Long Island
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Hempstead protesters seek answers in soldier's death
A dozen demonstrators demanded an independent investigation into the disappearance and killing of 20-year-old soldier Vanessa Guillen in Texas. Read more
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The Riverhead and Uniondale school districts are making second attempts to pass budgets that voters rejected in mid-June, while Valley Stream 13 is offering a revised budget with smaller spending and tax hikes.
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Town Hall had been off limits to the public since mid-March when shutdown orders were put in place during the coronavirus pandemic.
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District Attorney Madeline Singas also announced she would not bring charges against at least seven Freeport officers involved in the man's arrest.
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The firm's software found Nassau and Suffolk counties are likely to be relatively stable, but Westchester and Rockland are potential tinderboxes that could tip into crisis.
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Protesters called for more serious charges against the driver who, police and witnesses said, hit two Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Huntington.
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Offiicials propose a three-hour time limit from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for 10 of the village's 16 parking lots and the creation of a special downtown resident parking district.
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 much-awaited book by the president's niece, Mary L. Trump, examines her uncle from the standpoint of both family connection and a trained clinical psychologist.
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The 56-year-old Hempstead man faces a charge of third-degree falsely reporting an incident, a misdemeanor, Suffolk police say.
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The county is threatening to terminate the lease if the money isn't paid by July 22.
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Cops: Man answered ads on cars for sale, then stole them
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She was "instrumental" in the success of her husband, who invented an anti-theft security tag for clothing.