Nassau and Suffolk counties regularly use a legal tactic that conceals from public view actions by police officers facing serious misconduct allegations, a Newsday analysis of court records has found.


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A humpback whale washed up in Long Beach near Roosevelt Boulevard on Monday, police said. 

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Greenport officials aim to reopen the Herschell merry-go-round, which was shut down after a mechanical failure in late September, by Memorial Day.

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Democrat Laura Gillen will enter Washington as a freshman congresswoman representing Nassau's South Shore communities. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. 

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