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Northeast
Arrests made, more body parts discovered in New York horror case
Two people have been reportedly arrested in connection to the grisly discoveries of two dismembered bodies found in New York’s Long Island last week, while more body parts belonging to the victims were discovered Tuesday.
Fox 5 New York and the New York Post, citing police sources, are reporting that two people were cuffed last night, days after various body parts including two severed heads were found near the popular Southards Pond Park in Babylon over the last few days. The first discovery was made on Thursday by a girl on her way to school.
The arrests were made at a house on Railroad Avenue in Amityville, New York on Monday and police were still searching the property Tuesday afternoon, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Suffolk County Police K9 units search Southards Pond Park on on Mar. 1, 2024 in Babylon, New York where human remains had been discovered. ( J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images)
WOMAN’S SEVERED HEAD FOUND NEAR NY PARK DURING SEARCH AFTER MAN’S DISMEMBERED BODY PARTS DISCOVERED
The identities of the suspects and respective charges have not been released.
A Suffolk County Police Department spokesperson would not confirm the arrests to Fox News Digital but said that a search warrant was carried out at 25 Railroad Ave. in Amityville yesterday. No human remains were located during the search of the property.
However, the police department tells Fox News Digital that more human remains were found on Tuesday.
Body parts were located in a wooded area across from 103 Lakeway Drive in West Babylon, while remains were also discovered at Bethpage State Park.
The remains located in both West Babylon and Bethpage are believed to belong to the same victims from the Feb. 29 discovery, police say.
The female victim is understood to be 59 years old and her name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The male has been tentatively identified as being 53 years old at the time of his death, police say.
Several body parts were discovered in Long Island, New York on Thursday. (Fox 5 NY)
31 ‘BLOODS’-LINKED GANG MEMBERS INDICTED FOR SHOOTINGS, MURDER OF SCHOOLTEACHER IN NY
Their last known address was the same location in Yonkers, in New York, however, police say it’s unclear when they last resided there.
Police say the incidents are isolated and do not pose a threat to the public.
A resident told the Post she saw police bursting through the door of the Amityville home at about 10:30 p.m. last night.
“They had bashed in the door, and there were a bunch of people standing inside the house, cops talking to my neighbors. They had already taken some people away,” she said.
The woman said she didn’t know much about the neighbors in question, except that they are renters who work nights and brought a number of occupants with them.
The series of gruesome discoveries began Thursday morning when a young girl on her way to school came across a severed arm on the side of a road on the east side of Southards Pond Park on Thursday morning.
It led to a police search where more body parts were found, including a right arm and a leg belonging to the male.
A house at 25 Railroad Ave. in Amityville was searched on Monday. (Google Maps)
A woman’s severed head, leg and arm were found by police in New York late Thursday while the New York Post reports that the man’s severed head was found. Police did not say what body parts were found today.
Meanwhile, 31 members and associates of a subset of the notorious Bloods street gang were charged last month in a 103-count indictment for terrorizing residents of Long Island, with robberies and shootings, including the death of a schoolteacher who was shot when her car was mistaken for a rival gang member’s.
However, it is unclear if Thursday’s discovery is linked to gang violence in the area.
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Boston, MA
Yankees fans most surprised by Boston’s shaky start
We’re very early in the 2026 MLB season, but there’s still been enough action to shock and surprise us. This week, we asked Yankees fans about which American League rival had gotten off to the most surprising start, with the options consisting of a number of clubs off to the disappointing starts: the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles and Mariners.
The results are in, and it’s our rivals in Boston that have surprised us the most thus far:
Kyle Thele
The Red Sox garnered as many votes as the other three choices combined, and with good reason. At the time of the poll, the Red Sox were a dreadful 2-8, and they needed to win the last two games of their series with Milwaukee this week just to get to 4-9 and four games back of the Yankees for first in the AL East with the Junior Circuit’s worst record. Boston’s lineup has cobbled together a shoddy .646 OPS, while their pitching staff has yielded the seventh-highest wOBA in the league. There’s plenty of time for Boston to stabilize, but their start has been poor enough to cause some high-profile fans to start panicking.
All that said, there’s reason for concern elsewhere as well, particularly in Toronto and Seattle. The Blue Jays’ 6-7 is far from disastrous, but their injury bill is; Alejandro Kirk, Addison Barger, José Berríos, Trey Yesavage, and Shane Bieber are all on the IL at the moment, putting Toronto in a tough spot as they’ll now need to hope that their depth players can keep them from falling in a hole. The Mariners benefit from playing in a weaker division, but at 5-9 they’ve really scuffled out of the gate.
