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Babylon Village proposes new fishing regulations at its parks
Mayor Mary Adams says the village has noticed an increase in wildlife injuries and deaths from birds getting entangled in fishing line or having hooks embedded in them.
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LI reality show contestants survive season openers
Tiffany Seely of "Survivor" and Samaera Hirsch of "Alter Ego" are both moving on.
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DOJ: Port Washington man charged with fraud, faces up to 20 years in prison
The U.S. Department of Justice said Sergei Polevikov, an analyst for an asset management firm, used a trading account set up in his wife's name to make trades that earned him more than $8.5 million in illicit profits.
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Forecast: Evening and overnight rain, possible storms and flash flooding
A flash flood watch has been issued for Nassau County for Thursday evening and overnight while there is a "marginal" risk of severe thunderstorms for western Suffolk, the National Weather Service said.
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Missing teen cousins found unharmed, Suffolk police say
The teen cousins had gone missing Tuesday and police said their families believed they were together.
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Boy, 14, killed by LIRR train, railroad says
The boy was found next to the tracks near the Patchogue LIRR station, officials said.
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Eddie Partridge, legend of Long Island auto racing, dies at 68
"He was bigger than life to some," Riverhead Raceway publicist and track announcer Bob Finan said in a statement. "Eddie went from victory lane to heaven."
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The Paramount celebrates a decade of LI entertainment
Top musical acts, boxers and comics have graced the stage at the Huntington venue since it opened in the fall of 2011.
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LI school districts jostle for a share of $850M in federal funds
A relatively small number of school systems have posted state-required reports on how they intend to spend federal dollars. A deadline looms, and there are questions about oversight.
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Lawmakers push 'Death by Dealer' bill to enhance charges against seller in fatal overdoses
"I am sick and tired of the same dealers being on the same street corners," said Linda Ventura, whose son died of a fatal overdose one day after returning from rehab.
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Hugh Wyatt, newsman and jazz man, dies at 78
Wyatt, a longtime resident of Sag Harbor and Manhattan, spent decades in journalism. At the New York Daily News, he started as a copy boy in 1965 and became a reporter, editor and music columnist. He also wrote a biography of jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins.
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Driver in crash that killed mother, injured boy sentenced to 6 to 18 years in prison
A Freeport woman who drove an estimated 100 mph on the Meadowbrook Parkway while drunk and high last year before causing the crash was sentenced Wednesday to 6 to 18 years in prison.
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'Rampant' fraud cost small firms as much as $79 billion in COVID aid
LI's top federal prosecutor called EIDL grants "catnip for criminals" because they required little documentation from the applicant and were deposited into their bank account within three days.
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An LI cop said a stolen SUV intentionally rammed his car. This video shows otherwise, experts said.
The surveillance video captured the start of a stolen car chase that ended with officers kicking the suspect on a body camera recording.
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6,539 Black people tried to become police officers on LI. Only 67 were hired.
Minority applicants weren’t hired nearly as often as white ones in the past decade, and experts see “clear evidence that it is not the people, it is the process” causing the disparity.
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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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LIPA: Customers face 'considerable risk' as storm season approaches
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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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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Bull caught after two months on run
The bull was captured in Moriches when he went into a corral set up with a feeding trough inside to lure him in. The corral lock was then sprung remotely by sanctuary founder Mike Stura.
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FBI issues arrest warrant for Brian Laundrie
Laundrie, a "person of interest" in the homicide of Gabrielle Petito, was indicted on a charge that he used a debit card and bank accounts without authorization after the Blue Point native's death, the FBI said.
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Boy, 14, killed by LIRR train, railroad says
The boy was found next to the tracks near the Patchogue LIRR station, officials said.
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Tani's game plan: Prodigy aims for youngest grandmaster
Says the 11-year-old who lives in Port Jefferson Station, "I will make it. I trust myself."
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Nassau School Notebook: Students study agriculture
Programs in Levittown, Long Beach, Manhasset and North Merrick promote healthy eating and more.
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Driver in crash that killed mother, injured boy sentenced to 6 to 18 years in prison
A Freeport woman who drove an estimated 100 mph on the Meadowbrook Parkway while drunk and high last year before causing the crash was sentenced Wednesday to 6 to 18 years in prison.
