Long Island
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They're first in their class. They're also inventors, rescue divers and more. Meet the 2020 valedictorians.
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Sana Raoof, a 29-year-old Harvard medical student who attended schools in Half Hollow Hills and Jericho, has been preparing for such a moment since she was 3.
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Forecast: Dense morning fog, then cloudy and warm
Fog this morning should lift around 9 a.m., leaving overcast skies. Highs will be around 70 degrees along the shoreline and in the low 80s well away from the coast, the National Weather Service said.
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A ransomware virus temporarily disabled the school district's email system and brought distance learning to a halt for more than 2,200 students, officials said.
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An attorney for defendant Errick Allen presented evidence Tuesday he said will bolster his client's self-defense argument.
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Cops: Body of boater missing since early May recovered
Joseph Sparacio's body washed ashore in Breezy Point Sunday, the second boater to die after their vessel capsized May 2, police say.
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The umpire filed a lawsuit saying he was hurt after tripping on a mound at a ballfield in Flynn Memorial Park in 2014.
Cost of Living
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First-time home buyers on Long Island are finding creative ways to afford the biggest purchase of their lives.
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A new federal mandate calls for hospitals to post their prices online. But lists of costs show that the medical world speaks a language all its own.
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A record 20 percent of the U.S. population lived in multigenerational households in 2016, according to the latest census data, up 5.6 percent from 2014.
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Suffolk residents said not knowing how to find available doctors was one of the biggest obstacles to obtaining health care.
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The 19-year-old has been charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs after he struck and killed a 4-year-old girl in front of her home, police said.
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A ransomware virus temporarily disabled the school district's email system and brought distance learning to a halt for more than 2,200 students, officials said.
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The prosecutors responded to a January motion by the former county executive's defense team that contended most of the charges he was convicted of should be thrown out.
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Suffolk's 911 emergency call system is operating as normal Tuesday evening but the "text to 911" system is now unavailable for software maintenance, officials said.
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Three country music shows at Jones Beach have been canceled.
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One of the exposures was witnessed by two 15-year-old girls, Nassau police said.