News12 Westchester News Brief - Jovan Tyrek Rogers, 20, arrested for allegedly killing 99-year-old Fannie Gumbinger in Poughkeepsie

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The Latest Top Stories From News 12 Arrest made in elderly woman's murder Poughkeepsie police have made an arrest in the murder of an elderly woman Wednesday. According to reports, 20-year-old Jovan Tyrek Rogers has been arrested for allegedly killing 99-year-old Fannie Gumbinger in her Underhill Avenue home. Pre-construction ramps up on new TZ bridge Workers are ramping up pre-construction efforts on the new Tappan Zee Bridge. Two temporary 1,200-foot work platform, or trestles, are being built on both sides of the river and will eventually hold heavy construction equipment to build the new span. Police seek missing boater Police in Orange County are investigating a boating accident on the Hudson River and the search is on for anyone involved. Emergency responders were called to the shoreline at Rose Drive in Highland Falls just after 9 p.m. yesterday. They say a speed boat got stuck in a marshy area, known as Con Hook, just south of West Point. Farmers' Almanac: Super Bowl may be 'Storm Bowl' The Farmers' Almanac is using words like "piercing cold," ''bitterly cold" and "biting cold" to describe the upcoming winter. And if its predictions are right, the first outdoor Super Bowl in years will be a messy "Storm Bowl." The 197-year-old publication that hits newsstands Monday predicts a winter storm will hit the Northeast around the time the Super Bowl is played at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Gas prices lower for holiday weekend The average price of gasoline has fallen 4 cents a gallon over the past two weeks and 20 cents since this time last year. The Lundberg Survey of gas prices reports that nationwide a gallon of regular costs $3.56. Midgrade costs an average of $3.74 and premium is $3.88.

Today's Weather

Current Conditions 68° Feels like: 68° Humidity: 65% Wind: W 5 Sunrise: 6:16 am Sunset: 7:37 pm Barometer: 30.15 Mon 82° Showers 64° Tue 83° Partly Cloudy 68°

National/World News

UN Syria team says vehicle shot at by snipers A U.N. spokesman says a vehicle belonging to a team investigating the Syrian regime's alleged use of chemical weapons has been "deliberately shot at multiple times" by unidentified snipers in Damascus.Martin Nesirky, who is spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, says the Monday shooting occurred in the buffer zone area between rebel- and government-controlled territory.

Second suspect arrested in death of WWII veteran Second suspect arrested in fatal beating of 88-year-old WWII veteran in Spokane, Wash.

Farmers' Almanac: Super Bowl may be 'Storm Bowl' The Farmers' Almanac is using words like "piercing cold," ''bitterly cold" and "biting cold" to describe the upcoming winter. And if its predictions are right, the first outdoor Super Bowl in years will be a messy "Storm Bowl." The 197-year-old publication that hits newsstands Monday predicts a winter storm will hit the Northeast around the time the Super Bowl is played at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands in New Jersey.

Egyptian Islamist groups seek truce Egypt's ex-militant groups seek truce between military, Brotherhood

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