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Zak Failla

Assistant Managing Editor

zfailla@dailyvoice.com

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Equal parts Lois Lane, J. Jonah Jameson and Vicki Vale, Zak! has traveled from coast-to-coast covering small and big town community news in both in print and online for nearly a decade since his graduation from the award-winning Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College in 2010.

Before settling into the Hudson Valley, Zak! previously spent time in the New York Daily News newsroom and worked for hyperlocal digital news outlets on Long Island. He wrote sports for The Ithacan and The Ithaca Journal before taking his talents to the Pacific Northwest, where he served as the sports editor at the Shoshone News-Press until heading back east to work with Daily Voice.

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Lifestyle
IRS Sending Out Billions In Tax Refunds: Here's When Yours Will Arrive IRS Sending Out Billions In Tax Refunds: Here's When Yours Will Arrive
IRS Sending Out Billions In Tax Refunds: Here's When Yours Will Arrive Tax Day is behind us. Now comes the only thing better—refund season. The IRS is churning through millions of returns, and for many, that long-awaited deposit could land any day now. For weeks, federal officials have been processing millions of tax returns, and many taxpayers can expect to receive their refunds in the coming weeks as the calendar turns to June.  "The Internal Revenue Service encourages taxpayers living and working abroad to file their 2024 federal income tax return and pay any tax due by Monday, June 16, 2025," officials said. Since June 15 falls on a Sunday in 2025, …

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Lifestyle
'Lilo & Stitch’ Torches Box Office (Again), Blasts Past $610M Worldwide 'Lilo & Stitch’ Torches Box Office (Again), Blasts Past $610M Worldwide
'Lilo & Stitch’ Torches Box Office (Again), Blasts Past $610M Worldwide Disney's 'Lilo & Stitch' reboot has already crossed another box office milestone in just its second week in theaters. After bringing in an additional $63 million domestically over the weekend, 'Lilo & Stitch' passed 'Sinners,' with its now $280,121,482 box office take, making it the second-most profitable movie of 2025. Worldwide, 'Lilo & Stitch' has now grossed more than $610 million, behind only the blockbuster 'A Minecraft Movie,' which has approached a billion dollars worldwide and garnered more than $422 million domestically. This weekend, 'Lilo & Stitch' faced stiff c…

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News
Two Rescued After Small Plane Crashes Into Water Near Remote Island, Coast Guard Says Two Rescued After Small Plane Crashes Into Water Near Remote Island, Coast Guard Says
Two Rescued After Small Plane Crashes Into Water Near Remote Island, Coast Guard Says Two people were pulled from the water in Connecticut after a plane went down off the coast near the Thimble Islands on Sunday morning, according to the US Coast Guard. Their aircraft went down in the water southeast of the Thimble Islands, near Branford, the US Coast Guard said in a statement on June 1. The Coast Guard Station in New Haven responded to the crash site in the Long Island Sound and pulled both survivors from the water.  Officials said the victims were in stable condition and were taken to Stony Creek Pier, where EMS crews were standing by to provide first aid. The cause…

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Lifestyle
VIDEO: Former NYC Subway Conductor Leaves 'AGT' Judges Reeling With Wild Twist VIDEO: Former NYC Subway Conductor Leaves 'AGT' Judges Reeling With Wild Twist
Video: Former NYC Subway Conductor Leaves 'AGT' Judges Reeling With Wild Twist New Yorker Eric "Badlands" Booker has got talent. Just not enough of it.  The retired NYC subway conductor kept the judges on their toes during his audition on "America's Got Talent" before flooring them with a wild twist. Booker, who hails from Long Island, was among the most popular acts to show off his talents with an unexpected display that none of the judge's saw coming. After taking the stage, armed with a microphone, Booker, a record-holding competitive eater who has dabbled in rapping, was asked if he needed a sip of water as the judge's continued to muse about what the act wa…

