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Administrators of Half Hollow Hills High School West are accused of censorship and discrimination after erasing a pro-Palestine piece of art. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. 

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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman provided a traffic and security update in advance of former President Donald Trump's rally at Nassau Coliseum Wednesday.

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The median single-family home in Nassau sold for $835,000 last month, while the Suffolk median rose to $680,000.

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Ethnic grocers, including stores that specialize in selling Asian, Latino and African goods, are a fast-growing business on Long Island. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports. 

'I used to have to drive all the way to Queens or Brooklyn'

LI homebuyers can expect to gain greater buying power as mortgage rates dropped to 6.2% this week. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott and Newsday business reporter Jonathan LaMantia report.

Home prices continue to rise on Long Island, giving potential buyers headaches and heartbreak. NewsdayTV's Jasmine Anderson reports.

'It's still a seller's market'

The state announced on Friday that about 1 million New Yorkers' monthly health insurrance premiums will go up next year by as much as 35%. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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Money brought in from local tourism shattered the previous year's record by one billion dollars. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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Danielle Edwards, of Merrick, has a full-time job as a mortgage processor, but says in the next five years she'd like to be able to transition completely over to her side hustle, the balloon business "Havin' a Blast."

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Richard York of Patchogue Shoes, after nearly a century in business, is holding its going-out-of-business sale, to the shock and sadness of many. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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Newsday business reporter Tory Parrish talks about how more parents are thrift-shopping for back-to-school supplies.

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Small craft-alcohol manufacturers are cheering a new law that soon will allow them to ship spirits, cider and mead directly to New York State consumers, potentially boosting their profits by skipping the "middlemen" distributors.

Craft alcohol makers will soon be able to ship directly to customers

Three millennials who grew up in Montauk and now run or own their longtime family businesses spoke about how they've kept their businesses relevant and modern.

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Newsday's business reporter Jonathan LaMantia and NewsdayTV's Jill Wagner break down the new home sales data for July from OneKey MLS.

'Pretty big increase for one year'

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