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Black people were nearly 11 times as likely to experience police force as white people by Nassau and Suffolk police between 2021 and 2024, a Newsday analysis found.

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Relatives of Manuel Hernández Zelada said their concerns are exacerbated by the fact that he suffers from mental health issues and needs medical care.

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Nassau University Medical Center's percentage of patients on public insurance is among the highest on LI. Newsday investigative reporter Peter D'Auria explains how this is affecting the hospital's finances.

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An interfaith gathering was held on Wednesday in Huntington in support of Jose and Josue Trejo Lopez, brothers who were deported from Central Islip to El Salvador. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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Educators in some districts attributed the gains to the use of data to help support students. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Rabbi Motti Grossbaum of Stony Brook, left, with Rabbi Eli Schlanger, in 2002 in France, where they studied together in a yeshiva. Schlanger was one of the victims of the Australia attack. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

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In an interview with Newsday, Acting Supreme Court Justice Karen Wilutis recounts how its hard to hear a child on the witness stand talk about allegations in sex offense cases.

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