<p>Daniel Coppola, of St. James, pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder at his Friday arraignment. He was charged with gunning down his ex-wife and her boyfriend in their home with what Suffolk County prosecutors say was a planned attack.&nbsp;</p>


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Police searched Kellenberg H.S. in Uniondale Thursday after an anonymous threat, the third at the school that officials said came through a suicide hotline.

Tensions high at school

Noah Green, of Shirley, pleaded guilty Thursday in the drive-by shooting outside the home of then-Rep. Lee Zeldin in October 2022. 

Guilty plea in 2022 drive-by shooting 

According to sources Wednesday, entertainer Justin Timberlake is expected to plead guilty Friday to a lesser charge in his drunken driving case in Sag Harbor Justice Court. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Timberlake to plead guilty in Sag Harbor DWI case

Suffolk district attorney Ray Tierney formed the county's first cold case unit to solve homicides and review death investigations. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday courts reporter Grant Parpan report.

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Two Nassau County high schools received unfounded threats Friday — one of them for the fourth time in as many days — forcing them to be evacuated, according to police and school officials.

2 Nassau County high schools evacuated after threats, police say

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Justin Timberlake appeared in a Sag Harbor court Friday to plead guilty to a lesser charge in his drunken driving case.

'I did not live up to the standards that I try to hold for myself'

The judge also sentenced the entertainer to a $260 surcharge on the fine and 25 hours of community service at a nonprofit of his choosing.

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in Sag Harbor, ordered to pay $500 fine

Officers found a deceased 32-year-old man with a gunshot wound on Wayside Lane.

Police identify 32-year-old man found dead in Wantagh with gunshot wound

In each case, police searched the school and found the threat was unfounded.

Third threat made against Kellenberg Memorial H.S. in Uniondale

The vandals were seen on video taken by surveillance cameras installed after a prior vandalism incident at the park dedicated to Murphy, a Medal of Honor recipient.

Police seek masked men who vandalized Lt. Michael P. Murphy Park in Lake Ronkonkoma

Noah Green entered his plea almost two years after prosecutors say he shot at three men, hitting two in the chest, outside Zeldin's Shirley home.

LI man pleads guilty in shooting outside former Rep. Lee Zeldin's house

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Babylon cardiologist Frank Pollaro had avoided prison time and a suspended license in 2009 for possessing child sex abuse images. On Monday, a judge handed him both following his second arrest.

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The 44-year-old man will be sentenced in November, according to the Suffolk district attorney.

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Daniel Coppola, accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife and her boyfriend, pleaded not guilty from a hospital bed. Coppola, who injured himself while under suicide watch, had surgery this week for a spinal cord injury, attorneys say.

Man accused in St. James double homicide pleads not guilty

Police said a Lindenhurst teen was arrested after threatening in an online chat to shoot people at the school.

Tensions high at West Babylon's Brennan H.S.

Police say the victim is 31-year-old Seikeya Jones. There is no cause of death yet, but the investigation is ongoing. NewdayTV's Ken Buffa reports. 

Police ID victim found dead in suitcase 

Police are asking anyone with information about the cause of death or the 31-year-old victim to call 1-800-220-TIPS (8477).

Police ID victim stuffed in suitcase in Huntington

A Centerport mother faces murder charge in wrong-way crash that killed her son. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Mother indicted on murder charge in wrong-way crash that killed her 9-year-old son

Police say a body was found on Nassau Road in Huntington inside a suitcase just before noon on Tuesday. Additional information about the body was not immediately available.

Police: Body found in Huntington inside suitcase

Linda Sun, former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Kathy Hochul, and her husband were both arrested and charged with acting as agents of the Chinese government. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Daniel Coppola, who was charged with gunning down his ex-wife and her boyfriend, attempted to take his own life at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility, multiple sources told Newsday.

Man charged in LI double homicide attempts suicide in jail

Thomas Brienza, 20, of Centereach, allegedly told police at Charleston International Airport that he had a bomb and a gun. He was charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction for an act of terrorism, a police incident report shows. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Centereach man facing terrorism charge

Daniel Coppola, 50, has been charged in the murders of his former spouse, Kelly Coppola, 50, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Pohlman, Jr., 53. The two victims were remembered by Pohlman's father, who said the pair "were in love."

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