
Lynda Baquero
Consumer Reporter at WNBC-TV (New York, NY)
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2 weeks ago |
nbcchicago.com | Lynda Baquero
They say no good deed goes unpunished. Well, that’s how New York City resident Will Whelan felt when he helped change a flat tire for his friend just a few feet from a sidewalk grate — and saw his gold wedding band fall between the metal slots!His wife, Kelsey Whelan, was with him at the time and described what she saw. "The ring flew away — bounced, bounced, bounced on the concrete and into the sidewalk grate and we watched it slowly cling clang down the grate," she recalled.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcnewyork.com | Lynda Baquero
They say no good deed goes unpunished. Well, that’s how Tribeca resident Will Whelan felt when he helped change a flat tire for his friend just a few feet from a sidewalk grate — and saw his gold wedding band fall between the metal slots!His wife, Kelsey Whelan, was with him at the time and described what she saw. "The ring flew away — bounced, bounced, bounced on the concrete and into the sidewalk grate and we watched it slowly cling clang down the grate," she recalled.
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1 month ago |
nbcnewyork.com | Lynda Baquero
The FBI is issuing a new warning about hackers sending text messages and voice mails using artificial intelligence in order to trick targets into handing over their personal information. How does it work? Hackers will call or send a text claiming to be a senior government official, trying to get their target to respond. The messages start by trying to scare the person, according to an expert. "Telling you that your Social Security account has been hacked. You owe money to a bank.
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2 months ago |
nbcnewyork.com | Lynda Baquero
While tariff rates have been changing over the last few days and weeks, what hasn’t changed is consumer caution, as shoppers navigate the latest developments. They continue to keep a watchful eye on their budgets. At the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, bananas there on Wednesday would be among the last batches arriving at the market with zero tariffs. Top Banana, at Hunts Point, imports a million pounds of bananas each week from Costa Rica, Honduras and other Central American countries.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
nbcnewyork.com | Lynda Baquero
The future of Rye Playland is very much in play. That's after Standard Amusements, the private company managing the park, notified Westchester County that it would be terminating their agreement - just three years into a 30-year deal. In 2022, Standard Amusements signed the three-decade contract to take over operations at the amusement park, which is located on county-owned land and had been run by the county for nearly a century, starting in 1928.
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