The expo featured everything from educational panels on exotic birds, to face-painting for children, to photos with parrots of the attendee's choice.


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'There's a lack of peer reviews about this particular science'

Since 1985, gift cards worth $11.4 million have gone unused on Long Island, according to state officials. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

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U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert ordered Renee Hoberman, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges, to return to court on Feb. 21.

LI child therapist accused of distributing sexually explicit videos of children waives right to speedy trial

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No mail will be delivered on the day of the state funeral for the 39th U.S. president and the stock market also will also be closed. 

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New Hyde Park's Herricks High School and Bellmore-Merrick's John F. Kennedy High School lead the region with five scholars each.

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Sal Ferro was elected to his first and only term in 2021.

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Justyna Zubko-Valva had previously rejected a $3 million settlement offer from Suffolk County, according to a letter she filed with the court in November 2023.

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Voters rejected a bond measure aimed at expanding career and technical education and fine and performing arts facilities. 

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Nassau County legislators unanimously advanced a plan to install 20 license plate readers on roadways in Jericho, with a final vote to approve the plan scheduled for Jan. 27. NewdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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Suffolk police officer Brendon Gallagher remains hospitalized in critical condition after he was seriously injured in a crash on the Long Island Expressway Sunday. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

'Hopefully he recovers and we can get him back out there'

NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa heads to Bayport to learn an age-old trade forged with sweat and steel: blacksmithing.

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Huntington's Naomi Rosenblum is a new tattoo artist who has been gaining popularity on social media for her portraits of WWE stars. NewsdayTV's Jamie Stuart reports.

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Suffolk County is installing a mobile drone detection system to help track down where a drone took off and find the drone's operator.

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Police bodycam video shows Amandeep Singh, who pleaded guilty to killing two Roslyn teens in a wrong-way drunken crash, talking to Nassau police moments after the collision in May 2023.

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Amandeep Singh pleaded guilty Friday to causing the crash that took the lives of two young tennis stars from Roslyn. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland reports.

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Wantagh, Wyandanch, Connetquot and Massapequa have pushed back on the mandate that public schools remove all references to Native American imagery. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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