Now, onto our MLB-wide fan polls, which simply asked which team would win each division:

Kyle Thele
In related news, with Toronto, Baltimore, and Boston all off to iffy starts, the Yankees are the overwhelming choice by MLB fans to take the AL East. We’ve seen this movie before, with the Yankees consistently getting out to early division leads in recent seasons, but not consistently finishing the year in first in the East. Their stellar pitching so far has them looking like the favorites in perhaps the toughest division in baseball, but there’s still a very long way to go.
Here are the results for the other five divisions:
- AL Central: Tigers (55%; runner-up: Guardians, 28%)
- AL West: Mariners (69%; runner-up: Astros, 18%)
- NL East: Phillies (40%; runner-up: Braves, 29%)
- NL Central: Brewers (56%; runner-up: Cubs, 24%)
- NL West: Dodgers (88%; runner-up: Padres, 5%)
There are a few interesting nuggets here. Despite rough starts from the Mariners and Tigers, MLB fans still tab those squads to secure the AL West and AL Central, respectively. Interestingly, the Phillies, despite an offseason that left their fans wanting and a third-place spot in the standings currently, rate as the top choice in the NL East, with the Mets not to be found in the top two.
The Brewers remain the top dog in the NL Central, off to a fine start but with teams like the Reds and Pirates also playing decently out of the gate. That said, the Cubs still come in second in the polls, and are likely still the team that should give Milwaukee their stiffest challenge. Out west, well, there’s little surprise to be found, as the expectation remains that the Dodgers will run away with the division.
These survey results are sponsored by FanDuel.
Pittsburg, PA
Penguins Sitting Crosby, Star Players; SEVEN Injured, Three Recalled
The Pittsburgh Penguins have a laundry list of players who are sitting out the team’s game against the Washington Capitals Saturday at PPG Paints Arena, notably Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
The Penguins announced seven players are injured and will not play:
- Sidney Crosby (lower-body)
- Ben Kindel (upper-body)
- Evgeni Malkin (upper-body)
- Bryan Rust (lower-body)
- Parker Wotherspoon (upper-body)
- Erik Karlsson (lower-body)
- Kris Letang (No injury listed)
To fill the open roster spots, the Penguins recalled Ville Koivunen, Rutger McGroarty, and Joona Koppanen, all on an emergency basis.
Also, forward Connor Dewar’s status was changed from day-to-day to week-to-week.
Crosby has been nursing a knee injury since suffering a Grade 2 MCL tear during the Winter Olympics in February. He missed about four weeks. Malkin has also been nursing multiple injuries, from a shoulder malady to a hand injury.
The Penguins face Washington at 3 p.m. at PPG Paints Arena, the club’s last home game of the regular season. The Penguins have already clinched a playoff berth and second place in the Metro Division, but Washington is still chasing a long shot chance to leapfrog the Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, and New York Islanders in the final three games.
PHN will update the story after coach Dan Muse addresses the media at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Connecticut
WNBA Free Agency: Grading Brittney Griner to Connecticut
After the Atlanta Dream made the move to bring Angel Reese in from Chicago, many people wondered what Brittney Griner’s future would look like. The All-Star center moved from Phoenix to Atlanta in 2025 for a new opportunity, and was a big a part of the overhauled team that ended the regular season as the three-seed. Yet, with Brionna Jones and now Reese leading their frontcourt, Griner’s role was about to be significantly reduced.
She’ll now make the move to the Connecticut Sun, joining the franchise for their last season in New England before they make the move to Houston.
Grading Brittney Griner to the Sun: B-
Griner transitioned from a starting role to a reserve for the Dream in 2025, a process that saw her production drop from her usual standard. Still, at 6-foot-9, she will be a commanding presence in the paint no matter where she goes. Presumably, she will resume her place as a starter role on a very young Connecticut team, taking on a veteran leadership position.
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There is no indication of the length of Griner’s deal with the Sun franchise, but this seems to be a bigger move to ultimately get her on the team when they move to Houston. Griner is from Houston, and once the Sun make the move in 2027, Griner could play the final years of her career in her hometown.
So, is this a win-now move? Not really, as Connecticut isn’t in a win-now position — they are tied with the Chicago Sky for the worst title odds in the WNBA at +50,000, per our friends at FanDuel — and Griner alone won’t change that. Yet, she will have a big impact on the younger players, be a good vet for them, and set herself up for a homecoming.
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