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'Not even considered': Local LI candidates on packed ballots struggle to get voters' attention
While Democrats have supported the change, Republicans are concerned.
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'Fight the good fight': Breast cancer walk draws thousands to Jones Beach
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Newsday Investigates: Girl was absent, late in half the school days in months before death ... Families left with uncertainty after Nepal ends flood rescue ... This surprise for a little boy doesn't stink! ... Let's Go: Catskill Mountain Railroad
Glen Cove to hike tax levy by 1.8% next year amid fiscal challenges
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LI student named finalist in Junior Innovators Challenge
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Photos: LIers head to the Oyster Fest
Post pandemic, LI health systems boosting efforts to reduce staff burnout
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Future of iconic building at LI psychiatric center site back in the spotlight
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Cristin Delaney-Guille of Long Beach wins Suffolk Marathon
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Syosset's Wang and Prince, Division's Chou win Nassau girls tennis championships
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Photos: Nassau girls tennis individual championships
Thousands attend 'No Kings' rallies throughout LI
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'You can't be in peace': For Iranians in Great Neck, a long war takes its toll
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Hochul signs bill quadrupling tax credits for volunteer firefighters
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A massive turnout for Oyster Fest despite Saturday's chill
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Woman charged with DWI after car crashes into ambulance
An injured man was being loaded into the back of an Islip Fire Department ambulance with its emergency lights flashing on Main Street.
LI teen pleads guilty in fatal stabbing of 15-year-old at house party
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Man sentenced for fatal stabbing of mother-in-law after birthday party
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LI man admits supplying drugs to 13-year-old girl in exchange for sex, prosecutors say
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Newsday Investigates: Girl was absent, late in half the school days in months before death ... Families left with uncertainty after Nepal ends flood rescue ... This surprise for a little boy doesn't stink! ... Let's Go: Catskill Mountain Railroad
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Congressional candidate got fundraising boost after explicit pictures released, filing shows
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Long Island could be in for a wetter, but warmer, winter, NOAA projects
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PTA treasurer pleads guilty to stealing $50G from group to use on personal expenses
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Windy, chilly Saturday in store ahead of gradual warming this week
Second measles case of the year confirmed in Nassau County
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23-year-old motorcyclist critically injured in Hempstead crash
4 displaced, 3 injured in overnight house fire
Ex-town parks chief, fired over AI audit flap, sues for job back
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Hochul calls inquiry into Rich Schaffer and Suffolk Dems 'political hit job'
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It's mating season for deer, a danger for LI drivers
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NY and CT get $2.7M settlement from health network, IT company for data breach
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Feds, AG probing potential misconduct related to reelection of Suffolk Dems' Committee chairman
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GOP and MAGA Inc.-aligned PACs pause ads attacking Suozzi
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'She's so brave': LI student wins national award for dyslexia podcast
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Man seriously injured after crashing his 1966 Chevy into another vehicle
Town hikes tax levy by 2.87%, lowers employee headcount
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Hamptons land rezoned, clearing path for luxury homes and golf course
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Rain, possible storms late Friday bring strong winds, cooler weekend temps to LI
'He's still getting away with it': Ex-doc hasn't paid a dime of $1.6B in sex abuse judgments
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Town's proposed budget with nearly 6% tax hike includes raises for elected officials
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Hewlett Harbor's Tariq Khan dies. Entrepreneur and philanthropist was 74.
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USA Today's readers rank MacArthur Airport nation's best small airport
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Town's lawsuit accuses firm of construction delays, cost overruns
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1 girl, 23 arrested in 2 states: Inside LI's hidden world of drugs, sex trafficking
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32 killed in crashes in one of LI's deadliest months. Here's the devastating impact.
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Nearly 6,000 LI households could face homelessness if Trump cuts Section 8 funding
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Out East: All the buzz at the Hallockville Museum Farm
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That time a 'monster' washed ashore in Montauk
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The Sandbox brings food trucks to Oyster Bay
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LI hockey dad beats cancer
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Turtle-sniffing dogs searching LI woods to help protect a species
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Out East: Home on the free range at Browder's Birds
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Picture This! That time the stars came out in Westbury
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LI Works: Where's the beef? Ken visits a butcher shop
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LI Works: Ken goes against the grain at Bullfrogs Woodworks
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Making ice cream at Coyle's in Islip
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