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The family of the slain civil rights figure has announced their intent to file a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the NYPD, FBI and other government agencies, asserting they were involved in a conspiracy to kill their father. → Read More
The Melville facility announced the birth Saturday, the first day "The Giraffe Experience" opened to the public. → Read More
Teachers, students and administrators hope that a sudden drop in cases is a sign of the end of COVID-19. But health experts sound a cautious note. → Read More
A free spirit, who had traveled around playing bass in bands, Steven Ortner’s life turned on a dime when he met Lisa Ostrowski about three years ago. They fell in love so fast it stunned those who kne → Read More
Long Islanders love their downtowns, and, having visited them less often during the COVID-19 pandemic, are eager to return to them, according to a nextLI survey. The survey found that three out of fou → Read More
For the second day in a row, William Floyd High School senior Maverick Stow arrived at school Wednesday morning wanting to attend school five days a week, rather than abide by the district's hybrid at → Read More
Long Island is seeing an increase in cases and its infection rate for COVID-19 as residents head into a holiday weekend and the impending reopening of schools, according to state figures. While health → Read More
School nurse Barbara Jacobowitz said a plastic shield is going up around her desk at Drexel Avenue School in Westbury. The masks, gloves and gowns are coming in, and the school has set up a separate r → Read More
When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo gave the green light Friday to reopen schools, Farmingdale science teacher Cordelia Anthony said she was happy he left many of the details up to individual districts. They ne → Read More
There was a whole lotta honking, cheering and flashing of car lights going on as Farmingdale State College students gathered Saturday for a drive-thru graduation celebration on campus. Graduating stud → Read More
They are the faces on the food lines, the callers on hold for hours to get benefits, the mothers and fathers breaking down and asking for help. The coronavirus pandemic cut their lifeline to a salary → Read More
Self-isolating is nothing new to Taylor Ryan, as the treatment for the teen's cancer can compromise her immune system. But two months at home has brought her down, and this week's chemo was especially → Read More
As the Peconic Landing retirement and continuing care community struggled with its sixth coronavirus death Wednesday, top officials there offered their first account of how the virus penetrated the sp → Read More
Call them the math kids. Seventh-grader Joseph Caliendo loves math so much that when he's bowling, he figures out the mathematical possibilities of the shot ahead. Eighth-grader Rishi Ghatta loves mat → Read More
The Freeport police officers involved in a controversial arrest Tuesday remain on the job, a village spokesman said Thursday. “All are working; none is on paid leave,” Freeport spokesman Brian Finnega → Read More
Captains who operate Long Island's fishing charters and other passenger boats are talking a lot about government regulations these days — conversations driven by tragedy, a dive boat fire off the Sout → Read More
The opioid epidemic is costing Long Island roughly $8 billion a year in medical costs, lost productivity by workers and economic losses, a new study shows. Figures released Wednesday by the nonpartisa → Read More
All was right with the world at Belmont Park on Saturday. before the Belmont Stakes, the main even The sun was shining on the sprawling track, with not a hint of rain in the forecast. People, laughing → Read More
It looked like a playground from a child's dream — a helicopter landed and took off, horses and dogs waited patiently for a hug, and kids hopped on a big motorcycle and pretended to drive. And, of cou → Read More
Rain quite likely Sunday, and temperatures will cool to the low 50s, going down to near 45 at night, says the National Weather Service. → Read More