The company has put on hold a plan to pay employees up to $1,000 in special one-time incentive to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, after the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers.

Some LI school districts would see a more than 20% hike in state aid, according to a Newsday analysis of Gov. Hochul's state budget proposal.

Saturday should see highs in the 20s with wind chills between -5 and 15 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

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The school district's board has voted to halt enforcement of mask-wearing in its schools when the state mandate expires next month.

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A Herricks science teacher pleaded not guilty to a felony for allegedly injecting a 17-year-old friend of her son with what authorities believe was a coronavirus vaccine.

Kristian Falterman, 40, committed a robbery at a smoke shop and two robberies a week apart at a spa, Suffolk County police said.

He has conceded, for example, that his administration will need to pare a proposed $2.2T social infrastructure bill if he wants it to pass this year.

The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature Friday in a heated standoff over Ukraine, even as they said no breakthrough was imminent in the crisis that has raised fears of a possible Russian invasion.

Louie Anderson, whose more than four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series "Baskets," died Friday. He was 68.

Meat Loaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his "Bat Out of Hell" album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as "Paradise By the Dashboard Light," "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad," and "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)," has died. He was 74.