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Brooklyn man whose attempted robbery led to 2019 death of LI cop pleads guilty, DA says
Christopher Ransom pleaded guilty to second-degree aggravated manslaughter and first-degree robbery in the death of Brian Simonsen, of Calverton, who was fatally shot while responding to a report of an armed robbery in Queens in 2019.
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Bail reform takes center stage in Kaminsky, Donnelly town hall
Democrat Todd Kaminsky, a state senator from Long Beach, and Anne Donnelly, a longtime Nassau prosecutor, are competing to become the next Nassau County district attorney.
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Cops: Driver being pursued by police strikes, kills woman
A woman driving a Honda Civic was struck and killed by a man behind the wheel of a pickup, who was being pursued by police officers in Holtsville late Tuesday, Suffolk police said.
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Mold forces Glen Cove pre-K classes to move to new school
Pre-K classes at Deasy Elementary School will be relocated to the Eugene J. Gribbin Elementary School on Seaman Road as the mold is remediated, Superintendent Maria Rianna told parents.
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LI singer eliminated on 'The Voice'
Coach Blake Shelton chose Alabama singer Berritt Haynes over Copiague's Kaitlyn Velez during Monday night's final Battle Round.
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Former Gold Coast Woolworth mansion on the market for $10 million
The Glen Cove property of F.W. Woolworth was used in a Taylor Swift video and HBO miniseries.
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Riverhead adopts 12-month moratorium on new commercial solar applications
Officials had been considering the move amid concerns from residents in Calverton that too many solar projects had been proposed or enacted in years past.
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11-year-old Colombian eatery opens second LI location
The Massapequa spot, located near Sunrise Mall, is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Great spots to see fall foliage on LI
Catch the colors changing at these parks open to the public.
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Things to do in Farmingdale: Nightlife, activities and more
At the heart of Long Island, centrally located along the border dividing Nassau and Suffolk, is Farmingdale.
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So far so good for nascent Babylon Rental Review Board
Of the 300 cases handled thus far by the seven-member board, about 60% were found to have had some problem during their inspection, but 90% of landlords resolved the issue by the time their case came before the board, and only one permit has been revoked.
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Our top high school sports photos: October 2021
Take a look at some of our favorite shots from high school sports fields and courts across Long Island as ...
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Most organ transplants stopped due to COVID-19 last year, often with dire results
At the height of the pandemic, New York's organ transplant system shut down for two months, causing life-and-death dilemmas for hundreds of patients, many from Long Island. Thomas Maier reports.
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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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FBI: Apparent human remains found in area where Brian Laundrie items discovered
Michael McPherson, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Tampa field office, said the apparent human remains, as well as Laundrie's backpack and notebook, were found in an area that had until recently been under water.
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MS-13 gang member admits luring teen to Central Islip woods and killing him, feds say
Jose Omar Sorto Portillo, 18, pleaded guilty in federal court to murder in aid of racketeering for his role in the 2019 murder of 15-year-old Jasson Medrano-Molina.
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Legislators looking to ratchet down Nassau rodent population
Some Nassau County legislators and residents say their communities are going to the rats.
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Nassau DA candidates answer LIers' questions in virtual town hall
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Bail reform takes center stage in Kaminsky, Donnelly town hall
Democrat Todd Kaminsky, a state senator from Long Beach, and Anne Donnelly, a longtime Nassau prosecutor, are competing to become the next Nassau County district attorney.
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Riverhead adopts 12-month moratorium on new commercial solar applications
Officials had been considering the move amid concerns from residents in Calverton that too many solar projects had been proposed or enacted in years past.
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Reward doubled to $40,000 for info leading to arrest in Elmont acid attack
The FBI is offering an additional $20,000 for information leading to an arrest in the March 17 acid attack on Nafiah Ikram in her parents' Elmont driveway.
