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Off-duty officer refused a breath test after fracturing a toddler’s skull in a rear-end crash. Police tested the boy’s dad for alcohol – not the cop.
More on the story is here:
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When asked about his inspiration for the song "Butter" K-pop singer V, born Kim Tae-hyung, replied, "Well, there was Billy Joel."
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A sign marking the Crooked Hill Road exit on the Sagtikos Parkway was defaced to “Crooked Hillary,” officials said
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Meet Wynta-Amor Rogers. A video of the 7-year-old at a protest in
#Merrick
yesterday went viral. She has a message for everyone.
#LIprotests
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@TheVampsband
, who signed with
@IslandRecords
last year, talk about staying fit and positive
http://t.co/znYnkZzsm2
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Tom Cutinella's last words to his dad: "Tell mom I love her"
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#RIPTom
http://t.co/Os0TsP7UH1
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Newsday sent people undercover with hidden cameras to go house hunting on Long Island. Did real estate agents treat our testers of different races the same?
#LIDivided
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SUNY Oneonta is canceling in-person classes this fall and sending students home after 389 people tested positive for COVID-19, the upstate college announced Thursday.
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BREAKING: Sports organizations that allow transgender girls to compete on girls' teams can't use Nassau County athletic facilities, County Executive Bruce Blakeman said. (Photo credit: Howard Schnapp)
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Two teachers from Farmingdale High School, Beatrice Ferrari and Gina Pellettiere, died after a bus ride to band camp in Pennsylvania crashed.
Ferrari, 77, taught history at Farmingdale High School for more than 30 years; Pellettiere, 43, taught music for close to two decades.…
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Before Monday, the Dillers were a typical Long Island family with a toddler: Stephanie was a nurse; Jonathan, an NYPD cop.
“He was excited that Ryan’s first word was ‘Dada,’ and I remember I would playfully try to get him to say ‘Mama’ instead,” Stephanie recalled at Jonathan’s…
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“I hate to say it, not much has changed,” said Suffolk Det. Earl Stroman.
6,539 Black people tried to become police officers on LI. Only 67 were hired.
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This year's Jingle Ball lineup will get you in the right mood for the holiday season 🎵
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The lineup for the first night of the four-day festival also includes fellow Long Island hardcore scene veterans Glassjaw, Pennsylvania punk rockers The Menzingers and former My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero and his new band The Future Violents.
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Sunday's cover: Thousands mourn NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller at funeral in Massapequa
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Major Lazer, Big Sean, Zedd and Camila Cabello will headline this year’s installment of the Billboard Hot 100 Fest
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Breaking: The Nassau County Department of Health says anyone who was at the Cohen Children's Medical Center Emergency Department waiting room and treatment area from 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday was potentially exposed to measles.
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A man threatened to kill supporters of Rep. Lee Zeldin and
@realDonaldTrump
at the congressman's re-election headquarters, then nearly hit a campaign worker as he drove off, Suffolk police said.
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BREAKING: Laura Curran announced that all Nassau County schools will be closed as of Monday for two weeks.
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A rainbow formed right near the Freedom Tower on the anniversary of 9/11
http://t.co/3zztBvOgLx
#NeverForget
http://t.co/0M5owR08IA
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Making Long Island proud: HS senior Kwasi Enin gets into all 8 Ivy League schools
http://t.co/rnnCVtRYg3
http://t.co/NcjSkkDn5g
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Facing investigation by New York State human rights officials and withering public criticism from librarians, LGBTQ advocates and others, the Smithtown library board restored Pride Month displays in its children's reading rooms.
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Did you know Hillary Clinton celebrated her birthday with "a Dolly Parton-themed birthday party" in 1995?
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BREAKING: Suffolk Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the long-unsolved Gilgo Beach killings, a source confirmed to Newsday.
The suspect is from the Massapequa area and was arrested last night, the source said.
More on this developing story:…
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Barbra Streisand is set for her first Long Island concert in more than five decades
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Unreal: This is how the south shore of Long Island looked this morning
http://t.co/FEotDR6b2T
http://t.co/zoJixBTt9f
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BREAKING: Nassau GOP Chairman Joe Cairo said that while incoming Rep. George Santos “has broken the public trust by making serious misstatements regarding his background,” the embattled politician should still serve his term in Congress.
