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The latest developments in the war with Iran include the naming of Ayotollah Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father as the country's late supreme leader and the continued rise of gas prices.

Iran developments: Gas prices soar as supreme leader named

Federal officers shot another person in Minneapolis amid an immigration crackdown, Minneapolis Gov. Tim Walz said.

The man was identified as Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse

2026 has begun in other parts of the world. See celebrations from Hong Kong, Toyko, Bangkok and more locations.

Celebrations mark 2026 worldwide

State Republicans are fighting to scrap the even-year election law. Newsday columnist Joye Brown reports.

'We knew we had to take it to the federal option'

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The House and Senate voted in favor of a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

House and Senate vote to release Epstein files

The Justice Department says President Donald Trump has pardoned dozens of key figures allegedly involved in the plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Rudy Giuliani and others pardoned by Trump

Dick Cheney was one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history.

A two-term vice president under George W. Bush

On Monday, Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength as it neared Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, multiple landslides and extensive infrastructure damage.

Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in Jamaica

On Tuesday, an immigration enforcement sweep targeting vendors on Manhattan's Canal Street turned chaotic when angry protestors surrounded federal agents and attempted to block them from driving off.

Angry crowds confront federal agents in Canal Street immigration sweep

The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on a Utah university campus. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

$100,000 reward for information

Donald Trump said the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a long-time foe.

Trump says Iran's key nuclear sites 'completely and fully obliterated' by strikes

Tensions in Los Angeles escalated over the weekend as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard.

Police and protesters clash outside federal detention center in LA after ICE raids

Americans could pay more for fresh vegetables and electronics as imports from Canada and Mexico will be taxed at 25% and Chinese imports at 20%. 

Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China take effect

The last 10 minutes of the nearly 45-minute meeting devolved into a tense back and forth between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had urged skepticism about Russia's commitment to diplomacy, citing Moscow's years of broken commitments on the global stage.

Watch: Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance in Oval Office blowup

The country will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday as Donald Trump is sworn in as the nation's 47th president. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

'An opportunity for the country to have a soul searching'

Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to be sentenced following felony convictions.

'Only lawful sentence'

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Newsday travel writer Carissa Kellman visits Onda Bella Cruises for a boat ride from Northport Harbor.

Cruise from Northport Harbor on the Onda Bella

Long-forgotten unpaid traffic infractions in other states are causing a delay in New York State license renewals. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

Outstanding out-of-state tickets holding back NYS license renewals 

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed shows us the dedication it takes to keep bees at the Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead.

Out East: All the buzz at the Hallockville Museum Farm

The 90-mile electric cable project could take five years to complete. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn has more.

High-voltage debate over $3B power line proposal 

The NYPD released footage of a man being airlifted from Cedar Creek Park in Seaford in Aug. 7.

NYPD video shows man being airlifted from Long Island park

The NYC medical examiner is using 3D printing to help identify human remains, a program that could help close cases on Long Island. Newsday special writer Anthony DeStefano has more.

Using 3D printing to reconstruct unidentified human remains 

Suffolk police are investigating a hate-crime related incident at the construction site of The Islamic Center of Shirley-Mastic. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Police investigate hate graffiti at Shirley-Mastic mosque site 

Dan Guida, of Rocky Point, volunteers at the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook helping veterans with physical therapy.

Volunteers of Long Island: 'Lt. Dan' giving back to his brother veterans

NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa finds the perfect fit at Rico's Clothing in Center Moriches.

LI Works: Ken finds the man who makes the clothes that make the man

NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland and Doug Geed take a look back at the case against Richard Angelo, who injected several patients with a paralyzing drug.

Picture This: When a nurse's deadly secret was revealed 

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