Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday blasted a $2 trillion federal coronavirus rescue package, County Executives Laura Curran and Steve Bellone announced more deaths due to the pandemic, while Summit Lane School in Levittown teachers and faculty found a unique way to cheer up their students. Here is Newsday's March 26 wrapup of what you need to know about the coronavirus.


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Whether or not you are a fan of old-school science fiction, the genre is making a comeback on TV. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports.

'I don't think it was ever gone'

NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports from Manorville as police search a wooded area. The search is in connection with the Gilgo Beach homicide investigation, officials say.

On the scene in Manorville 

Rachel Lodice, 21, from Jericho, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to multiple charges after allegedly causing a fatal crash in Massapequa and driving off in a public safety vehicle that had stopped to help the victims, police said. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

'It is unfair'

The state has detected high levels of a carcinogenic heavy metal at a West Islip Superfudn site, four years after a cleanup of the area.

Polllution concerns, again

The case of Theresa Sexton's son Terry Long, who was shot and killed nearly two years ago, has gone unsolved. On Tuesday at the Suffolk County Police Department's media room in Yaphank, Sexton asked the public to help find justice for her son's killing. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

'Help them bring the people to justice'

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Millions of birds make a stopover in LI's open spaces and backyards, but there are also perils, from free-ranging cats to reflective windows. 

Birds crashing into buildings on rise as migration season picks up

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The town revoked the Massapequa motel's business permits and certificates of occupancy.

Owners of Budget Inn Motel file suit against Oyster Bay

"People are really turning to sci-fi at the moment because the world has changed so much," says one LI fan.

We're in the golden age of sci-fi TV

Neighbors contend the site should be preserved as open space.

Lawsuit targets subdivision plan for wooded Halesite parcel

The search marked the latest development in the investigation following the July arrest of suspected Gilgo serial killer Rex A. Heuermann, 60, of Massapequa Park.

Gilgo Beach killings: Investigators search wooded area, officials say

The man was killed when he struck two other cars and flipped his car into the woods off the Meadowbrook, police said

Hempstead man dies in crash on Meadowbrook Parkway

Syosset's Jeff Ahn is the founder of LI's team that's part of a four-team venture around the U.S. 

Women's pro softball takes Rise on Long Island

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The New York Rise, Long Island's new professional softball team, will play its first game on June 19. Newsday's Matt Lindsay reports.

'This dream is kind of a reality now'

Food and dining services stopped on the Nassau Community College campus on April 16. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports. 

'Bring back the food for our kids at Nassau'

Opening statements began Monday in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump.

'It's a case as to bookkeeping'

An old rotary phone was unveiled at the Suffolk County Environmental Center in Islip on Sunday for grieving people to "call" their loved ones "on the wind." NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports.

'I just said I love you. I miss you.'

A former LI man set himself on fire at a park outside the courthouse of the Trump hush money trial where jury selection happened.

Former LI man ablaze outside trial

A Nassau judge said she was considering additional penalties against the owners of Cold Spring Hills nursing home after the facility ignored a contempt order for failing to make a $2.65 million payment.

On the hook for at least $2.6M

New York State Police say one person was injured in a two-car crash in the eastbound lanes on the Southern State Parkway near North Amityville Friday.

Traffic nightmare on SSP

According to Port Washington's fire chief, two teens on a boat came across three men in Manhasset Bay after they capsized. The teens pulled them from the frigid waters to safety.

3 men rescued from Manhasset Bay

12 Jurors and one alternate were picked for Donald Trump's hush money trial. 

Jurors picked for Trump's trial

A settlement was reached in a lawsuit against the Bay Shore school district in an alleged sexual assault case involving former teacher Thomas Bernagozzi.

Update: Lawsuit against Bay Shore school district

LIU Post students are saying "no" to adding classes on Fridays.

Students push back

The program aims to reduce air pollution on the North Shore by promoting public transportation to local students.

Free NICE bus rides as Earth Day approaches

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