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	Steven Pinto of New Hyde Park has taken a hobby and turned it into a career, building custom-made remote control cars for celebrities like Floyd Mayweather and Odell Beckham, Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;NewsdayTV&#39;s Ken Buffa reports.
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The Huntington Town Board approved a plan on Tuesday that will allow the creation of a district south of the Long Island Expressway with up to 1,500 housing units.

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It is the latest battle in a three-year struggle between Chabad Lubavitch of the Beaches and the village regarding a proposed religious center near Village Hall.

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The Christmas tree lighting and menorah blessing was postponed after a fire broke out at the Wantagh Preservation Society.

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The "Run for Their Lives" walk paid tribute to Omer Neutra, the 21-year-old Plainview native and soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces who was killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.

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On Monday, a jury acquitted Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a city subway train last year.

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