Long Island
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Protests, crime threats in NYC, LI after George Floyd's death
Thirty people were arrested in a Manhattan protest and Nassau cops responded to threats at 2 shopping malls, officials say, following the death of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis. Read more
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Organizers are putting together an online event in June after the pandemic forced them to cancel a Jones Beach celebration.
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The rule was put in place to minimize health risks; GOP says it's unconstitutional.
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Each kit contains a contactless digital thermometer, five face shields for employees, 400 three-ply masks along with other equipment.
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"It's not hard to find ways to help people, even in small ways," says Emmy Specht.
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The coronavirus outbreak interrupted the resumption of the Bethpage Ride program in Hampton Bays, Patchogue and Babylon, where bikes were to be placed at 17 locations.
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Suffolk property owners can pay their taxes by June 21, instead of May 31, without penalties or interest under a new executive order by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
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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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She was last living in New Jersey when she disappeared, but after her name was long a mystery, she was positively identified Thursday.
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The department identified the victim as Valerie Mack, who also used the name Melissa Taylor — a major break in the mystery behind at least 10 sets of human remains found in the Gilgo Beach area.
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A speed boater has been charged in the death of a Rockville Centre teen last year as she rode a jet ski with her dad near Baldwin Harbor, the Nassau district attorney's office said.
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Cops: Jamesport man shot, wounded after firing at police
The man was shot by Riverhead Town police after he fired a shotgun at his father and officers at a home in Jamesport on Wednesday evening, Suffolk County police said. $readmore
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After massive job losses due to the COVID-19 shutdown, getting people back to work will hinge on reopening schools and day care centers, an economist says.
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An aunt of shooting victim Christopher Curro, says his family is angry that Errick Allen, facing a murder charge, was bonded out of jail.