A new exhibit called "What The Heck Is That?" at the Suffolk County Historical Society Museum in Riverhead examines artifacts and objects that are difficult to explain.


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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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For the first time, the event will be held on Long Island.

Sean Hannity to host Fox Nation's Patriot Awards at Tilles Center

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Celebrate Women's History Month at Stony Brook's Long Island Museum where paintings, sculptures, embroideries and more by female artists of the past 200 years are on view.

Museum celebrates 200 years of women artists

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The Heckscher Museum of Art, the African American Museum and other venues showcase art by Richard Mayhew, the people of Mali and more for Black History Month.

Museums showcase Black artists and their works

Charles Riley discusses "The Art of Music" exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art.

The Art of Music exhibit at Nassau County Museum of Art

From a sculpture by Paul McCartney to a work of video art featuring Lady Gaga, you'll find it in the Nassau County Museum's "Songs Without Words: The Art of Music" exhibit in Roslyn Harbor.

Nassau exhibit is a love song to the art of music

The Long Island Museum in Stony Brook spotlights the work of glass blowers including Hamptons artists Bengt Hokanson and Trefny Dix in the exhibit "Fire and Form: New Directions in Glass."

LI artists find splendor in the glass

Long Island glass artists, Ben Gthokanson and Trefny Dix, explain how they use Long Island's landscapes as inspiration for their work.

Long Island glass artists inspired by local landscapes

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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 

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

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. 

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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.

'Crazy to do it in the train parking lot'

Newsday education reporter Dandan Zou talks about how some LI school districts are dealing with the financial strain of sex abuse settlements. 

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