Four events were approved over the objections of several residents who voiced concerns about noise disruptions in their neighborhoods and environmental worries regarding the events' effect on the EPCAL property.

A majority of respondents believe face coverings should be required in private businesses, theaters, schools, courthouses and places of worship.

"Food is a human right," said Amanda Sweeney, who launched the Brentwood community fridge with the help of her partner and sister. The Brentwood site, which opened in October 2021, is believed to be Long Island's first such fridge. 

The survey contractor, Equinor, will determine the best path for a cable that could ultimately supply wind-driven power to about a million homes, officials say.

New Republican Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, who promised in her inauguration speech that partisan politics would be a thing of the past, is at odds with Democrats in the first weeks of her administration.

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Mariela Calderon, a single mother of four, applied to Habitat for Humanity four times before getting accepted. On Wednesday, Calderone received the keys to the Bellport home she helped rebuild. Newsday's Steve Langford reports.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in three months as the fast-spreading omicron variant disrupted the job market.

A long-awaited report on sexual abuse in Germany's Munich diocese on Thursday faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI's handling of four cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s. The law firm that drew up the report said that Benedict strongly denies any wrongdoing.

Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital to protecting democracy collapsed when two senators refused to join their own party in changing Senate rules to overcome a Republican filibuster after a raw, emotional debate.

The justices rejected a bid by Trump to withhold the documents from the committee until the issue is finally resolved by the courts.