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September 19, 2024
State DOT releases list of 20 worst days to drive into New York City
The state transportation department urges New Yorkers to take mass transit on these days.
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September 19, 2024
A couple found the Kentucky highway shooter's remains by being bounty hunters for a week, they say
It was a married couple who discovered remains that authorities believe were a man who opened fire on a Kentucky highway.
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September 19, 2024
Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff's department whose officers tortured two Black men...
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September 19, 2024
Georgia election rule changes by Trump allies raise fear of chaos in November
The state that handed former President Donald Trump one of his narrowest losses four years ago is immersed in election controversies even be...
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September 19, 2024
Alaska man charged with sending graphic threats to kill Supreme Court justices
An Alaska man accused of sending graphic threats to injure and kill six Supreme Court justices and some of their family members has been ind...
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September 19, 2024
A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin
Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people.
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September 19, 2024
Hezbollah fires new volley at Israel as fears of greater war mount after electronic devices bombing
A new Hezbollah volley into northern Israel signals the group is keeping up its drumbeat of exchanges with the Israeli military.
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September 19, 2024
Harris plans a livestream with Oprah Winfrey while Trump is set to address an Israeli-American group
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are set to make appearances that are meant to fire up core supporters.
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September 19, 2024
The exploding device attacks dealt a major but not crippling blow to Hezbollah, analysts say
The remotely triggered explosions that hit pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members this week made for an eerie and shocking s...
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September 19, 2024
Poll: Harris leads Trump by 13 points statewide; equal rights amendment backed 3-1
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September 19, 2024
The Thai zoo home to baby hippo and internet sensation Moo Deng is patenting the pygmy
Only a month after the adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationa...
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September 19, 2024
Will Instagram be safer for teens? LIers weigh in on changes
Some Long Islanders said the new Instagram restrictions should mark the beginning of a digital overhaul aimed at better protecting children...
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September 19, 2024
Hempstead approves settlement of town employee's sexual harassment suit against general services commissioner
The lawsuit was filed in 2021, alleging General Services Commissioner Gerald Marino sexually harassed a town employee working as his assista...
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September 19, 2024
New Babylon planning commissioner hired at pivotal moment for town development
Development projects in Babylon's pipeline could have a lasting effect on the makeup of the town, officials said.
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September 19, 2024
Collapsed Long Island dams leave a choice: whether to rebuild
A heavy storm wiped out dams in Smithtown and Stony Brook, and some are questioning whether to rebuild.
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September 19, 2024
Meditation classes on Long Island: What to know
Meditation may be difficult to master but, said one teacher, "With patient practice, meditation becomes its own reward and gets much more en...
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September 19, 2024
Threats and assassination attempts come with the office Donald Trump once held and is seeking again
Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans are blaming comments made by Democrats that he is a threat to democracy for the unpreced...
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September 19, 2024
Residents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow over
In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians, journalists, troopers and newly installed security...
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September 19, 2024
Mission specialist for Titan sub owner to testify before Coast Guard
A mission specialist for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded is scheduled to testify before the U.S. Coast Guard.
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September 19, 2024
Fact checking some of Trump's claims from his Nassau Coliseum rally
Trump's speech was tailored to his Long Island audience, but he also repeated some of the main attack lines he has been using against Harris...
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September 19, 2024
Rally for suspended Hempstead schools chief rolls into board meeting
Backers of suspended Hempstead schools Superintendent Regina Armstrong held a rally and then appealed to board trustees at their meeting.
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September 18, 2024
Officials urge Long Islanders to give up driving this Sunday, lean on public transportation
Thousands of Long Island residents have already pledged to give up driving this Sunday as part of the 12th annual Car Free Day Long Island e...
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September 18, 2024
Long Island forecast: Rain, flooding possible
The National Weather Service has issued a series of coastal flood advisories through Friday for Nassau and southwest Suffolk counties as wel...
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September 18, 2024
Housing and immigration advocates oppose Riverhead rental restrictions
The bill would require landlords to rent to people who are "a family" or represent the "functional equivalent" of a family.
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September 18, 2024
Aquebogue man accused of antisemitic threats in NYC pleads guilty to gun charge
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said an Aquebogue man accused of making antisemitic threats has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge.
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September 18, 2024
North Hempstead will hold second vote on battery storage ban
In August, the town board failed to approve a one-year moratorium on the systems.