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Traffic
Toddler On Baggage Belt Nearly Swept Away At Newark Liberty Airport: Reports Toddler On Baggage Belt Nearly Swept Away At Newark Liberty Airport: Reports
Toddler On Baggage Belt Nearly Swept Away At Newark Liberty Airport: Reports Trouble keeps circling around Newark Liberty Airport. Amid an ongoing air traffic controller crisis that has forced delays and canceled flights at the airport, a new controversy struck in Jersey when a toddler nearly took a strange trip of his own. Port Authority police at the airport had to leap into action, according to multiple reports, when a child playing on a checked baggage conveyor belt nearly got swept away with the luggage. The fast-acting officers manning Terminal A prevented a potentially dangerous situation this week, police say, as they boy's mother was talking to agents behi…

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Politics
Anti-Trump VA Defense Worker Tried Leaking Intel: 'I Don’t Align With This Administration:' DOJ Anti-Trump VA Defense Worker Tried Leaking Intel: 'I Don’t Align With This Administration:' DOJ
Anti-Trump VA Defense Worker Tried Leaking Intel: 'I Don’t Align With This Administration:' DOJ A Virginia-based US government employee who said he didn’t support the current administration tried to pass classified military intel to a foreign country — but the FBI was watching from the start, officials said. A Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) IT specialist with "Top Secret" clearance was arrested in northern Virginia after he allegedly tried to leak national defense information to a foreign government — citing his personal opposition to the current administration as his reason, federal officials announced. Today, an IT specialist employed by the Defense Intelligence Agency was arr…

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News
Virginia Infant Left Brain Damaged, Blind After Being Brutally Shaken By Soldier: DOJ Virginia Infant Left Brain Damaged, Blind After Being Brutally Shaken By Soldier: DOJ
Virginia Infant Left Brain Damaged, Blind After Being Brutally Shaken By Soldier: DOJ A Virginia soldier violently shook a crying newborn until she flipped and landed on her head—then lied about it, leaving the child with permanent brain damage and blindness, officials said. A former US Army soldier based at Fort Belvoir has pleaded guilty to brutally shaking a 16-day-old infant, causing severe injuries that left her legally blind and permanently brain damaged, according to federal prosecutors. Austin Blair Johnson, 35, entered the guilty plea on Friday, May 30, in US District Court in Alexandria, the US Attorney’s Office announced. Johnson was serving active duty when the …

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Lifestyle
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Trailer Drops: The Beginning Of The End Is Here ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Trailer Drops: The Beginning Of The End Is Here
‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Trailer Drops: The Beginning Of The End Is Here Get ready to say goodbye to Hawkins. After a three-year hiatus, Netflix debuted the long-awaited trailer for season five of Stranger Things as the popular show gets ready to sign off in its final season. The streamer debuted the new footage at Netflix's Tudum event on Saturday, May 31. The fifth and final season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things, marketed as Stranger Things 5, will be released on the streaming service Netflix. Teaser PRO Season five will pick up where season four left off, with the town of Hawkins in ruins and seve…

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News
ESPN Star Blasts AI Fakes Targeting Her Fans: 'Enough Is Enough' ESPN Star Blasts AI Fakes Targeting Her Fans: 'Enough Is Enough'
ESPN Star Blasts AI Fakes Targeting Her Fans: 'Enough Is Enough' Even ESPN's Erin Dolan isn’t safe from scammers. ESPN talking head Erin Dolan issued an advisory to her nearly 340,000 Instagram followers this week, cautioning that not everything may be as it seems when it comes to corresponding with her on social media.  The Penn State grad and girlfriend of Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm set the record straight after receiving disconcerting messages from fans about apparent phishing schemes. "Alright. Enough is enough," the ESPN sports betting analyst posted in an Instagram story on Wednesday, May 28.  "I have TikTok, Instagra…

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Schools
Maryland Teacher Accused Of Sex Crimes On School Grounds: Police Maryland Teacher Accused Of Sex Crimes On School Grounds: Police
Maryland Teacher Accused Of Sex Crimes On School Grounds: Police A longtime Maryland teacher has been arrested and is being held without bond after detectives say he committed multiple sex offenses and assaults on school grounds. Roger Myers, 61, was taken into custody on Friday, May 31, by detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department’s Crimes Against Children Unit, the department announced. According to officials, Myers is facing multiple sex offense and assault charges tied to alleged incidents that took place on school premises. Police did not specify which school or the number of alleged victims involved. Myers is currently employed by Bal…

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