbyPetito The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

http://youtu.be/6CzUkyNTWV0 They discovered one of Arkansas’ hidden gems — and not in the figurative sense. A California couple’s vacation took a fortuitous turn after they discovered a massive diamond at a state park. “I don’t even know what it’s worth yet,” Noreen Wredberg told Arkansas State Parks news of the ritzy rock, which she discovered last week while touring the aptly named Crater of Diamonds park with her husband, Michael. The Granite Bay couple was reportedly on holiday at Hot Springs National Park when the astute gal realized they were near the park, which is the only diamond mine in the US open to the public. #Arkansas #Diamond #NewYorkPost The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, cul...

http://youtu.be/dUylUWia4Ko Florida cops have been called to Brian Laundrie’s parents’ home dozens of times in recent weeks — including twice the day before his slain girlfriend, Gabby Petito, was reported missing, records provided to The Post show. The calls are an indication of the chaos that has descended on the North Port property over Chris and Roberta Laundrie’s fugitive son. North Port police responded to the Laundrie home 46 times since Sept. 10 — the day before Petito, a Long Island native, was reported missing by her mother, Nichole Schmidt. Five calls made on Sept. 10 and Sept. 11 suggest turbulence at the house even before Petito’s disappearance made national headlines and made the Laundries a target. #BrianLaundrie #GabbyPetito #NewYorkPost The New York Post is your sour...

http://youtu.be/3Hc8cBlGIYk Katie Couric slammed Diane Sawyer in her new memoir, saying she was so desperate to beat her in the morning TV wars that she declared of her rival: “That woman must be stopped.” This message was even emblazoned on a cushion for Couric by a “Today” colleague, she wrote in the forthcoming book, “Going There,” which isn’t out until October but was obtained by The Post. In her sensational tell-all about her decades in cutthroat TV news, Couric, 64, admitted that competition between them was at one point careening out of control. #KatieCouric #DianeSawyer #GoingThere The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Catch the latest news here: https://nyp...

http://youtu.be/t2BpC5KjXdI The vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill is set to move forward on Thursday, despite progressives vowing to withhold their support for the measure until there is movement on a sweeping social spending bill — with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying “we are on a path to win the vote.” Pelosi’s confidence in the vote comes as top Democrats seek to pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal and President Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill, while moderates and progressives have signaled their willingness to kill both in recent days. #Pelosi #InfrastructureBill #NewYorkPost The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Catch the lat...

http://youtu.be/MBVyZjSsvo8 Dog the Bounty Hunter, who is on the hunt for fugitive Brian Laundrie, has reportedly come across a fresh campsite at a Florida park where he and his team found a can of Monster Energy Ultra Gold. The can showed no signs of rust or faded colors, but the reality TV star — whose real name is Duane Chapman — found no firm evidence the late Gabby Petito’s boyfriend was still on Egmont Key in the woods of Shell Island near Fort De Soto Park, Fox News reported. #DogTheBountyHunter #BrianLaundrie #GabbyPetito The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twit...

http://youtu.be/9ztMJbaxNUw A man who bears a striking resemblance to Florida fugitive Brian Laundrie has taken to TikTok in a bid to clear his name. And the doppelganger has gone viral overnight, with nearly 2 million views and more than 530,000 likes since Tuesday. The unidentified man, who created the @notbrianlaundrie account, is seen doing laundry in one clip and asks other TikTokers for tips on how to avoid getting “attacked” for being confused with the man sought in Gabby Petito’s high-profile death. “I would just like to put all of these rumors to death,” he said in his first post, which had 1.6 million views and counting. “Quick request from everyone,” he said in a follow-up post, which got even more views. “Any advice on what I should say to people that think I am Brian Laun...

http://youtu.be/J2P3QfnYbto An Illinois man who woke up with a bat in his bedroom has died of rabies — the state’s first human case of the disease in nearly 70 years, health officials said. The man in his 80s from Lake County, whose name was not released, “awoke to a bat on his neck” in mid-August, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Tuesday. The bat was captured and later tested positive for rabies — and the man was told he needed to start post-exposure treatment, but he declined. One month later, he started having symptoms of the viral disease, including neck pain, headaches, loss of sensation in his fingers, as well as difficulty speaking and controlling his arms. The Department of Health said it was the state’s first human case of rabies since 1954. #Rabies #Death #NewY...

http://youtu.be/CZrdsY5ERiQ A Florida couple claims they camped next to Brian Laundrie and his family just days before his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, was reported missing — and may have unwittingly captured him in a selfie. “Apparently, they were at the campground when we were there, and they were right next to us,” Marci Newsom, of Fort Myers, told WBBH Wednesday. Newsom said she and her husband, Kenny, camped next to now-missing Brian Laundrie, 23, and his parents after checking into Fort De Soto Park on Labor Day. Pinellas County documents cited by the station show Laundrie’s mother, Roberta, checked out two days later — and three days before Petito, 22, was reported missing by her family on Sept 11. #GabbyPetito #BrianLaundrie #NewYorkPost The New York Post is your source for brea...

http://youtu.be/7RHWeyRtwOo The intense coverage of the Gabby Petito case has helped bring apparent closure to the family of a Texas man who went missing in Wyoming, where the Long Island native’s body was found, according to a report. The last trace from Robert Lowery, 46, a father of two from Houston, was reportedly a ping from his cellphone in Jackson on Aug. 23. Lowery was seen on video from Aug. 19 at a restaurant at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village. He was last spotted the following day in Bridger-Teton National Forest, where Petito’s body was found Sept. 19, CNN reported, citing the Teton County Sheriff’s Office. On Tuesday, remains matching Lowery’s description were discovered near the Black Canyon Trail at the base of Teton Pass, Houston’s KPRC-TV reported. #Gabb...

