A botfly, also written bot fly, bott fly or bot-fly in various combinations, is any fly in the family Oestridae. Their life cycles vary greatly according to species, but the larvae of all species are internal parasites of mammals.
In the spring of 1783, the infant American republic was nearly snuffed-out in its cradle by mutinous army officers in what has been called the âNewburgh Conspiracy.â. British General Cornwallisâ surrender at Yorktown in October 1781 did not result in an immediate end to the war.
Former Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, was convicted Thursday of bribery, extortion and wire fraud for the 2013 scheme, in which he arranged to pay tens of thousands of dollars to Republican leaders in New York City in an attempt to get the GOP ballot line.