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Christian Long Islanders are as divided on the hot-button abortion issue as most of the country. Between the extremes — no abortion at all or abortion with no restrictions — there is nuance among Christians on the island. 

Here are more than 20 ways to get started this holiday weekend.

Police said the man met up with the girl at a playground in Hauppauge, where he raped her.

Even for parents who want to breastfeed, it may not be an option, due to issues ranging from medical conditions to lack of milk supply.

A Florida man got 12 years in prison for pressuring a Long Island teen to send him sexually explicit photos and two Central Islip men pleaded guilty to sex trafficking a minor at a Suffolk hotel, prosecutors said.

Slow start to season has manager Wally Backman using the former Yankee in non-save situations.

The stock exchange said the company failed to file timely financial documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Students of color have gone from being the minority to the majority in 32 Long Island districts over the past 20 years, a Newsday analysis found.

Tissue boxes at hand, local viewers are ready for the NBC show's final episode.

Whitmore has played in seven games and has scored two runs.

See the scenes from Thursday's playoff game.

See the scenes from Thursday's playoff matchup.

Third-seeded Phantoms have won seven straight.

Chance Brindle and Gavin Arcuri scored back-to-back to give No. 4 Westhampton a 6-4 lead in its 6-5 win over No. 5 East Islip.

Giovanna Calicchio had three hits and an RBI in victory over Mount Sinai.

"I really didn't even create my own shots," Trovato said. "My teammates were getting me open."

We got engaged in 1971, after Ernie surprised me with a ring in my Easter basket.

The Long Island Regional Planning Council on Thursday voted to name Midway Crossing a project of regional significance. The designation is expected to help raise funds from public and private sources, officials said.

Each Mother's Day, Newsday invites Long Island high school student-athletes to honor their mothers with personal letters.

'We went in his mother's '65 red, convertible Chevrolet Impala ...'

GIrls lacrosse program will make the most of donated equipment.

Islip's Chris Wade beat two-time PFL champion Lance Palmer in their featherweight season opener

Edith Gross, 93, of Oakdale tells of her time at Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

St. John's Episcopal Church in Oakdale has planted a memorial rock to honor the indigenous and enslaved people buried at the church's graveyard, a move community leaders said will make "history really real to people."

DOT workers took part on LI, on Heckscher State Parkway near Exit 45 in East Islip.

Scenes from a Suffolk non-league softball game between Bay Shore and host East Islip on Thursday,

Kreuscher pitched a 2-hit shutout and drove in the game's only run in East Islip's 1-0 softball win over Bay Shore.

See the scenes from Tuesday's matchup.

Powell pitched a complete game and had walk-off single in victory over Islip

Where you can drive balls by the bucket.