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September 18, 2024
A body is found near the site of the deadly interstate shooting in Kentucky
Authorities have found a body near the Kentucky site where a gunman opened fire on an interstate highway, hitting a dozen vehicles and wound...
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September 18, 2024
Huntington body case: Cords found in suitcase matched those in man's apartment, prosecutors say
Ronald Schroeder has pleaded not guilty to concealment of a human corpse in connection with the death of Seikeya Jones, 31.
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September 18, 2024
Iranian hackers sent stolen Trump info to the Biden campaign, FBI says
Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden's campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump's campaign, sending unsolici...
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September 18, 2024
Estate of fatally shot St. James man sues accused killer over 'wanton and unlawful act'
Daniel Coppola allegedly shot his way into the house of his ex-wife, Kelly Coppola on Aug. 28, then "ambushed and executed" her and her boyf...
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September 18, 2024
Darius Petty, of East Hampton, charged with kidnapping 3 men at knifepoint during robbery
Officials said he held the knife to one man's throat while demanding money from him and two others as they sat inside a parked vehicle.
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September 18, 2024
Police seek a pair who took an NYC subway train on a joyride and crashed it
Police are looking for a man and woman who took an empty New York City subway train on a brief joyride before they crashed it and fled.
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September 18, 2024
Lawyers question whether a French woman who was drugged by her husband was unconscious during sex
Lawyers for some of the men accused of raping an unconscious French woman who had been drugged by her husband have asked her about her habit...
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September 18, 2024
False reports of explosives found in a car near a Trump rally spread online
Nassau County officials say social media reports that explosives were found in a car near former President Donald Trump's New York rally on...
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September 18, 2024
Photos: Donald Trump rally at Nassau Coliseum
Thousands gathered outside Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale Wednesday ahead of former President Donald Trump's rally.
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September 18, 2024
FBI disrupts Chinese cyber operation targeting critical infrastructure in the US
FBI Director Chris Wray says the FBI has disrupted a group of Chinese hackers who were working at the direction of the Chinese government to...
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September 18, 2024
Haiti creates a provisional electoral council to prepare for the first elections since 2016
Haiti's government has created a provisional electoral council.
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September 18, 2024
Atlantic City mayor, wife indicted for allegedly beating and abusing their teenage daughter
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, La'Quetta, the city's superintendent of schools, have been indicted on child endangerment...
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September 18, 2024
PSEG worker driving utility truck in Farmingdale charged with DWI
Police found a damaged bus-stop sign on the sidewalk beside the truck, according to records.
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September 18, 2024
MTA unveils record $68B spending, including new LIRR cars, maintenance
The proposed capital budget is about 24% larger than the current $55 billion program — about $15 billion of which remains unfunded due to th...
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September 18, 2024
Americans can now renew passports online and bypass cumbersome paper applications
Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often caused delays.
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September 18, 2024
NYC using new 'Ghostbusters' unit to crack down on vehicles with untraceable license plates
In its first five days, the new task force seized 295 ghost cars, officials said.
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September 18, 2024
The Latest: Trump to campaign in New York and Harris will speak at Hispanic leadership conference
Donald Trump is taking his message Wednesday to a somewhat unlikely place: suburban New York.
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September 18, 2024
Trump and Harris are taking a brief break from campaigning in battleground states
The presidential candidates are taking a brief break from campaigning in battleground states.
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September 18, 2024
Vermont town official, his wife and her son found shot to death in their home
Vermont State Police say a town official, his wife and her son were found shot to death in their home over the weekend.
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September 18, 2024
Justice Department sues over Baltimore bridge collapse and seeks $100M in cleanup costs
The U.S. Justice Department is suing the owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse.
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September 18, 2024
Blinken expresses frustration at attacks he says threaten to "derail" Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is still assessing the impact that a deadly series of pager explosions linked to Israel...
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September 18, 2024
Manhasset doctor, Amir Sitafalwalla, charged with sexually abusing man at ModernMD in Woodhaven
The 21-year-old man said he was a patient of the doctor, according to the physician's lawyer.
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September 18, 2024
Police searching for driver who fled hit-and-run in Sound Beach
The silver Toyota Corolla struck a 55-year-old woman in Sound Beach Thursday, police said.
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September 18, 2024