Hunter was born on the Shinnecock reservation in 1917, attended the tribe's former one-room schoolhouse, and graduated from Southampton High School, where he was a cross-country track star and record holder, in 1936.

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A Seaford grandmother flipped the script on a suspected scam artist, luring him into a trap set by Nassau police in a dramatic arrest captured on doorbell camera.

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.

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Called cardio drumming, the roughly 30-minute program is all about keeping hearts and lungs humming — and having a ball.

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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.

The last of the escaped monkeys from the crash of a truck towing a trailer load of 100 of the animals was accounted for by late Saturday, a day after the pickup collided with a dump truck on a Pennsylvania highway, authorities 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.