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First in NewsdayLI parks embrace nonverbal communication tools

Communication boards feature letters, numbers and other images to help those with intellectual disabilities express themselves.

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New $20M ambulatory surgical center to open in Nassau

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Only in NewsdayWaterfront brewery closes on LI

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Late dad's legacy of NYPD service passed on to son

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Only in NewsdaySingle-family homes or apartments? Suffolk GOP leaders disagree on affordable housing

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Only in NewsdayThis former resort town on the South Shore has some big plans for development

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Crime

Medford man faces charges after fatal crash that killed Holtsville man

James Baldassarri was in a parked car in Middle Island when it was struck by a 2017 Ford Taurus driven by Noah Slusser, police said.

Guilty plea in wrong-way, multivehicle crash that injured five

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Mastic man pleads guilty to sexually abusing 3 children inside LI store

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LI man charged with DWI after crashing into Suffolk police vehicle

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ICE sweep of NYS yields nearly 2,200 arrests

Agents conducted the operation in August on Long Island and across the state, the Department of Homeland Security secretary said.

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First in Newsday'The ticks are winning': Lyme disease cases jump roughly 16% in NYS

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$10 lottery ticket sold in Nassau turns into $3M prize

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First in NewsdayBNL to lead $14.2M artificial intelligence project to better manage the electric grid

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Hofstra, faculty union agree to contract extension to keep classes in session

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First in NewsdayNassau wants state to foot near $2M bill for county's financial watchdog

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Only in NewsdayEx-clown sues LI entertainment company over lost wages

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Longtime Stony Brook U. professor dies at 91

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37-year-old pedestrian killed crossing Suffolk street

Road to recovery continues at Atlantic Beach club after tornado

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Only in NewsdayHalpin is out campaigning for Congress, at an age when most are retired

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Car crashes into Deer Park home, driver charged

Town staff member who coordinated food pantry services dies at 71

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Oyster Bay in talks to buy site touted as key to waterfront 'transformation'

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1 hospitalized, 7 displaced after fire in LI home

Woman killed crossing street in East Farmingdale

New WTC memorial honors Port Authority workers killed in attacks

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Tow captain pulls blazing boat away from fuel, other vessels

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Sag Harbor, itself a Hamptons destination, wrestles with its retail identity

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Only in NewsdayLI fishermen feeling impact of decline in bunker fish harvest

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'This is the best': salsa festival brings Caribbean flavor, rhythmic sounds to LI

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LI's drought eases in most places with heavy summer rains

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Family of missing LI man desperate for word from Nepal

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LI man charged with DWI after crashing into construction zone, causing fuel spill

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LI police fired after internal investigation

LI police were fired after videos showed them kicking a handcuffed man and lying about a crash, newly obtained records reveal. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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