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Family members of fallen NYPD officer Jonathan Diller, the department's top brass and former President Donald Trump have arrived at the Massapequa Funeral Home in advance of the cop's wake.
Members of Diller's family arrived in about a dozen black NYPD transport vans that pulled…
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“Kevin Can Wait” just keeps upping its Long Island factor.
@ralphmacchio
will guest star on two episodes of the series.
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11th-grader dies after an injury at an offseason football practice at Sachem East, officials say
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Charles B. Wang, former Islanders owner and CA Technologies founder, dies at age 74, his attorney says
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"What does it profit a president and his party if they gain their first legislative victory with a new tax system . . . and lose their supporters?"
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Cuomo has warned that if establishments ignore public safety rules, the virus could surge, forcing him to roll back COVID-19 restrictions.
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Taylor Swift (
@taylorswift13
) got
#AppleMusic
to cave to her demands, is our new hero
http://t.co/eBCXtgUWQK
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.
@JenGranholm
: "Michigan built the automobile, and the automobile built America," and Obama saved the auto industry
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Watch:
@Spurs
' shooting guard
@DGreen_14
received a hometown hero's parade on LI Saturday
http://t.co/8d3SR2Vbqc
http://t.co/EfyllNG1sh
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The Islanders are the only team in the four major sports with a crest containing a map or geographical entity. A detailed drawing of Long Island stands for something, and fans wouldn't stand for management’s long-ago decision to replace it with a fisherman
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.
@springsteen
's show at
@TheGarden
felt like a thrilling victory lap 36 years in the making
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JUST IN: The state board unanimously issued its final approval of the arena and entertainment complex to be the new home of the New York Islanders.
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“I remember turning 50 and not feeling all that different. I remember when I turned 60, thinking, ‘No, this isn't that bad.’ But 70 is a little daunting."
#HBDBILLYFROMLI
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Sunday's Newsday cover: A gunman opened fire with a rifle at a Buffalo supermarket in what authorities described as “racially motived violent extremism,” killing 10 people and wounding three others before he surrendered, authorities said.
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The faces of these little girls finding out this GIANT pumpkin weighs 1,000 lbs = priceless
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Happy
@GreysABC
Day! Our latest interview with
@JakeBorelli
talks about how his character, Dr. Levi Schmitt, breaks barriers for the LGBTQ community on screen, and how he does that in his personal life.
#GreysAnatomy
@MarissaSarbak
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BREAKING: Anne Donnelly, the Republican DA, has opened an investigation into GOP Congressman-elect George Santos after he admitted lying about his work experience and educational background.
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The decision was like a knife wound "to the heart,"
#EricGarner
's father says
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He was "the nicest kid... It's going to be difficult for us to pull through this one"
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In a pithy, punctuation-light missive, Mark Cuban wrote: "I'm an investor. They want to replace the red solo cup with an environmentally safe equivalent, I'm trying to help them get there"
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This 6-year-old wrestler born without legs has inspired
@ChrisWeidmanUFC
to help his family
http://t.co/lXBOdHI3IU
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"I am wearing them for my mom": LI football team captain wore pink in honor of his mom
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An East Setauket pup is being hailed as a hero for pulling a fawn flailing in Port Jefferson Harbor back to shore
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A grant from LI's
@BillyCrystal
is giving teens counseling and job placement in his hometown
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#RussianMeteor
sets off blasts that injure more than 500:
http://t.co/AzqlQ2Tq
via
@AP
http://t.co/KtLmHYHK
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In a fit of alcohol-fueled road rage, an off-duty Nassau officer shot an innocent man in 2011, but Suffolk police arrested the victim. A secret file reveals Suffolk brass pressed internal affairs to delete evidence in the wrongful arrest investigation.
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Amy Schumer's comedy show will raise funds for Democrat Liuba Grechen Shirley in her bid to unseat Rep. Peter King.
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#momoftheyear
confronts her son, who she saw on TV taking part in the
#BaltimoreRiots
http://t.co/GoOq3IeIcH
http://t.co/C2o4nmbeDR
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Newsday’s
@WilliamPerlman
took this photo of a young Yankees fan and current $324 million man
#GerritCole
📸
In 2001, Perlman took the photo, got his name, age and hometown info and sent it to the newsroom like he always did. (1/2)
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Brand New is poised to bring LI rock back to the top of Billboard album charts for the first time since 1993
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At this school, the story is not about bullying or outcasts, but rather, how many students rally around a classmate with severe autism.
