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Scarborough has been with Ch. 4 since 1974.

Longtime WNBC anchor Chuck Scarborough retiring

Ralph Macchio attended a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday in Los Angeles. 

Ralph Macchio honored with star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

The  celebration will feature live musical performances, stand-up comedy, a visit from Santa Claus and more in Stony Brook.

LI Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame celebrates 20th anniversary with 2-day event

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'Gladiator II': Sequel is slightly silly, but very entertaining

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Foster will headline the gala on Feb. 1; Errico will do a Stephen Sondheim concert March 22.

Sutton Foster, Melissa Errico headed to Staller Center 

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The time-travel musical will play its final performance on Jan. 5.

'Back to the Future' to close in January

The show marks Fatone's third Broadway appearance.

*NSYNC's Joey Fatone heading to Broadway in '& Juliet'

The Tony-winning musical about women's suffrage will play its last performance on Jan. 5.

Broadway's 'Suffs' sets closing date

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, there are a host of events across Long Island in celebration.

Hispanic Heritage Month features live music, dancing, food and more

"Jekyll & Hyde" and "I'll Be Back Before Midnight" are other shows designed to get you into the spooky spirit of the season.

Creepshows like 'Night of the Living Dead,' 'Dracula' on stage for Halloween

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Frankie Floridia of Strong Island Animal Rescue League rescued a young buck stuck in a pool in Holtsville in October after it tried to drink water off the cover.

Young deer rescued from swimming pool

A tipster says he told the state about buried drums at Bethpage Community Park nearly a decade ago. Newsday's Ken Buffa reports.

Uncovering the truth about the chemical drums

Las Vegas Sands wants to add one lane on each side of a stretch of the Meadowbrook Parkway in order to blunt the impact of a new casino-resort.

Las Vegas Sands proposes Meadowbrook Parkway expansion 

The family of accused Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann will be moving out of their Massapequa Park home. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Heuermann's wife 'no longer feels connected' to their family home

Darius Paduch, a former LI urologist, was sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge for repeated sexual abuse of his male patients. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Former urologist gets life sentence 

Brian Cordovano, of Ronkonkoma, was sentenced by a Suffolk judge to 30 years for killing a friend and another man over a loan. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

LI man killed longtime friend and another person over a loan

An NYPD officer shot and killed a robbery suspect Tuesday in Queens during a gunfight that left both the officer and a bystander wounded.

Gunfight leaves suspect dead; cop, bystander wounded

The mother of a man who died of a fentanyl overdose at the Nassau County jail alleges correction officers failed to provide adequate care for her son before he died.

Lawsuit alleges jail staff failed in overdose death

Southold Police Chief Steve Grattan said three people who were inside the house at the time of the fire made it out safely. Those residents reported that a fourth person who was on the second floor of the home may have been trapped inside.

One dead in Mattituck house fire

New York City officials said a homeless man allegedly went on an unprovoked stabbing spree across town in Manhattan Monday, killing two men and a woman.

NYC stabbing suspect arrested by cop who hails from LI

Brookville Village Police Chief Kenneth Lack says license plate readers are an essential tool for law enforcement. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

More eyes on the roads

Nassau and Suffolk police on Saturday night shut down illegal street takeovers at a Uniondale parking lot and the Ronkonkoma train station, where more than 40 cars had gathered. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

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