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'Shark Shack' event brings jaws to Robert Moses State Park

The pop-up educational event, ongoing through the summer, gives beachgoers a chance to learn from experts about the large fishes that can be both fascinating and terrifying.

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Boy, 3, dies after he's found unresponsive in Central Islip swimming pool

East End villages look to stick a fork in plastic utensil use

Homelessness on LI rose to a 10-year high last year

Two LI Little League baseball teams ready for state tournament

Only in NewsdayWhat the future holds for LI's Haitian community after TPS expiration

Help wanted: Two key town officials set to retire

County GOP lawmakers want White House to deny Ex-Suffolk DA Tom Spota's pardon request

Walgreens opens in former Rite Aid in Hampton Bays

Only in NewsdayHow aging, rising costs and trauma affect Holocaust survivors on LI

Medical staff offer tips to reduce drownings

Stony Brook University researchers awarded $1.6 million in DOE grants to advance AI and science capabilities

Hochul touts data center pause, cites local control, resource protection

Upstate man killed when truck tractor rolls over him at LI Target

Most parents doing back-to-school shopping earlier as they try to stretch their money

Long Island taxi operator gets 8 years for $19M Medicaid fraud that funded Ferrari, homes

Only in NewsdayFoot traffic down at salad eateries amid cyclospora outbreak

Manorville man charged in stabbing death of homeless man

First in NewsdayBrookhaven National Laboratory announces 'limited' staff cuts

Huntington election fallout: State AG's Office subpoenas town

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Burn ban remains in effect

Drones and helicopters flew over the sites of the fires in Suffolk Monday as investigators determined the cause of the fires. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Watch: Firefighters battle Westhampton fire

'I finally accomplished that goal'

Mother and son killed in house fire ID'd

Latest crime stories

Man who drove drunk and killed Nassau PD officer gets up to 22 years in prison

9 arrested, 12 vehicles seized at illegal street racing event in East Farmingdale

Connecticut woman charged with sexual coercion of 13-year-old LI boy

LI attorney sentenced to 6 months for stealing $400,000 from clients

Florida man charged in alleged scheme to traffic cocaine to LI, U.S. Attorney says

LI weightlifter kept pumping iron while collecting $100G in disability benefits, officials say

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Out East: Duck Creek Arts Center

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Women arrested at illicit spas in Nassau risk deportation, but not in Suffolk

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LI Works: Whole latte love goes into this art

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Climate change creating ‘ghost forests’ on Long Island

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Why Hyrox is trending on Long Island

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Man who drove drunk and killed Nassau police officer gets up to 22 years in prison

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Eats en route to Jones Beach

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Former Holy Trinity lineman reflects on football program suspension

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