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BREAKING: Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical, was vaccinated by a director of employee health services at
@NorthwellHealth
.
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"LI Medium"
@Theresacaputo
launches jewelry line to help clients honor passed loved ones
http://t.co/SRokiWqD0R
http://t.co/ISEFKXRphP
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The rally began at the Seaford LIRR station and picked up additional supporters along Sunrise Highway as it rumbled some 80 miles east to Montauk.
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After finding success on "The Voice," LI's own
@MelanieLBBH
has just released her first EP
http://t.co/f00NlP6mKj
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President Donald Trump arrived on Long Island Saturday evening to attend two fundraisers as he campaigns for a second term as president.
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Most Long Island students learned of their snow day through a robocall or a notice posted to their school’s website. But parents in Plainview-Old Bethpage received an additional surprise — a short video starring one of its principals and staff.
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BREAKING:
@KamalaHarris
made history as the first Black woman elected as vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept men entrenched at the highest levels of American politics for more than two centuries.
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#RIPTom
: Students remember Tom Cutinella, who died after injury in game nearly 24hrs earlier
http://t.co/mwijK7YTXq
http://t.co/nApfpWYgy9
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Hank Steinbrenner oversaw all areas of the club’s business and baseball operations, and was directly involved in player negotiations, long-term player recruitment goals and overall club strategy.
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Former News 12 anchor Carol Silva says she is cancer-free following last year’s diagnosis of Stage 4 cancer.
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Well, this didn't go as planned.
@SeaWorld
's
#AskSeaWorld
campaign backfires
http://t.co/vdPhNRpbsF
http://t.co/DRYOtXdXaB
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BREAKING: Lee Zeldin received more than 85% of the weighted vote of delegates, winning all of Long Island. If successful, he would be the first governor in the state who was born on Long Island.
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When this U.S. Army Specialist found out he'd be home for the holidays, he decided he was going to surprise his mom
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The news on Jan. 6, 1919, reverberated around the world because TR still was the most well-known and popular man on the planet a decade after his presidency.
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"We're all devastated": LIers heartbroken over loss of high schooler Tom Cutinella
http://t.co/8k22Jh4yZt
#RIPTom
http://t.co/3aYfERGw1Y
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Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.
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Instagram is helping
@BethStern
and
@AnimalLeague
find homes for LI rescue cats
http://t.co/3hUZ8mZYvw
http://t.co/NnPVmmhRPn
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Hero police dog, fatally stabbed in the line of duty, gets "final goodbye" from officers:
http://t.co/lZePiMaLbJ
http://t.co/7Eok8mqD45
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“We needed this, we needed this today," Cuomo said. "We needed to see the light at the end of the tunnel … We needed to remember how great this place is.”
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A man was out fishing when he spotted a whale's spout erupting from the waters off the Fire Island Inlet.
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Former President Donald Trump is expected to attend the wake of NYPD Officer Jonathan E. Diller of Massapequa Park, who was shot and killed in Far Rockaway after a confrontation with a suspect involving a vehicle parked illegally in a bus lane, a department official confirmed.…
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A caravan of vehicles with Trump 2020 flags waving and horns honking traveled through the South Shore of Long Island Saturday. "You vote for the other side, and our country's done," said Ann Wilcox, 66, of Glenwood Landing.
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Teen with Down syndrome is homecoming star at his LI high school
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There were no deaths from COVID-19 in Suffolk for the second day in a row and a single fatality in Nassau officials said.
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A man was caught smoking pot in his car while he was parked in a spot marked "Police Cars Only," cops say
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As a steady rain fell on Massapequa Park, nearly 1,000 people attending the candlelight vigil for NYPD Officer Jonathan E. Diller, looked to the sky and saw a rainbow just before sunset.
Neighbors and officials said it was a sign of Diller’s presence after he was killed in the…
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It’s been 7 years, but the Jones Beach Holiday Light Spectacular is back:
http://t.co/63Mxtf4Eqz
http://t.co/fjPZyirbYP
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It's the Piano Man's 70th birthday today! Newsday is celebrating the milestone by inviting fans to share their best wishes. Send him your message — a memory, favorite song, a twist on his song lyrics, or whatever you'd like.
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