<p>At precisely 12:10 a.m., Kelsy&nbsp;Janel Reyes became&nbsp;the first child born in a Long Island hospital in 2024, beating the competition by&nbsp;just one minute. NewsdayTV&#39;s Virginia Huie reports.</p>


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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.

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The top female sunfish sailors gathered in Amityville to prepare for this weekend's North American championships on the Great South Bay. 

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All middle school students in the district will be required to lock up their cell phones in pouches for the entire school day. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.  

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The FDNY honored added the names of 32 firefighters who have died of 9/11-related illnesses to its memorial wall in a ceremony Wednesday. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

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The kids were taken unresponsive from the water at a Fairfield Townhouses development, according to police

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"I remember how we all immediately honored the lives we lost by coming together as one community, undivided in their names," Huntington Town Supervisor Ed Smyth said.

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Ronald Schroeder's attorney entered a "general denial" when he appeared in court for the suspect Saturday on charges he concealed Seikeya Jones' body in Huntington.  

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Ronald Schroeder, 41, is accused of concealing the death of Seikeya Jones, 31, whose body was discovered in woods near an apartment complex on Nassau Road in Huntington. Jones' family and friends remembered her during a candlelight vigil Friday night.

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Temperatures on Saturday will top out at 73 with a low of 56, according to the National Weather Service.

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The yet to be identified male pedestrian was struck at Pine Aire Drive and Fifth Avenue, Suffolk County police said.

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

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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.

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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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