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Greek-American James A. Koshivos, 21, Killed after Car Plunged into Ocean
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
ASTORIA, N.Y. — In a rare honor, New York City has renamed the street on which the National Herald sits, including in Greek.
Mayor Bill deBlasio signed the measure to rename 30th Street between 37th and 38th avenues to Εθνικός Κήρυξ – National Herald Way, marking more than 100 years since its founding and service to the Greek-American community and Diaspora.
The daily paper — called Ethnikos Kyrix in Greek — was founded in 1915, and moved its operations from Manhattan to Queens in 1982. It’s been at its current location at 37-10 30 St. in Astoria since 2005.
The National Herald, which also runs a nonprofit that assists the needy and supports education initiatives, was praised by elected officials as an invaluable resource to the area’s Greek-American population, DNAinfo noted in a feature.
“The National Herald has been a beacon of progressive press, assisting needy families in the community, and contributing to civic and cultural achievements that make Astoria one of the greatest neighborhoods in our City,” Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, who sponsored the street re-naming bill, said in a statement.
While the paper is published daily in Greek, it has also offered a weekly English-language edition since 1997 under and it under the direction of Publisher-Editor Antonis H. Diamataris and has offices in Athens, Boston and Cyprus.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
A mother and her 14-year-old daughter are advocating for better protections for victims after AI-generated nude images of the teen and other female classmates were circulated at a high school in New Jersey.
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel's military on Sunday ordered more areas in and around Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifted its offensive to the southern half of the territory where it says many Hamas leaders are hiding.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans are voting in a referendum Sunday to supposedly decide the future of a large swath of neighboring Guyana that their government claims ownership of, arguing the territory was stolen when a north-south border was drawn more than a century ago.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday attempted to turn the tables on his likely rival in November, President Joe Biden, arguing that the man whose election victory Trump tried to overturn is “the destroyer of American democracy.
NANTES, France (AP) — A supporter from Nantes died on Saturday following a fight that took place before the club's 1-0 win over Nice in the latest outbreak of violence to mar French soccer this season.