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Nassau Democrats have proposed an ordinance that would add Juneteenth to the county's list of official holidays. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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The crossings accounted for 2,139 collisions, including 72 resulting in serious injuries or fatalities, between 2014 and 2023. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.

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The Giants on Wednesday spoke about the team's progress throughout voluntary offseason workouts. Offensive lineman Jermaine Eluemunor said he thought the entire team got better and that it was a, "really good spring."

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The U.S. Department of Education is referring its investigation into the New York State mascot ban on Native American imagery to the Department of Justice.

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Members of Islip Forward created an app designed to promote transparency around ICE operations in Long Island communities. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

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Newsday food writer Andi Berlin visits Marvel Frozen Dairy on the Long Beach boardwalk.

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Under a new proposal, Amtrak would run three trains a day to Ronkonkoma, also making stops at Hicksville and Jamaica and connecting all the way down to Washington, D.C. Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo reports. 

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Massapequa district's request for mascot ban deadline extension has been denied according to a letter released by the state.

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Police are searching for the driver of a car that fatally struck real estate agent Sara Burack in Hampton Bays early Thursday before fleeing the scene.

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Authorities say a car plowed into the Society of Friends Meeting House in Manhasset Thursday morning, killing the driver. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Darryl Joyner, of the Bronx, has been accused of offering the missing Patchogue girl drugs in exchange for seeing her nude, according to court papers. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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The state has set a June 30 deadline for districts to comply with a ban on Native American mascots, team names and logos in public schools.

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The peak heat will hit Monday through Wednesday, forecasters say, but Sunday will be hot too.

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Bob Noonan served in combat in the Vietnam War in the Marine Corps and rose to become a sergeant.

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Suffolk County Police are investigating a shooting in Central Islip that left a teen and a woman seriously injured during a fight on Thursday.

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The pedestrian, a Florida man, was in a marked crosswalk when he was hit by car, police said.

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Long Island school districts will receive more than $270 million in additional state aid for the 2025-26 academic year under the state budget passed on this week.

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An organizer of an annual fundraiser for cancer patients tells Newsday the event was canceled out of fear of ICE raids on Long Island.

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Long Island child therapist Renee Hoberman, 37, of Plainview, pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of child pornography in federal court in Central Islip.

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Port Washington residents and officials are mounting a campaign to bring Fernando Mejia back after ICE agents took him from the parking lot of the bagel store he manages.

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Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann's defense called a systems engineer for Forensic Bioinformatic Services Inc. to testify as an expert in DNA hearing. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

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Ruthanne McCormack, project coordinator for the Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth, said the group might not have the funding to send staff to trainings required by federal law.

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On Monday, the Yankees honored Joan Hyland, of Malverne, and her nonprofit "Love, Nana" company which creates gift bundles of baby clothes for families in need on Long Island and in New York City.

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Luis Gonzalo Barrionuevo-Fuertes, 18, of Moriches, who has been charged with DWI, audibly sobbed during his arraignment in East Hampton. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

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