Long Island
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Emerging at the top: Meet LI's 13 Extraordinary Seniors
One underwent brain surgery and still maintained a 100 average. Another grew up in poverty in Kenya and is headed to Dartmouth. These are some high school seniors who are navigating adversity and helping their communities.
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'Catnip for criminals': Lax oversight cost billions
As much as $79 billion in aid meant for small businesses was stolen by fraudsters in the past year, the SBA inspector general says.
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Forecast: Hot, hazy, humid first full day of summer; temps in low-to-mid 80s
There's a chance of thunderstorms in the evening.
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Max Temkin, Holocaust survivor, dies at age 99
At 17, he saw his parents and siblings for the last time. After liberation from Buchenwald, he built a life in Queens and Long Island, where as a retiree he helped youths learn about the Holocaust.
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WWII re-enactment highlighted by appearances by Stalin, Churchill, FDR
A World War II re-enactment on Sunday at Old Bethpage Village Restoration featured a simulated tactical assault with volunteers from the Museum of American Armor and a whimsical appearance by actors portraying Stalin, FDR and Churchill. Newsday's Steve Langford reports.
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Brookhaven to take part in $1.5B shoreline protection project
Brookhaven officials have formally agreed to take part in the $1.5 billion Fire Island-to-Montauk shoreline protection project, despite raising concerns about its potential impact on some homeowners.
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Police: Good Samaritans, officers aid man who fell in water
Two Good Samaritans who were at the Whitehall Beach in Port Jefferson performed CPR until Marine Bureau officers arrived on scene, Suffolk County police said.
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Meet this hamlet's (reluctant) cleanup man
For more than 20 years, Mel Silverman has been quietly picking up litter and trash along Coram's highways, his own solitary effort to leave his corner of the world better than he found it.
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Try something new: Recent LI restaurant openings
The latest restaurants to open on Long Island.
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Great white sharks tracked swimming off Long Island
Charlotte, an 8-foot teenager, was tracked east of Long Island Sound, Monomoy, a 6-foot, 7-inch juvenile male, was tracked near Montauk, and 8-footer Martha was located near Trenton, N.J., according to Ocearch.
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Popping the question is hard. LIers are using wedding proposal packages to help.
Why not have a penguin propose for you?
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A new cruise ship is sailing the Great South Bay
The boat is based in Bay Shore Marina but can pick up and drop off passengers from different locations within 15 miles.
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Nassau, Suffolk concealed court records of alleged police misconduct over last 7 years
Over the last seven years, attorneys representing the two counties have secured so-called confidentiality orders in at least 60 federal civil rights lawsuits that allege wrongdoing by members of the Nassau or Suffolk County police departments, according to the dockets of the U.S. District Court with jurisdiction over Long Island.
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Most big police forces widely use body cams. But not Nassau and Suffolk.
Newsday found that LI’s major departments are two of only three large U.S. forces that have spurned cameras. The cost would be a fraction of each department’s budget.
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Customers face 'considerable risk' as storm season approaches: LIPA
LIPA wants PSEG, which operates the Long Island grid under an $80 million-a-year contract, to conduct another test of all the systems at once, during regular business hours.
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4 men were arrested because of what LI police said. Here’s what videos showed.
A Newsday investigation finds evidence that officers jailed people without cause, used unjustified force and exposed taxpayers to lawsuits. Faith Jessie reports from the studio.
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With NYAW rate hike near, lawmakers try new path to relief
PSC doesn't think the rate increase will be delayed and one state senator calls for review of higher-cost "conservation" rates.
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Number of county workers who make $200,000-plus spiked in 2020
The number of county employees paid more than $200,000 jumped by 13% in Nassau County and 26% in Suffolk, according to payroll data obtained and analyzed by Newsday.
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Cops: Man arrested in shooting outside Port Jefferson restaurant
The 20-year-old was arrested Sunday after police say he shot two men outside a Port Jefferson eatery over the weekend.
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LIRR: Service restored on Babylon branch after person hit by train
The Long Island Rail Road is reporting trains on or close to schedule following a morning of delays Monday on the Babylon branch after an unauthorized person was struck on the tracks in Bellmore, railroad officials said.
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Max Temkin, Holocaust survivor, dies at age 99
At 17, he saw his parents and siblings for the last time. After liberation from Buchenwald, he built a life in Queens and Long Island, where as a retiree he helped youths learn about the Holocaust.
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NY creates commission on prosecutorial misconduct
Lawmakers believe the revised version will pass constitutional muster; the state DAs group remains opposed.
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Riverhead civic groups press DEC to weigh in on drag racing events
The EPCAL Watch coalition wrote a letter to the state agency expressing concerns about pollution at environmentally sensitive areas at the Enterprise Park at Calverton for events scheduled for August and September.
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Elementary school students raise funds for Ronald McDonald House
Park View Elementary School students raised $2,452 at a car wash that cleaned about 150 cars at $10 a pop and by collecting coins in quart-sized jars in each classroom.
