<p>Maurice DuBois, the longtime CBS News New York anchor and Port Jefferson Earl L. Vandermeulen High School graduate,&nbsp; will soon be&nbsp;co-anchoring&nbsp;&quot;The CBS Evening News&quot; with&nbsp;John Dickerson.</p>


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The longtime Ch. 2 fixture is about to become the first Black anchor of "The CBS Evening News."

LI's Maurice DuBois moving from Ch. 2 to co-anchoring 'The CBS Evening News'

The longtime CBS News New York anchor and Port Jefferson Earl L. Vandermeulen High School graduate  will be co-anchoring "CBS Evening News" with John Dickerson.

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