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Ex-PTA treasurer charged with stealing $50G, using money for personal expenses
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Updated 23 minutes ago Firefighter heard 'stop' before LaGuardia crash ... Father, son charged with having explosives ... Man accused of teen sex abuse ... NUMC's failed big-money bet
Nursing homes fear getting shortchanged in scramble for state dollars
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High school graduation can be a scary time for neurodiverse people. These LI job programs can help them find purpose
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Your doctor would like to speak with you about aging well
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LIU revoked golf scholarship of student recovering from injury
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$1.5M in upgrades planned for LI apartment complex after building's sale
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Another tiny house hits market in Selden, this time for $379,900
Suffolk police: Report of missing man off Smith Point park unfounded
Noise complaints down 61% at Hamptons airport
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Town board to meet for first time since altercation that led to councilman's arrest
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Plovers, sea turtles and more LI wildlife won't lose Endangered Species Act protections
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Up to $500 available for volunteer firefighters to take new training courses
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Repairs begin on Fire Island Inlet Bridge; expect lane closures
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Hamptons village bans its police from cooperation deals with ICE
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LI man who pleaded guilty to rape asks judge to vacate his conviction after being deported
The defendant pleaded guilty in October 2025 to third-degree rape in exchange for a 6-month jail sentence, with 10 years of post-release supervision, under a deal with prosecutors that was signed off on by a judge.
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Rex Heuermann's 4-day killing ritual detailed in documentary
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Second man sentenced for Long Island carjackings
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SPCA offers $2G reward to find driver 'deliberately striking' geese in Suffolk
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Updated 23 minutes ago Firefighter heard 'stop' before LaGuardia crash ... Father, son charged with having explosives ... Man accused of teen sex abuse ... NUMC's failed big-money bet
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Summer movie preview: 35 you'll want to see
The season's hot tickets include sequels to "Toy Story," "Spider-Man" and "The Devil Wears Prada."
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No REAL ID? No passport? No problem. Here's how you can still fly.
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Trump order fast-tracks reviews of psychedelic treatments for veterans. Why some on LI are divided.
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Planes zooming overhead? Not a problem for LI homebuyers.
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Scaffolding collapses, Suffolk Public Works employee seriously hurt
Town urged to end ICE shooting range deal
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Hauppauge solar energy installer files for bankruptcy protection
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NYS businesses, including on LI, could recover billions in tariff refunds
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Recent LI restaurant closings
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Black migrant workers who toiled in LI's potato fields inspire a contemporary opera
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New family-owned grocery store opens on LI with global variety
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NYS strikes down LI districts' transgender bathroom policies
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23 LI schools flagged for poor academic performance
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NY is about to make it easier for landscapers to switch to quieter, electric gear
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'Toxic tides' of flesh-eating bacteria, algae, cesspool runoff threaten LI's waters
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East Hampton considers barring police from cooperating with ICE
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2 Suffolk men face child porn charges, state police say
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Need new wheels? Suffolk police to auction 85 impounded vehicles.
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1 dead in Huntington Station shooting
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LI town expands tax exemption
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Federal judge rebukes ICE's arrest tactics in 2 LI cases
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After 45 years, King Kullen to close Nassau supermarket
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Suffolk school district names new superintendent
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91 luxury apartments opening, with golf simulator, podcast studio
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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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Picture This! That time the stars came out in Westbury
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LI Works: Ken goes against the grain at Bullfrogs Woodworks
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ICE using Suffolk police parking lots across precincts
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Out East: A visit to the Cooperage Inn
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LI drivers spend $3,700 per year due to congested, unsafe roads
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Trendy Bites: Rainbow cookie meets donut
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New Year brings new rules for LIRR
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Volunteers of Long Island: Stony Brook Medicine Food Farmacy
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Declining number of family owned hardware stores
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One of LI's oldest German restaurants closes
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