Be careful what you text, especially on a company-owned pager.

On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a public employer has the right to read text messages sent and received by its employees on employer-owned pagers, writes two attorneys of Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo in Woodbury in an employment law alert.

“The decision is instructive for all employers - public and private - on managing employee expectations of privacy in their use of technologies owned or provided by the employer,” the lawyers write.

Read the full employment law alert.

Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

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