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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.
PARK RIDGE, NJ – John Pirsos of Park Ridge, died on Monday, Jan 23. He was 82. Born in Pirsogiani, Greece, he came to the US in 1952. He owned and operated the Barbecue House Restaurant in Park Ridge from 1965 until his retirement in 1993. Pirsos was a parishioner of St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church, a member of Epirotes Anagenisas, AHEPA, and Kali Parea. He is survived by his wife of 57 years Thekla (Gassios); his children Thomas Pirsos and his wife Rena, and Nick Pirsos and his wife Stephanie; grandchildren of John and Michael Pirsos and Nicholas and Alexandra Pirsos. Visitation is 4-9 PM on Wednesday at the Robert Spearing Funeral Home, Inc., 155 Kinderkamack Road, Park Ridge. Funeral mass is 10 AM on Thursday, Jan 26, at St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church, 353 Clinton Ave., Tenafly. Interment at George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus. In lieu of flowers donations in memory of John may be made to St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church.
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.
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.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — For a second Sunday, an ailing Pope Francis skipped his popular window appearance to the public in St.