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	The Long Island Expressway was completed &mdash; ending near Riverhead &mdash; 50 years ago this weekend.&nbsp;Some Long Islanders appreciate the highway&#39;s necessity, while others see a need for upgrades. Newsday&rsquo;s Steve Langford reports.
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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 as police comb woods

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'

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'

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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

Monastery officials are planning to build a 3,341-square-foot church on their 4.6-acre North Country Road property in Head of the Harbor.

Lawsuit: Head of the Harbor trustees broke law with vote for monastery's church project

Property owners have received preliminary Town of Huntington approval to build an eight-home subdivision on a site that neighbors contend should be preserved as open space.

Lawsuit targets subdivision plan for wooded Halesite parcel

"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

Last year on Long Island, 45 cars zoomed into state maintained highway work zones, according to state transportation officials.

NY highway workers operate in the danger zone 

Stored away in a funeral home closet for decades, the cremated remains of six World War II veterans and one spouse are now interred at the Long Island National Cemetery. The cremated remains of a 7th World War II veteran are with his relatives.

Final resting place for WWII vets' remains

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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

Across New York, the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, were found in young people, non-Hispanic Black people and men who have sex with men, the report found. 

Report: Sexually transmitted infections climb on Long Island

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