http://youtu.be/BCOE_b_qq8c A 93-year-old Minnesota man who rode Harley-Davidsons since his early 20s was killed in an accident while riding his beloved hog. Leslie Cin was riding his Harley on Highway 29 in Glenwood, about 100 miles northwest of Minneapolis, on Sunday when he collided with a Ford Escape about 1:30 p.m., WCCO reported. The veteran biker, who was wearing a helmet, died at the scene, according to Minnesota State Police. #BikeCrash #CarAccident #NewYorkPost The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

http://youtu.be/of6X3u0i0I4 Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg mocked President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan as she chastised world leaders Tuesday for their “empty” promises of eco-action — dismissing it all as “blah, blah, blah.” “This is all we hear from our so-called leaders: Words. Words that sound great but so far have led to no action,” the 18-year-old Swedish activist told crowds at the Youth4Climate summit in Milan, Italy. “This is not about some expensive, politically correct green act of bunny hugging, or blah, blah, blah. Build Back Better, blah, blah, blah,” she said, deriding Biden’s controversial $3.5 trillion post-COVID plan. #GretaThunberg #Biden #ClimateChange The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainme...

http://youtu.be/jVhssntNRPI Duane “Dog” Chapman told Fox News he received a tip that Brian Laundrie and his parents camped together at Fort De Soto Park in Pinellas County in early September. Chapman claims the family took two trips to Fort De Soto, from Sept. 1-3 and Sept. 6-8. But on the Laundrie’s second trip, three people came into the park and only two left, he said. #BrianLaundrie #FoxNews #GabbyPetito The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

http://youtu.be/OZTBqPctwPA A fully vaccinated Michigan couple died of COVID-19 — less than one minute apart and while holding hands, according to their daughter. Grand Rapids residents Cal Dunham, 59, and his wife Linda, 66, who had pre-existing health conditions, began to feel sick during a family camping trip this month, Fox 17 reported. Read more: https://nypost.com/2021/09/28/vaccinated-michigan-couple-die-of-covid-19-holding-hands/ #COVID19 #Vaccine #NewYorkPost The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

http://youtu.be/D_SBDJdDxNU The Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday issued a rare public safety alert warning Americans of an “alarming increase” in deadly fake prescription pills containing fentanyl flooding the country. . In its first such alert in six year, the agency said the majority of the counterfeit pills found in the US are being manufactured in Mexico with the help of chemicals supplied by China. #Fentanyl #DEA #NewYorkPost The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

http://youtu.be/kXbJ71CfKo4 President Biden received his COVID-19 booster vaccine Monday afternoon — calling the administration of third doses part of the White House’s effort to do “everything [it] can” to keep people safe from the virus. “The bottom line is that if you’re fully vaccinated… you’re highly protected now from severe illness even if you get COVID-19. You’re safe, and we’re going to do everything we can to keep it that way with the boosters,” said Biden, who rolled up his shirt sleeve in front of the cameras to get the shot in his left arm. “But let me be clear, boosters are important, but the most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated,” the president said. #JoeBiden #COVID #Booster The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New Y...

http://youtu.be/xPC3LtP6ntA R. Kelly was found guilty Monday of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades — capping the ’90s R&B superstar’s stunning fall from grace. The “I Believe I Can Fly” crooner, 54, was convicted on all nine counts including racketeering and violations of the Mann Act, which prohibits the transport of “any woman or girl” across state lines for any “immoral purpose.” He faces 10 years to life in prison. The jury of seven men and five women deliberated for about nine hours across two days before reaching their unanimous verdict. From the beginning of the month-long trial in the federal courthouse in downtown Brooklyn, prosecutors painted Kelly as a “predator” who used his fame and a cadre of employees to prey on young victims. “This case is not abou...

http://youtu.be/y232I0zhlo8 Gabby Petito was remembered in a touching video tribute released by the Long Island funeral home that will host her public visitation on Sunday. Petito, 22, was seen smiling with family members and exploring the outdoors in dozens of photos that were compiled in a montage on Moloney’s Holbrook Funeral Home’s website. Photos showed a younger Petito as a flower girl as well as on trips with relatives to the Bahamas and Niagara Falls. The 28-minute video includes many memories throughout the years with her father and stepmother, Joe and Tara Petito, and mother and stepfather, Nichole and Jim Schmidt. “Gabby Petito 1999-2021,” said a message across the screen. #GabbyPetito #Memorial #Obituary #NewYorkPost The New York Post is your source for breaking news, ne...

http://youtu.be/ggOqC1yAbfg The co-founder of Ozy Media is accused of impersonating a YouTube executive on a conference call that presented rosier-than-reality statistics on the company’s reach — and now the FBI is investigating, according to a new report. Samir Rao, the co-founder and COO of the digital media company, allegedly pretended to be Alex Piper, the head of unscripted programming for YouTube Originals, on a call with a team from Goldman Sachs in February, the New York Times reported Sunday. Goldman Sachs was closing in on a $40 million investment in Ozy this past winter. Piper was expected to provide details on Ozy’s success on YouTube on a Zoom meeting but when he was late, he requested that it be moved to a conference call, the paper reported, citing four people who were b...