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Officials said the new task force, including police, Suffolk County district attorney investigators and sheriff's deputies, would seek to disrupt and stop reckless driving and street racing gatherings. 

2 arrested in street racing 'takeover' as county forms task force to beef up enforcement

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Quay Sean Hines did not express remorse for the death of Amelia Laguerre or acknowledge his former fiancée's family before or after he was sentenced by acting State Supreme Court Justice Robert Bogle.

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Nicole Zeitzer Johnson wrote a children's book, "Joyfully Josie," and launched an education program to promote the understanding and acceptance of kids with disabilities.

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The state grant, combined with $1.75 million in federal pandemic aid, brings the village closer to its $55 million funding goal.

$37.2M grant to help pay for Hempstead Village water treatment facilities

Bonura, who lived in Nissequogue, delivered thousands of babies before switching over to the study and treatment of menopause.

Frank Bonura, longtime physician in Smithtown, dies at 88

"We all have unconscious stereotypes and views in our minds, and they have to be eliminated in the evaluation of child protective service cases," Suffolk's social services commissioner said.

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Executive Director Marc Alessi discusses plans to preserve Nikola Tesla's legacy after a fire destroyed the historic lab.

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State Trooper Thomas Mascia has been suspended without pay amid an investigation into the circumstances of how he was shot on the Southern State Parkway last week. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

Trooper involved in shooting suspended without pay

Historians say a proposal for a new industrial site would ruin the Greenlawn Cemetery in Wyandanch. 

'I don't want our history to be lost'

A jury found the Bay Shore Union Free School District liable for failing to investigate sex abuse allegations against former teacher Thomas Bernagozzi. 

Jury unanimously agreed the district was 100% liable 

The Bay Shore Union Free School District was found liable for ignoring sexual abuse allegations against former teacher Thomas Bernagozzi. 

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Trooper Thomas Mascia was released from Nassau University Medical Center after being wounded in a shooting on the Southern State Parkway Wednesday night.

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The loss of Kenia Nunez's husband inspired her and one of the couple's daughters, Natalia Suaza, to run Sunday's New York City Marathon.

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Huntington Town officials are moving to give local historic designation to the Hubbs Burr House, which was built in the late 1800s, to help it last for generations.

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Researchers predict it will be the sixth straight season of low scallop populations in Suffolk waterways. 

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Robert Besedin Sr., a Baldwin Air Force veteran who claims Nassau cops assaulted him at his home in 2017, was awarded more than $2.3 million by a jury in Brooklyn Wednesday. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Suffolk police said a man suspected of killing a Brooklyn artist at a Southampton resort was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot at his home in Pennsylvania.

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