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Long Island keeps flooding. What's the plan?
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Sweeter pensions mean higher taxes
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Congress must defend its budget powers
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Set smart screen time limits
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Warehouse boom costly for communities
They are often tucked out of sight, but that doesn't mean out of our lungs.
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Ending Haitians' TPS meant loss, disruption
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Law's side effect could harm community cancer care
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These roads need reliable funding
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Housing is daunting for those leaving foster care
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An easy state fix on home medical equipment
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The Point

Great achievements take time, persistence
From the Yankees' young ace to scientific advances, there's rarely any overnight element to success.
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Who was the real 'dirtbag' here?
While a Missouri senator's amateurish abandon was laughable, the ugliness was serious.
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A library must open the doors to all
In Lawrence, a story of dysfunctional governance, power struggles and disregard for state rules.
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Cartoons
Commentary
Warehouse boom costly for communities
They are often tucked out of sight, but that doesn't mean out of our lungs.
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Florida's dengue fever outbreak is a national warning
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Ending Haitians' TPS meant loss, disruption
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Law's side effect could harm community cancer care
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Black lung disease is the only true comeback for coal
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More Opinion

Black lung disease is the only true comeback for coal
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These roads need reliable funding
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Suffolk Dems, political civility, oil heating prices, more
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Sweeter pensions mean higher taxes
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When immigrants' rights are threatened, democracy is too
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Ferretti's portraits of Hempstead
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What happens when Chinese AI goes rogue?
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Housing is daunting for those leaving foster care
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Congress must defend its budget powers
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Ways to combat ticks, fighting hunger
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Who was the real 'dirtbag' here?
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Islip Town Dems face the payback music
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Trump's adamant AI stance — another GOP albatross
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Stocks are suddenly looking cheap? It's just a mirage
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A library must open the doors to all
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Teacher retirement, Regents change, war, Cinema Arts Centre
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Set smart screen time limits
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New opportunity as freight contract expires
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See Matt Davies' latest cartoon

Independent voters deserve more
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Universal public health insurance is the answer
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An easy state fix on home medical equipment
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Nassau's jail needs basic oversight
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Energy's real cost goes beyond bills, flight safety, end-of-life care, Trump's Arch
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Bids are in for vacant Ronkonkoma Hub south
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The politicians who can fix America's polarization problem will win
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The workplace war over iced coffee reveals a bigger issue
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Musings: My green car turned out to be a joyride
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Musings: It's time we all pick up more than our own trash
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This place pulls and pushes like the tide
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DEC must do more for clean LI water
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Put NUMC ahead of partisan politics, Kennedy Center, Team USA women's basketball
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Hungry on Long Island need all of us
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Behind White House ban, a familiar pattern
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Will Blakeman's home turf break as intended?
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We need to spend more on education
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The AI folks don't seem to understand intelligence
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What a new scholarship tax credit could mean for LI families
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Businesses that abuse migrants, Pete Alonso
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NY's measles cases a concern
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Can Suffolk Dems mend fences for November gains?
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The 'super' El Niño is here. Trump chose to be unprepared
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What Suffolk Democrats revealed Tuesday night
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NYS teachers union, SNAP and homelessness, Greenway, AI controls
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1 cable, crippling airport chaos
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State GOP stung by Trump-Mamdani timing
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Private jets have a free-rider problem
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GOP benefits from dropout in Hempstead supe race
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The Democratic Socialists aren't communists
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Crypto can't go mainstream without clarity
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