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How to get around as the LIRR shuts down
About 270,000 daily riders will be scrambling for transportation alternatives if the strike continues.
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Garbarino breaks with GOP on farm animal protections
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Updated 26 minutes ago First workday commute of LIRR strike 'exhausting' ... School budget vote preview ... LIers with side hustles to make ends meet ... Your LI weather forecast
Anticipated Swatch rollout in Uniondale results in chaos, several arrests
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Did you know LI had so many connections to 'Shrek'?
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DiNapoli estimates LIRR strike could cost metro area $61M daily
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What the future looks like for Sunrise Mall
LI assisted living facility employee charged with forging prescriptions for painkillers
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LI school district to vote on $500G annual museum tax
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Tick control strategies for Long Island lawns
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Mastic man charged following stabbing in Farmingville
Amid strike, commuters hit with sticker shock on ride-hail apps
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LI traffic crawled on first day of LIRR strike. Just wait till Monday.
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'I was duped,' says fire official who helped Huntington spoiler candidate Maria Delgado
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Driver of LIE sinkhole car describes 'terrifying' ordeal
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Time is running out: Suffolk County assessment challenges due Tuesday
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Video seems to contradict nail salon crash defendant's defense
In the video, the defendant gives different reasons as to why he crashed into the Deer Park nail salon at 78 mph, killing four people.
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Ann Marie Drago appeals to overturn conviction in death of Evelyn Rodriguez
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Luigi Mangione murder trial: Judge to allow gun, alleged diary confession as evidence
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Moriches postal worker charged with rape and endangering the welfare of a child
Updated 26 minutes ago First workday commute of LIRR strike 'exhausting' ... School budget vote preview ... LIers with side hustles to make ends meet ... Your LI weather forecast
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A 'super El Niño' could develop by summer, boosting chances for drought, flooding and other natural disasters
By winter, there's a two out of three chance that the climate pattern will be strong or very strong, increasing the likelihood of drought, flooding and other natural disasters worldwide.
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Fun Book: The best of LI's summer experiences
An LI nurse listed an iPhone for sale online. She says a stalker has been terrorizing her ever since.
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Guide to LI car shows and cruise nights
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Mothers, clinics scramble after temporary closure of NUMC's maternity wing
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Inside the last train to Huntington as LIRR goes on strike
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See latest traffic info and what the LIRR strike is costing
Pedestrian, 76, killed in Hempstead crash
All LIE lanes reopen after car falls into sinkhole
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Here's where negotiations stand as clock ticks closer to LIRR strike deadline
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'It'll be bad:' Commuters dread prospect of LIRR strike as deadline looms
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Southampton park to host U.S. Open golf viewing party on jumbotron
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Southampton to receive $850G for costs to town during U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills
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Scenic views or spotty service: LI village sued over cell tower denial
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Suffolk County reaches $3M settlement in 2021 police misconduct lawsuit
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Brookhaven Town approves one of LI's first Muslim cemeteries
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LI home prices rise amid spring listings surge
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LI man charged with kidnapping 4-year-old girl at a laundromat ordered held without bail
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Election board to appeal restoration of Blakeman's matching funds
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PPP fraud lawsuit against racing association dismissed
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Teen charged with attempted murder after police pursuit leads to collisions in Manhasset
NYS legislature is 0-7 in asking the state to recognize the Montauketts. Will the 8th try be different?
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Suffolk puts off vote on bills on kratom ban and camera access
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LIRR strike could double commute for many riders heading into NYC
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1 girl, 23 arrested in 2 states: Inside LI's hidden world of drugs, sex trafficking
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32 killed in crashes in one of LI's deadliest months. Here's the devastating impact.
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Nearly 6,000 LI households could face homelessness if Trump cuts Section 8 funding
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Out East: Oddities and curiosities you'll want to see on your road trip
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Picture This! That time the stars came out in Westbury
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LI Works: Ken goes against the grain at Bullfrogs Woodworks
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ICE using Suffolk police parking lots across precincts
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Out East: A visit to the Cooperage Inn
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LI drivers spend $3,700 per year due to congested, unsafe roads
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Trendy Bites: Rainbow cookie meets donut
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New Year brings new rules for LIRR
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Volunteers of Long Island: Stony Brook Medicine Food Farmacy
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Declining number of family owned hardware stores
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